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The Pennsylvania Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association (PTHA) works hard to protect and provide for the Parx Racing horsemen through the guarantee of live racing, horsemen’s rights, health care and pension for horsemen, benevolence programs, and more.

 

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PTHA’s Turning for Home, Inc

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TAKING CARE OF OUR OWN

PTHA’s Turning for Home, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that has provided over 3,650 former racehorses with a safe retirement. The program was created in May of 2008 through the foresight of the Pennsylvania Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association (PTHA), which revolutionized the model for racehorse retirement. Responding to the need for a better system that addressed the uncertain future for the retiring equine population at Parx Racing, the PTHA rallied horsemen to support the program which had established a viable funding mechanism supported by the racehorse Owners, Horsemen, and Track Management. Turning for Home became the first on-track retirement program at a year-round racetrack. Currently, TFH helps over 300 horses each year to retire from Parx.

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At Parx Racing, we truly do take care of our own. The majority of our funding comes from Parx horse owners. Parx jockeys, the PTHA, Parx racetrack management, and the Pennsylvania Horse Breeders Association .The Jockey Club and other national organizations have called PTHA’s Turning for Home a model program for other racetracks around the country.

Owners who wish to place a horse with Turning for Home need only fill out an information sheet and sign over the foal papers. The papers are then sent to The Jockey Club and stamped as “Retired from Racing”, thus ensuring every horse placed with our program will never be able to race again. Digital Foal Papers for 2018 horses on can be transferred to Turning for Home, Inc. by the manager Every eligible horse is accepted into the Turning for Home program.

TOP VETERINARY CARE

Because of our presence right here on the grounds of Parx Racing, we have the unique ability to quickly schedule emergency veterinary procedures. This enables some horses that otherwise may not have had a chance for a full recovery to go on to a second career with little or no limitations.

An average of 4 – 8 horses per week are examined by one of our veterinarians at the racetrack, including evaluations of any x-rays or ultrasounds provided by connections.

Many of the leading equine surgeons in the region from Mid-Atlantic Equine Medical Center, Hogan Equine, Penn Vet’s New Bolton Center, and Unionville Equine Associates work with us to examine screening sets of x-rays for horses that are entered into the program. If surgery is recommended, these incredibly supportive equine medical facilities are willing to perform the procedure at cost. This allows us to help each horse who needs it.

While Turning for Home is not a sanctuary, we do all we can to assure that every retiree has the best opportunity to go on to a new career.

With the help of many organizations and our Partner Farms, we have been able to succeed in our mission. Our current horses can be seen at the Partner Farms,  here as well as on our Facebook page.

 

REMINDER TO PARX TRAINERS:
Re: Parx Racing’s Zero Tolerance Policy Towards Horsemen Responsible for Sending Horses to Auction/Slaughter/Kill Buyers

Any owner, member of an owner partnership, or trainer who is found responsible for sending a horse or horses to auction where they could be purchased by dealers/kill buyers for slaughter, or for sending a horse to slaughter will have his/her backstretch privileges revoked, will be denied entry to race for all horses owned in whole or in partnership, and said horses must be removed immediately from the Parx backstretch.

In the event that ownership of horse(s) is transferred, the transfer must be to a third party who is not family related to the original owner/owners, and an affidavit must be signed by the third party attesting to that fact.

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Danielle Montgomery
Program Adminstrator