Second Stride Inc. 501C non-profit for retired racehorses

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requirements to donate a horse for adoption >>

Horses will be accepted into the program if space is available and all requirements are met. We will help with networking for any horse in need if space isn't available in our program or if requirements can't be met.

Monetary donations are encouraged but not required for acceptance of a horse into the program.

Please contact us if you would like to donate by

providing tack, equipment, or supplies that will help us care for and train Second Stride horses as we prepare them for adoption.
offering foster care at your facility for a horse in need.
sponsoring (paying the expenses) for a Second Stride horse at our facility.
volunteering your professional services.
let us know if you have other creative fundraising ideas.

THANKS!
Thanks to Jeffrey Mallard of Hawthorne, California, Mark Santanello of Ladera Ranch, California, Jim Shircliff, James McMillan Jr. and the employees of Chilton & Medley of Louisville, Kentucky for their very generous cash donations.

Thanks to Mary Lou Chaudoin and her daughter of Louisville, Kentucky for their donation of the payoff on an across the board bet on EIGHT BELLES in the Kentucky Derby. This donation is dedicated to the honor and memory of the spectacular racing filly.

Thanks to Greg Oelke of Springfield, Missouri for his donation of the payoffs of his winning bets on the 2008 Kentucky Derby.

Thanks to Maxine Rutherford of California for donating a halter worn by all-time leading money earner CIGAR, offered at auction on Ebay with proceeds to benefit Second Stride horses.

Thanks to the connections of Brass Hat (Fred and Buff Bradley) and Perfect Drift (Dr. William Reed and Murray Johnson) for their donations of shoes worn by these two G1 winners. The shoes were auctioned on Ebay with proceeds going to Second Stride. Thanks to Brad Holter of Kansas and Gail Knight of Florida, for being the high bidders for these shoes.

Thanks to The Country Living Association and sponsor Fastline for donating all ticket sales to a country lifestyle event at Yew Dell Gardens in Crestwood, Kentucky, June 12, 2008. Thanks also to The Robinsons of Kentucky who made an additional donation to Second Stride at this outstanding event.

Thanks to Bill Landes and Greystone Farm of Kentucky for sending a generous donation with new Second Stride horse GALAX. The donation will cover much of his care and training while he is in the program.

Thanks to generous young spirit Samantha Dabney of Kentucky, and all of her guests, for making Samantha's 12th birthday party a benefit event for Second Stride - Happy Birthday Samantha!

Thanks to all the following generous donors who made cash contributions to Second Stride through PayPal - JeAnna Ramirez, Donald Williamson (in memory of Copracabana), Nancy Guthrie, James McMillan Jr., and special thanks to Kent Amick for a $1000 donation.

Thanks to Patricia Diers of St. Charles, Illinois for her winning bids on the shoes of G1 winning millionaires Perfect Drift and Brass Hat, in a 2007 auction benefit for Second Stride.

Thanks to all the following generous donors who pledged a portion of their 2007 Breeders Cup winning bets to Second Stride - Laurianne Matheson, Jean Amick, Jamie Winters, and Juliet Hogue.

Thanks to Juliet Hogue of Camarillo, California for a donation of promotional buttons that were sold, with proceeds going to Second Stride, also new business cards for Second Stride, AND her cash donation of Breeders Cup winning bets, pledged to Second Stride.

Thanks to Doug Leibig of Cross River, New York, who donated eight 16 x 20 composite race/winners circle photos of famous horses for Second Stride to auction off at fundraising events.

Thanks to The Louisville Thoroughbred Club for a $3190 donation raised through a silent auction held at the Club's annual 2007 Kentucky Derby Preview Party.

Thanks to Wayne Kwan of Ottawa, Canada who generously donated $2000 to Second Stride from his proceeds on a very lucrative bet!

Thanks to King Abdullah Stables of Saudi Arabia for the donation of a halter worn by Kentucky Derby Winner ALYSHEBA. Thanks to Maxine Rutherford of La Jolla, California for her generous auction bid of $1026 for the halter, a 100% donation to Second Stride.

Thanks to Horse-Art-4-U, seller of horse racing art, for donating 20% of sales at THIS EBAY AUCTION to Second Stride.

Thanks to Joan Thompson and her friends from Scotland who donated $580 to Second Stride.

Thanks to Mike McCauley who donated at cost the shipping for one of our adopted thoroughbreds to go from Kentucky to Wyoming. Mike is based in KY and can be reached at 502-552-3841.

Thanks to Louisville Aviation, LLC / Mike & Leslie Pratt who donated a one-hour sightseeing flight or flight lesson to our fundraising raffle. Louisville Aviation - call 502-905-8747 or email mpratt@ipapilot.org.

Thanks to Gold sponsor Thoroughbred Racing Nation for donating $350 for our Second Stride horses with a fundraiser held in February, 2007.

Thanks to Gold sponsor Thoroughbred Racing Nation, and Bronze sponsor BB&T Branch Banking and Trust Co. Thanks also to the Louisville Thoroughbred Club for a $300 donation from their membership in 2006.

Thanks to thoroughbred trainer Tom Drury and Elizabeth Lavin of Kentucky for donating part of their horse's purse earnings. PANGBURN has generated over $500 in donations with a win and a second in 2007. Read more about Pangburn's contributions >>

Thanks to trainers Jere Smith and Jeff Sheets of Kentucky for their donations of much appreciated equipment, including saddle towels, fleece coolers, and blankets.

Thanks to Amy Kelsey for generously donating her graphic design skills to create an effective advertising banner for Second Stride.

Thanks to Amy Stevens for providing free web site hosting for this site through her companies Horsesales, Inc. and PowerWebHost.

Thanks to local Louisville tack shop The Hitching Post for a generous donation of two bridles, a winter blanket (valued at $500), a full set of wolf galloping/training boots, and 4 saddle pads for our Second Stride horses in 2007.

Thanks to Moserwood Farms for a regular donation of boarding and trailering services for Second Stride horses, also for contributing 10% of thoroughbred stallion Parnell Square's stud fees to Second Stride.

Thanks to Kim and Mark Smith for their regular financial contributions to Second Stride.

The Jockey Club will record and track microchips, a big help to keep pets from the slaughter house by sales or placements that go wrong, or for horses that are stolen. Help ensure that your horse is traceable - have them microchipped!

The Jockey Club website includes the following information: Microchip reporting is provided as a convenience for owners, breeders and their agents to record microchip numbers implanted into Thoroughbreds registered with The Jockey Club. International standards approved by members of the International Stud Book Committee recommend the use of microchips compliant with the ISO 11784 standard. ISO standard 11785 microchip readers are used to detect the 11784 microchip. Contact your veterinarian for information concerning implantation of microchips into your Thoroughbred(s). For more information concerning radio frequency identification devices including microchips, please contact the American Horse Council, 1616 H Street, NW, 7th Floor, Washington, DC 20006, (202) 296-4031.

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What do we need at Second Stride that will help us help more horses? We need permanent fencing for currently unfenced pastures so they can be used as safe, enclosed riding areas, and for turn-out. We'd like to install an outdoor riding arena with sand 3-season footing to school horses in. These projects are two of our long term goals that will require donations to complete.

Other items we need are good quality winter blankets, theraputic stall mats, a magnetic blanket/boots and whirl pool boot to treat horses that come to our program with an injury.

We need office equipment such as a computer and printer/scanner/fax. We'd like to have saddle pads with the Second Stride logo to use at shows and to offer on the web site for sale as a fundraiser.

Please contact us if you can help with any of these items.