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Thoroughbred Retirement, SANCTUARY

Rehabilitation, and Careers REHABILITATION
RETRAINING/ADOPTION

TESTIMONIAL:
“Earning TAA
accreditation is an
honor. Accreditation
provides verification
for supporters and
adopters to know we
are operating with a
high standard of care
as well as increased
trust with trainers and
owners retiring their
horses to our organi-
zation for re-homing.”

TRRAC/NINA LYMAN FOUNDED: 2017
Charlie and Nina Lyman at the 2017 Thoroughbred Makeover with Facundo, who placed ninth
in competitive trail in a class of nearly 70 horses and cross competed in other disciplines. ADDRESS:
1799 Pocopson Rd.
Thoroughbred Retirement, Rehabilitation, thing in between, backed by Charlie and Nina West Chester, PA 19382
and Careers (TRRAC) is located in West Chester, Lyman’s professional riding careers that includes
Pa., on the grounds of the historic Maui Meadow training Thoroughbred racehorses as well as PHONE: (610) 348-4338
Farm, since 1946 the longest actively operating actively competing in different disciplines.
Thoroughbred farm in Pennsylvania. The Lyman The Lymans believe in expressing not only MAIN CONTACT:
family turned their attention to the need they saw the athletic ability of all Thoroughbreds but Nina M. Lyman
for safe landing, rehabilitation, and retraining for also their ability to be versatile family and plea-
racehorses that were retiring from the track. In sure mounts, no matter how little or how much WEB ADDRESS:
2017, they started TRRAC Thoroughbred After- money they have won in their racing careers. OTTBS.org
care by offering safe sanctuary, rehabilitation, They believe in properly restarting retired race- SOCIAL:
second-career training, and the facilitation of horses in new careers that suit them to ensure the
adoptions for off-the-track Thoroughbreds. perfect match with an adopter. TRRACTB
TRRAC offers medical support, supplementa- As of 2020, the program has seven permanent @trrac_ottb
tion, rehabilitative care, and second-career train- sanctuary residents and offers many horses for
ing to facilitate the best care possible for all the adoption, backed with the option to return the AVERAGE NUMBER OF
horses that come into the program. The program horse to the program for any reason at any time. THOROUGHBREDS PER YEAR:
offers specialized and professional rehabilitation, The horses in the programs at come from part- 60-70
with an indoor equine swimming pool that can nered racetracks in the Pennsylvania tri-state
allow for low-impact rehabilitation and muscle area such as Second Call, Turning For Home,
building. Horses in the program are thoroughly New Start, as well as Caribbean Thoroughbred
evaluated for soundness, suitability for a second Aftercare and Aftercare Charles Town. TRRAC
career, and disposition, which includes riding also assists with private intakes for owners and
assessments and professional training under trainers that are in need of placement assistance.
saddle. TRRAC offers multi-discipline options, TRRAC accepts as many as, but not limited to,
which includes professional training from trail 60 horses per year, and finds approved adopter

and obstacles, to three-day eventing, and every- homes for each.

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