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If you are into racing, you know about the closure of famous racetrack Suffolk Downs.

If you aren’t into racing, you might feel the pang that at least 100 racing horses will need new homes and new jobs now that the track has closed.

I’m sure you know what will happen to these 100 horses if the cavalry doesn’t ride in and help…

 

HERE IS AN EMAIL FROM THE PRESIDENT OF DOVER SADDLERY REGARDING HOW THEY WILL HELP THE HORSES DISPLACED FROM SUFFOLK DOWNS.

This email made it into my box today and I was impressed.  Here is a company using their email list in a very productive way… spreading the news and hoping for good will.

Please read and forward this post!

Dear Fellow Equestrian,
After a 79 year legacy of horse racing, Suffolk Downs has announced that it will be closing its starting gates at the end of the 2014 Season on September 29th. Many of the Thoroughbreds that have found their first careers at the track will be in need of new homes and jobs after the closing. While there will be a grace period after the track closes in order to allow horses to be matched with new owners, CANTER New England, a non-profit horse welfare group, expects that over 100 horses will need to be re-homed by mid-October.

For those interested in purchasing one of the Suffolk Downs OTTBs, CANTER New England will be hosting an Open House at Suffolk Downs on Sunday, September 27th from 8:30am until 12:00 pm. Additionally, a CANTER New England representative will be available at the track on Wednesday, September 24th. If you are unable to attend the open house, please email CANTER at canterne@canterne.org to schedule a time. Buyer resources, such as transportation, veterinarian, and guides to answer questions about transitioning a race horse to farm life, will be available to interested buyers.

We here at Dover Saddlery have been a longtime supporter of CANTER New England and have purchased horses from Suffolk Downs in the past. In a further effort to help support the re-homing of these horses, we will be provide buyers of these Suffolk Downs OTTBs a starter kit that includes a halter, lead rope and a $20 Dover Saddlery gift certificate.

If you’d like to view available horses, please visit CANTER New England at www.canterusa.org/newengland, and join us for the Open House at Suffolk Downs later this month. Keep following our blog for updates and special features on the promising Suffolk Downs OTTBs that are in need of a new home to help take them to their next winner’s circle.

Please feel free to forward this email to your fellow equestrians and help spread the news.
Sincerely,

Stephen L. Day
President & CEO, Dover Saddlery

ANOTHER ARTICLE FROM OFF-TRACK THOROUGHBREDS!

To read the original article, click here!

 

ADDRESS OF SUFFOLK DOWNS

525 William F McClellan Hwy, Boston, MA 02128

(617) 567-3900

CANTER CONTACT INFORMATION

Email:  canterne@canterne.org

Website for New England Canter chapter:  linked here

The Canter site had this to say and then added a link of a roster of horses for sale:

IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A DONATION TO CANTER FOR THIS EFFORT, HERE IS A LINK

I found this donate page on the Canter site.  This is not the Bucket Fund, it is their own donating system.   Click here.

SOME OF THE HORSES LISTED ON OVER 52 PAGES – SO MANY HORSES!

This makes me so sad… I wish that all of these horses find homes.

Here is a link to some of the horses that are available!  I found this catalog on the Canter website.  The list was created on September 7th.  I do not have an updated list.

I’ve cut and pasted a few of the horses here… there are many,  many more listed here.