New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program Saline, MI

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New Vocations Racehorse Adoption ProgramSaline,
MI

• Claire Anderson
• Dr. Day

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About
New Vocations New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
Program was founded in 1992 to offer retiring
racehorses a safe-haven, rehabilitation, and
continued education through placement in
experienced, caring homes.
Our Mission To stand in the gap for
noncompetitive, often injured racehorses
providing a peaceful environment and skilled
hands to assist in their development as pleasure
mounts. To place these horses in experienced
loving homes that will continue their education
so each has a skill and therefore, a future. New
Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program believes in
the talent and potential of the horses and the
youth. It endeavors to stand in the gap providing
a transitional haven and skilled hands, loving
care and tough love, a future of hope and a
brighter tomorrow.
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The Barn where I spent my summerSaline, MI
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My position and Responsibilities

• New Horses Being Donated
• Being at the barn for when horse arrives
• Grooming daily
• Riding and Bitting horses at least twice
• Evaluate horse for adequate online description
• Pictures taken of new arrival
• Determine proper turn out with other horses
• Worming, coggins, farrier assistance
• Showing desired horse to approved adopters

• Horses that are Adopted
• Being at the barn for adopters arrival
• Listening to their wishes and wants to help
  them find a suitable horse
• Showing them the horses we do have available
• Make appointment for pick up and payment
• Signing the two year contract and receiving
  payment
• Giving new owner all the paperwork
• Be there for when horse is picked up
• Most importantly, follow up with adopters

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More Position Responsibilities within the Barn

• Horses in the Barn
• Feeding twice a day
• Cleaning stalls
• Put on and take off fly masks as well as fly
  spray
• Worming
• Injections
• Holding for farrier and vet
• Daily turnout
• Bathed as needed
• Dressing wounds

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• Adoption Process
• Fill out an adoption application (found online)
• Get approved by Columbus office
• Make appointment to come visit the farm and see
  the horses
• Pay proper adoption fees
• Send in the boarding contract of where the
  adopted horse will be
• Set up proper transportation for pick up
• Send in pictures, emails, phone calls about
  updates on the adopted horse
• Adoption Contract
• The adoption contract states that for
• two years following adoption, New
• Vocations has irrevocable and
• equitable ownership of the horse.
• If during the first 60 days things dont
• work out, then the horse can be
• returned and the adopter will be
• refunded.
• Horses adopted from New Vocations are
• never to be raced or sold in auction or

Picture from website www.horseadoption.com (Hillia
rd Facility driveway)
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My First Two Adoptions

• With the horses
• Glorys Potential Hurricane Lew

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Glorys Potential (Glory)

• Glory is a seven year old dark bay trotter
  gelding. He came to us after having a decently
  successful racing career and winning about 30
  firsts and 33,852.00
• Upon arrival he was quite high strung compared to
  the other horses and had many fears after a long
  stressful career.
• Glory was the first horse I rode at my internship
  as well as the first Standardbred I have ever
  ridden.
• He was the first horse that I adopted out on my
  own. The adoption seemed successful but
  unfortunately he was brought back to us again.
• I spent the rest of my summer internship with
  Glory, hoping he would find the perfect new owner
  who would be patient and loving.
• He was recently adopted and is working as a
  police horse.

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Hurricane Lew (Lew)

• Lew was one of the first horses I worked with at
  New Vocations this summer.
• He is a dark bay Standardbred trotter with a very
  noticeable personality. Hes extremely playful
  and a handful!
• He had been pin fired in his tendons during his
  racing career so that was a notable subject to
  bring up to the potential adopters.
• A couple came and immediately fell in love with
  Lew. The adopters name was Lou, so it was a
  match made in heaven for him!
• The couple signed the adoption contract, made an
  appointment for pick up, and I successfully
  adopted out my second horse! Lew is living a
  happy comfortable life in NE Ohio going on
  occasional trail rides.

Pin Firing is a therapy that uses a small,
red-hot probe to cause cauterization of tissue in
horses with persistent injuries to produce a
serious inflammatory process. The extreme amount
of fluid caused by this flushes out any chronic
irritation, and it does not displace old scar
tissue.
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Notable Standardbred Arrivals

• With the horses
• Palio Forced Recon

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Forced Recon (Frankie)

• Frankie is a 3 year old light bay Standardbred
  who we adopted out but was returned due to
  problems with the previous owner.
• He came to us with a large front knee which
  always brings concern with the adoption process.
• The large knee was due to repeated hits from his
  opposite hoof during racing. It was not blown out
  because of boots.
• More superficial than harmful, but during picture
  taking we had to get a shot.

Photo courtesy of www.ustrotting.com
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Palio

• First grey Standardbred to come through New
  Vocations during my internship.
• He came to us after only being raced three times
  but straining both front tendons in the Spring.
• Becoming more and more sound as time progresses.
• One of our highest adoption prices due to the
  rarity of his coloring
• He was out of the famous Grey Standardbred
  Stallion, Laag.

Photo courtesy of www.ustrotting.com
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Other Horses Adopted
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• Caralot (Carry)
• Donated along with 2 other mares
• Is now pulling a cart for a couple in MI

• Andy Thorp (Andy)
• Donated by a racetrack in Fowlerville, MI
• Is now a pasture companion for a woman and her
  show horse

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• Cosie Josie (Josie)
• Donated with Forced Recon (Frankie)
• Adopted out to a woman who will be doing dressage
  with her

• Ultimate Prize
• Donated with two other mares from a racetrack in
  Fowlerville, MI
• Adopted to a family of 11, 9 kids. The 16 year
  old daughter liked her disposition so much she
  named her Sweetie

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What I learned from this experience

• I have been around horses my whole life, but I
  have never experienced working with
  Standardbreds, let alone retired racehorses. They
  are extremely different from anything I was
  previously exposed to. Not only in looks and
  size, but in temperament and spirit.
• This internship helped me further build my
  communication and management skills. From setting
  up appointments, showing horses to a variety of
  different adopters, to following through with
  check ups, my time management and responsibility
  developed tremendously.
• From this experience I take with me a new aspect
  on animal care. The horses in the program
  depended on me for a healthy comeback. Not only
  did I learn valuable equine management and care
  procedures but I was exposed to a whole new world
  in the horse industry.
• Racing, especially cart racing, was foreign to me
  upon arrival, but I am now more educated in those
  areas and can understand why people invest so
  much money in their racehorses and the business.
• New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program was an
  amazing internship that I recommend for anyone
  that has horse knowledge but wishes to expand it.
  The program and all of its organizers, my
  supervisor included, made me feel welcome and
  part of the program family as we all helped to
  give racehorses a fresh start and a new beginning
  at life.