Racehorses in the news.

We have all seen the tragedies and triumphs of all that is racing. The fact is whether you love racing, hate racing, or fall somewhere in between we have real ex racehorses here, that you can help, now. Its easy to have a disconnect to racing. Most of what the average person sees is on TV or social media. If you are part of the betting public and your horse wins, or wins big, that is such a great feeling. Just watching them run, is pretty spectacular. The parties, the social aspect, it is a huge spectator sport.

On the other hand, it is a spectator sport that involves more than a person. In all sports, athletes get injured, and is part of the risk, but how much risk is acceptable? If you learn about the injures and deaths, see the horses in auctions or shipped, or starving in fields when they have been abandoned, it’s just absolutely heartbreaking. There are things you see that you can’t unsee. But either way there is very little real interaction between the public at large and the actual horses. There are a lot of passionate opinions out there either way but the disconnect between the sport and the actual horses – doesn’t need to be the case! If you love the horse, there are so many tangible ways to help and be involved. Here or anywhere!

If you love these horses as we do, and want to be more involved, here are a few things you can do here at Track to Trail Inc

Volunteering, learning, and adopting

Volunteering at an organization that helps injured or neglected ex racehorses there are places all over the country that can use help. We are one! Located in Naples FL we take horses directly from Gulfstream and also from local owners or neglect cases.

We’ve been doing this a long time and would love to add a few more advocates to the team! Looking for dedicated people over the age of 18 that can maintain a schedule over a period of time. Volunteers w service in their heart to make an impact on a horses life

From intake to adoption there’s s lot of moving pieces. Core volunteers and more hands make everything go smoother. It’s hot hard work here in Florida. It can also be emotionally taxing. So it’s not for everyone but it’s sure perfect for some. The longer you stay the more obvious it is the impact that you have. Getting involved w a horses story, helping w what they need, making sure they have a clean place to live, plenty to eat, their medical cares taken care of, that potential homes are checked out and adoptions go smoothly

It’s a long hard process. But so extremely rewarding. When they finally leave for a home, you cry because you are so happy for them and you cry for yourself because you will miss them terribly.

Many of our volunteers have become adopters. They fall in love and want to go even further and make the promise to take care of them for life

We will have an orientation coming up next month – you can check out our volunteer page to see if we have any opportunities that might be s match

If you love horses but can’t commit to a schedule we have so many opportunities to interact, have fun and learn from our horses. The fees go to help w hay and vet and care so this is also an amazing way to help them and enjoy yourself! Check out the education tab on our website

Adopting is another great way to help – we have most of our horses listed on our website along w an application! Check out Available horses tab

Spend some time there, read some of the articles we have written, share with your friends! If you can’t help the horses here, maybe there are some in your neck of the woods that you can help.

But either way see if you can get out there and volunteer at real rescues! Boots on the ground sort of thing. There’s nothing like it!