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Tranquility Farm SANCTUARY

TESTIMONIAL:
“The commitment to
provide lifetime
retirement care for
Thoroughbred
racehorses is not for
the faint of heart. It
requires great
dedication and,
above all, a support
network. The TAA has
substantially helped
Tranquility Farm to
provide the very best
care for our horses
and to give them a
secure future.”

Tranquility Farm now focuses solely on providing sanctuary for retired Thoroughbreds. FOUNDED: 1998
ADDRESS:
Tranquility Farm, the Harry A. Biszantz wood in rural Northern California. While many 3850 Hacienda Rd.
Memorial Center for Thoroughbred Retirement, past Tranquility Thoroughbreds have gone on to
began with the 1998 purchase of an abandoned successful careers in new and loving homes, the Cottonwood, CA 96022
property in the Tehachapi Mountains of south- present focus of the organization is to provide PHONE:
central California – the brainchild of nationally sanctuary for former runners to simply and (661) 332-8170
noted owners and breeders Gary Biszantz and happily live out their days.
John Amerman and longtime horse rescuer Pris- Those provided lifetime retirement at Tran- MAIN CONTACT:
cilla Clark, and established in the memory of quility have included such racing stars as Grade Priscilla Clark
Biszantz’s late father, Harry. 1 Santa Anita Derby winner Buddy Gil, million-
Believing the racing industry had a respon- aire and 12-time stakes winner Full Moon WEB ADDRESS:
sibility for the horses on whose backs it so Madness, and graded stakes winners such as tranquilityfarmtbs.org
depended, their plan was to celebrate these Thor- Invited Guest, Areyoutalkintome, Mananan
oughbreds while helping those who were injured McLir, Publication, Snipledo, Marvin’s Faith, AVERAGE NUMBER OF
or in need of a home, and at the same time bring Three Peat, and Southern Wish. THOROUGHBREDS PER YEAR:
broader public awareness to aftercare. Launched by prominent horsemen, throughout 20
The organization, now more than two decades its history Tranquility Farm’s board of direc-
old, has been a resounding success in doing what tors has included many well-known industry
it set out to achieve: rescuing, rehabilitating, and members, including Eclipse Award-winning
retiring Thoroughbreds once their days on the journalist Jay Hovdey, bloodstock agent Gayle
track are over. More than 500 ex-racehorses have Van Leer, and Del Mar race-caller Trevor
passed through its program, the base for which Denman. Program sponsors have included some
was relocated in 2014 from Tehachapi to Cotton- of West Coast racing’s most notable names.

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