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Horse and Hound SANCTUARY

Rescue Foundation REHABILITATION

RETRAINING/ADOPTION

TESTIMONIAL:
“We feel the TAA is
needed to provide
guidelines so that the
owners and trainers
responsibly retiring
Thoroughbreds and
the people looking
to adopt can have
peace of mind that
their horses will be
taken care of and
adopted to loving,
caring homes.”

FOUNDED: 2016
Domain’s Rap, a stakes winner and multiple graded stakes-placed ADDRESS:
earner of $880,000, and adopter Ciara Bowen. 2350 S. Midwest Blvd.
Guthrie, OK 73044
Horse and Hound Rescue Foundation is then start on groundwork – some horses pick PHONE:
located on 50 acres in Guthrie, Okla. We have up on things right away, while others need a (405) 206-4689
a great working relationship with Oklahoma little more time and attention. We allow the
owners and trainers. horses to tell us when they are ready to move MAIN CONTACT:
When a racehorse is ready to be responsibly on to the next step. We want to make sure we Nelda Kettles
retired from the racetrack, either the owner or are restarting them at a pace that will help
trainer calls and we accept the racehorse into them with their future. Our volunteers work WEB ADDRESS:
our program. Just because a horse doesn’t do with each individual horse so that we can help horseandhoundrescue.com
well at the track doesn’t mean they will not pair them with the right adopter and the right
succeed at another job. We have adopted horses experience level for both rider and horse. SOCIAL:
that are now competing in eventing, dressage, To adopt one of these great horses, a poten- horseandhoundrescue
jumping, hunting, barrels, search and rescue, tial adopter must complete an adoption appli-
trail ranch work, and just being someone’s best cation on our website. We verify everything on AVERAGE NUMBER OF
friend. the application and check references and the THOROUGHBREDS PER YEAR:
Horse and Hound Rescue Foundation gives location where the horse will be kept. If local, 100
each horse all the time it needs when it comes we ask each adopter to come out to meet the
into our facility. We slowly introduce each horses so we can make sure it is a good pairing.
horse to different size pastures so we know We, of course, love updates and pictures of our
they will be safe in their outdoor setting. We adopted horses in their new homes.

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