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SANCTUARY
Racing for Home REHABILITATION

RETRAINING/ADOPTION

TESTIMONIAL:
“TAA accreditation
has been a longtime
goal for us, and it is
very exciting to be
honored with this
recognition. We are
grateful to TAA for
recognizing the work
we have done over
the past 10 years,
and we are thrilled to
be able to continue to
grow and expand –
all for the horses who
have given us every-

The family team of Brian, Sherrie, and Acacia Courtney established Racing For Home. thing.”

FOUNDED: 2011
Racing for Home works to provide retrain- nut mare. Palace Diva was the catalyst to the ADDRESS:
ing, re-homing, rehabilitation, and sanctu- formation of Racing for Home, which received 155 Blake Rd.
ary for off-the-track Thoroughbreds (OTTB). 501(c)(3) status in 2011. A long-time love for Hamden, CT 06517
Established by the mother-daughter team of horses, and Thoroughbreds in particular,

Sherrie and Acacia Courtney, Racing for Home combined with a desire to fulfill the sense of MAIN CONTACTS:
takes each OTTB and evaluates them on a case- responsibility to our retired racehorses, turned Sherrie Courtney
by-case basis and they are given individualized the operation into a full-time profession. (860) 690-0689
care by the organization’s experienced staff at Since its inception, some 30 Thorough-
one of its two facilities in Connecticut. breds have gone through Racing for Home’s Acacia Courtney
Some horses come directly from the race- program. Sherrie, an experienced rider and (203) 979-7569
track and can easily be retrained for a second horsewoman, works hands-on with Racing
career and adopted out to a new home with a for Home’s members on a daily basis along- WEB ADDRESS:
legal contract. Others may have sustained side trusted veterinary staff, barn managers, racingforhomeinc.com
training or racing injuries, and are rehabili- and trainers. Acacia is a well-known racing SOCIAL:
tated with careful veterinary surveillance and analyst and reporter in the industry, and
assessment, so that the proper placement can works to network OTTBs as well as create and racingforhomeinc
be decided. Finally, select OTTBs are provided maintain trusting relationships with horse- @racingforhome
sanctuary with Racing for Home, and given a men and women looking to retire their horses @racingforhomeinc
place to spend the rest of their lives after their or support aftercare initiatives.
days on the racetrack have ended. This indi- The pair use social media to share photos and AVERAGE NUMBER OF
vidualized approach is something Racing for updates of each of Racing for Home’s members THOROUGHBREDS PER YEAR:
Home prides itself on. and put an emphasis on keeping donors and
It all started in 2009 when Sherrie and Acacia fans updated on the work they are doing daily, 11
adopted their first OTTB from the Suffolk as they continue to grow and give the highest

Downs backside, Palace Diva, a spirited, chest- quality care to their OTTBs.

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