Requirements: The horse must be a Thoroughbred, verifiable by Jockey Club
certificate of foal registration, a lip tattoo, or pedigree print out that
matches the description of the horse.
Equine donations to Second Stride, Inc., will be acknowledged by a
contemporaneous letter stating the horse was donated to an I.R.C. § 501 (c)
3 public charity. Donees must consult their experts and advisors to
determine the value and deductibility of their donations as relates to their
particular situations.
Second Stride accepts Thoroughbreds of any age or gender, keeping in line
with our goal of accepting horses that can be transitioned into a new career
(optimally in 6 months or less time). Severely injured, ill or dangerous
animals will not be accepted. Email or call to see if your horse is eligible
for the program. Horses being donated that need extended rehab before they
can become useful and adoptable may be accepted on a case by case basis if
the donating owners will agree to make a tax deductible donation to help
cover the extended cost of care. This amount would be based on the
individual needs, but it is estimated at $600 per month (2-3 months).
Second Stride has a donor form that must be completed prior to arrival and
donation. Information on this form includes medical history, vaccination
history, disposition history, contact information and the like.
It is the responsibility of the donor signing the information form for the
horse in question, to be certain all partners, and syndicate members are
aware of the donation. Second Stride, and it's adopters will not be held
liable for any ownership disputes.
Donors must provide transportation for the horse to one of our facilities.
Second Stride can help arrange shipping if needed, and at risk horses may be
eligible for a special grant funding for their shipping needs.
Second Stride makes every attempt to screen the adoptive homes through an
extensive application and reference check. The applicants agree to care for
and train the horse in accordance with the American Association of Equine
Practitioners guidelines. The approved applicant that adopts the horse, may
train and sell the horse at their discretion. Second Stride provides some
basic retraining of all the horses for their intended use and we strive to
place horses with qualified trainers and not amateurs unless the horse is
well suited for that. These trainers put a lot of time and work into the
horses helping to ensure their first year of retraining goes well. They
often after the horse is schooling well at home and shows resell them to
their students or other amateurs that can not properly or safely start a
race horse straight off the track. Second Strides encourages these
professionals by trying to have a source of useful horses of good mind and
body, at reasonable adoption fees. It is their continued efforts upon
adoption that helps to create a life long useful body of knowledge for the
horses. This helps ensure a safe transition and well adjusted long term
placement.
All of our horses do adopt out with a not for race use clause that follows
the life of the horse. Although not necessary, we do strive to place the
horses with their registration certificates, along with the signed adoption
contract we also stamp the papers with our information and label them for
not for race use. Many thoroughbred lovers enjoy having the actual
certificates and feel honored to have the famous names in their files. It
is very exciting for many to have a registration paper that shows
Secretariat's name on it, or seeing the famous owners, the races they won
and where etc. Likewise we also encourage the horses to be donated with
their leather halters and brass name plates if possible. These racing
memorabilia are often cherished by the new owners. Many will clean the
halters and hang them on their house walls. Sometimes we forget how lucky we
are to have such racing legends in our back yard like we do here in
Kentucky!
We do try to place mares with their registration certificates so that if a
race or show broodmare home is her best option, she can have that to fall
back on. There is a growing push in the USA to track all sport horse
breeding pedigrees and to give out awards based on pedigrees. The
registration can make your donated mare worth more to her prospective
adopters as her parentage is verifiable for the restricted show classes etc.
If you have any questions regarding donating a horse, our adoption process
or retraining program please feel free to contact us at:
info@secondstride.org
If you have a thoroughbred horse that you are trying to sell as a continued
race horse please email: moserwood@insightbb.com
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