With only 2 weeks left in December we are encouraging any approved adopters to feel free to set up a time to visit our horses at any the five locations.   We will be available to show horses over the next several days including this coming weekend.  The best way to decide which horse is right for you is to simply come out and take a look. 

Below is a list of horses still being evaluated.  A couple will need sometime to heal from minor injuries.  More information will be posted on them as it come available.

CBT Trick Halo, 4 yr old gelding

Polish Crown 8 yr old mare

Free Class 9 yr old gelding

Spinetta 3 yr old filly

We are quickly approaching the end of the year and are hoping to reach our goal of 300 horses adopted this year.  We are very close so we are doing a special of 50% off all listed adoption fees for all horses adopted and picked up by January 1st. 

In the last month we adopted 14 horses from the Marysville facility and many more from our other four facilities.  This month we hope to adopt even more and so far we have started off well.  Segal left this morning and is on his way to his new home in Michigan. 

We have had a whole new group of horses arrive.   Trippi’s Storm, Spinetta, and Sargent Seattle arrived from Belmont Park.  Tepexpan arrived from the Fair Grounds, Pick a Color from Monmouth Park, and Jungle Jill from Ocala, Florida.  All came in with beautifully clipped coats.  We have been evaluating them over the last week and several will be started under saddle this week.    Here is a sneak peak on what we have……more information to come…approved adopters are welcome to call for more information.

Sargent Seattle, 4 yr old, just gelded

Spinetta, 3 yr old filly, minor soreness in right ankle, being vetted Thursday

Trippi’s Storm, 2007 Breeders Cup Mile Contender, ADOPTED

Tepexpan, 7 yr old gelding, true gem

Pick a Color, 3 yr old filly

Jungle Jill, 3 yr old filly

We had a nice September and want to thank everyone who supported our Little Brown Jug Party.  We successfully raised over $50,000 with over 500 people at the event.

In the past, September has been our slowest month for adoptions.  This year has been no exception.  Even though we have had over 7 horses leave this month  (from Marysville) there are so many more needing good homes.  We are looking forward to adopting out more in October.  Anyone looking for a good winter project should definitely keep an eye on our website.  We take great pride in offering the equestrian world with a quality group of Thoroughbreds and Standardbreds at a very affordable adoption fee of $0-$700. 

Also anyone looking for a broodmare prospect should try to adopt sooner rather than later.  Mares coming off the track need time for their bodies adjust and be ready to get in foal.  Breeders who adopt in the fall have a much higher success rate of getting the mares in foal than those who wait till January.  Currently we have 3 mares available, one has already had foals successfully and the other two are maidens.  All three are also riding sound and rather talented.

One of our horses that continues to be over looked is Prime Ticket.  This big gelding came to us in the spring from Keeneland.  He has actually grown an inch since he arrived and has filled out well.  He has been started over fences which he really seems to enjoy.   Prime is a like a little kid in an oversized body.  Definitely take sometime to check him out.

As of June New Vocations has successfully placed 140 racehorses into new homes!!!!!  With that success rate we should easily reach our goal of 300 horses this year.  We have had a very busy Summer.  In June we opened up our fifth facility in Lexington, Ky.  We have partnered up with West Wind Farm in Fayette Co.  www.westwindky.com   Their farm manager, Lisa Molloy, is also managing all of the adoption horses for us as well.  So far she has successfully adopted out over 10 horses.  We only have 4-5 horses there at a time, however most of the horses have been adopted with in a couple weeks of their arrival.  Our goal is to eventually increase the number of horses at the facility once funding has been raised.

In opening the Lexington Facility we have made a wonderful contact with photographer Audrey Crosby.  Check out her website and the horses that we have adopted at: http://www.accphotography.com/gallery/photos/nv/

In July we had the New Vocations Charity Horse  Show.  Over 200 horses and riders came to participate in this year’s event and over $40,000 was raised.  Below are a couple of our graduates that attended.

 Here at Marysville we have a new group of horses and several that have been with us are coming along extremely well.  We have posted new photos and videos of Three Point Star, Snappy Dancer, and Prime Ticket.  All three of these geldings have had a couple months of schooling so take some time to check them out.

 

Just this month Masarin, Free Class, Lady Shelley, and Victoria Anne have been adopted.  Keep your eye on the website.  There will be some new horses posted soon.

 

It’s hard to believe that this is the last day of June.  Time sure does fly.  After several weeks of 90 degrees with 100% humidity it is nice to see the forecast say we will be in the upper 70s -80s all week.  One thing to note to anyone with horses is that summer heat and flies can definitely cause  your horse to loose weight.  Here at the Marysville facility we have had to adjust our routine to help avoid this problem.  Since night turn out is not an option at the facility, horses are now only going out from 8-1pm , some come in even earlier if they are bothered by the flies.   This allows them to still get their turn out time during the cooler part of the day yet come in when the heat really sets in.  We are also increasing grain on some and feeding more hay through out the day to all the horses.  Lately I have received a lot of e-mails concerning how to feed an OTTB.  As stated in Beyond the Track here at New Vocations we start all our horses on at least  9lbs of a 12% grain along with unlimited hay.  Horses in need of gaining weight or horses over 1000 lbs will then receive up to 12lbs of a 12% grain.  We will also feed Ultimate Finish to some as a lunch supliment.  The bottom line is that the best way to help a horse gain weight is to increase their calorie in take and be sure that they are not burning to much calories during the day.

As for adoptions, this month at the Marysville facility we have adopted out 11 horses and all have already left the farm and are into their  new homes.   The eleven were Little Elusive, Winter Message, Interceptor, Concordes Crown, Mulholland, Miss Krizz, Native Success, Runnin on Sunshine, Little Rock, Biachamp, and Kit n Kabuddha.  Hard Moonshine was also adopted over the weekend but will only leave on Friday. 

We have posted several new horses including Santa’s Gold, Riflman, Mikesgoodandtough, Prime Ticket, Snappy Dancer and Runway Sweetie.  I would encourage everyone to check out the TB page at http://horseadoption.com/thoroughbred-adoption/

We have also started taking in horses at West Wind Farm in Lexington, KY.  Our first two horses there are Little Wink and Samuri Storm.  Samuri has already been adopted and Little Wink is on our TB page.  We will have several new horses arriving there this week.  In the meantime you can check out the facilty at www.westwindky.com .

Well we were hoping for a big month and as of today we have already adopted 10 horses this month.  As mentioned in our last post we placed 4 horses  in the first 12 days.  Now only 6 days later we have placed another 6 horses!  Concorde’s Crown was adopted by and made his way earlier this week to his new home in PA.   Mulholland also left to his new home and Native Success will leave tomorrow. Both were adopted by individuals in Virginia.  Kit n Kabudha and Little Rock have also been adopted and are scheduled to leave in the next five days. We will have a busy weekend of horses coming in going.  So far on Saturday we have Runnin on Sunshine leaving for Indiana and two new geldings arriving, Snapper Dancer and Gambling Time.   There are 4 more horses scheduled to come then early next week.  We do have a new group that is almost ready to be posted on our website.  Here is just glimpse.  As soon as they have been fully evaluated they will be posted.

Mikesgoodandtough

Electrify

Prime Ticket

We have so many nice horses right now we are hoping to have another big month of adoptions.  So far this month Winter Message,  Little Elusive, and Interceptor have been adopted and have already moved onto their new homes.  Miss Krizz has also been adopted and will leave on Monday.  Concorde’s Crown has had a couple visitors as well as Mulholland. 

A couple horse to note are Three Point Star and Runnin on Sunshine.  Both have new photos and videos on the website.  Star is coming along well and starting to better understand his new job.  Sunshine is a jewel.  She really is a great horse to ride and wants to please.  Definitely take a second look at these two.

Three Point Star

Runnin on Sunshine

We have had a great week of donations too.  We had 1000 bales of hay donated by a private local farm.  This will help cut the cost of board at the Marysville facility.  Beulah Park also stepped up and is donating sand so we can finish our outdoor arena.  The cost of sand has gone up so this has been a huge blessing.  The sand is arriving as I’m writing this post which means we should be back working horse in the arena by next week.

We have had a couple new horses arrive so their details will come soon.  In the meantime please consider the horses we currently have on our website at www.horseadoption.com

It’s been two weeks since my last post and we have found homes for another 5 horses here at the Marysville facility.  Not only did Rex find a great home but his adopter decided to take Chuckie too:)   Hidalgo also found a home in Galloway, Ohio with a young girl who has already taking lessons on him.  Bri’s Bad Boy was only on our website for a couple days and was adopted over the weekend.  Bri will leave this evening along with Pretty  Quiet.  Both are going to their new homes in Kentucky via transport by Tapps Horse Transportation.  Broad Sweep who came in on the 16th and was in the process of being posted on our website when he got adopted over the weekend.  His adopter visited on Sunday to look at several other horses and fell in love with him instead.

Broad Sweep/ adopted

 

We have posted new photos and videos of most of the horses on our the website.  So if you haven’t checked them out in the last week I would encourage you to take a second look.  We also posted a new filly named Miss Krizz.  This beautiful filly is only 2yrs old and is a stunning liver chestnut . 

 

Last week we had two new horses arrive.  One was just gelded 3 weeks ago and is recovering well.  His name is Tormo Nain.  Tormo was bred and raced in Argintina and then came to the US in 2007.  He never made it back to the track due to minor osselets.  They are fully set now and he is gorgeous.  Tormo will be started back under saddle next week.  He was a difficult horse to work with at the track but has settled down significantly since his castration.  He is full of personality and life.  Tormo will be a great project for an very experienced handler/rider.

Tormo Nain/ 6 yr old gelding

 

The second horse was Native Success who just got castrated at the farm on the 19th.  He is recovering well and will start being ridden next week as well.    Only 15.3h but huge heart and big mover.

Native Success/ 5yr old gelding

We are excited to say that Total Wreck aka “Rex” has found a home and will be leaving this week.  He was adopted by Kim Hillman from Michigan.  Since our last post we have had some new horses arrive and leave even before we could post their information on the website.   Mister White Socks and Louie where only on our website for 24hrs before both were adopted.   We also had a beautiful mare named Invigorate who was adopted prior to going on the website.  She will be leaving on Thursday for her new home in Cincinnati.  Willie Wiggins left last night for his new home in Kentucky where  he will finish out his rehab and then get started back  under saddle.

Invigorate

We have had two horses return to the program due to financial reasons.  This economy is effecting everyone.  But on the upside both horses have had a lot of schooling and training.  They are much better horses than when we first received them.  So adopters who do not feel comfortable putting in the training on some of our greener horses may now adopt one that has already been trained.  Even with the training we are keeping our fees low at $1000.  It would be hard to find a horse with the same training and quality of these two at that price.  Winter Message has not only had extensive schooling he has even been shown several times, been to hunter paces, and trail ridden.  Hidalgo has also had 3 years of schooling both on the flat and over fences.  He has been ridden by all different level of riders and has been a star.

Little Elusive also arrived in great condition.  We are just waiting for our farrier to pay us a visit so he can get front shoes and start working.  We also had a pretty 2 yr old filly arrive Miss Krizz.  She does have a minor injury but is stunning and should be okay for a new career. 

Little Elusive

Well that is just glimpse of what has been going on here in Marysville for the last 10 days.  More to come…..

From Rolex to now Derby weekend time sure does fly.  Last weekend all of the New Vocations staff  worked the program’s booth at Rolex.  It was the first time in many years that we had 4 days of beautiful weather.  We sold over $4000 in t-shirts, sweatshirts, and books.  I must say the eventer crowd sure does appreciate the OTTBs. Over the four day event we had many previous adopters stop by to share their success stories.  It was great to hear how well our graduates are doing.  We also spent hours talking to potential adopters and sharing the benifits of adopting a Thoroughbred and Standardbred.  

After a long weekend we all made it back on Monday to find a barn full of new horses.  In the month of April the Marysville facility alone adopted 15 horses.  That is a full turn over in one month!    So over the past week we have had a new group of horses arrive.  Mr. White Socks and L’Oiseau d’Argent arrived from Saratoga.  Both geldings are classy and well bred with nice race records.  Three Point Star arrived from Mountaineer with no apparent injuries.   We have two beautiful mares now.  Runnin on Sunshine came up from Gulfstream and Pretty Quiet from Cleveland.  Both are stunning but have old knee injuries that will prevent them from doing anything competitive.  However, they are well bred and would make great broodmares.  Irwando also came in from his previous adopter who was no longer financially able to afford him.  He came back last week and already found a new home on Wednesday!

Today we have a nice gelding coming in from Arlington Park named Little Elusive.  Two more will appear over the next week.  It may take us a week to get everyone settled and evaluated so please be patient with getting further details on all of these horses.In the meantime visit our website and take a look at who we currently have that is ready for adoption.  We are hoping for another successful month of adoptions.

Happy Oaks and Derby!  If anyone wants to know how to make the best derby pie in the world give Carrie a call in the office and she will share her recipe.