For the Love of Horses
Every day, jockeys risk everything for the sport we love. Without their courage and devotion, horse racing simply couldn’t exist. They give so much including courage and when life knocks them down, the racing community must be there to lift them up. That’s why we strive to help.
We take immense pride in our love for horses, and feel a deep ethical responsibility to look after former racehorses: to help fund the resources that provide them with compassionate care, rehabilitation, and new opportunities—whether that’s a second career, companionship, or a peaceful retirement—once their racing days are over.
West Point Thoroughbreds
In 2011, West Point Thoroughbreds lost a devoted friend and first employee, Congie DeVito, who passed away from complications related to Osteogenesis Imperfecta (also known as Brittle Bones Disease). To honor his memory, WPT established the Congie Black and Gold Fund, a program designed to ensure the secure retirement of horses past, present, and future that are either purchased or raced by WPT.
Eclipse Thoroughbred I Partners
Eclipse has established a program designed to address the aftercare needs of each horse that is retired from racing while under their control, and to make their best effort to track and protect horses who have been claimed or bought by 3rd parties for the purpose of continued racing.
Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation
Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation is a leading non-profit charitable organization that any horse lover can join. They exist to help all horses by funding excellent and significant veterinary research at universities throughout North America and beyond and are committed to the advancement of horses of all breeds.
Injured Jockeys Fund
The Injured Jockeys Fund (IJF) was founded in 1964 following the devastating accidents to Tim Brookshaw, and then Paddy Farrell in the 1964 Grand National. Both falls resulted in severe paralysis which immediately ended both their careers. The Injured Jockeys Fund provides appropriate support in a prompt and sympathetic manner to those jockeys past or present who are injured, unable to ride, or generally in need.
Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund
The Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund (PDJF) provides financial assistance to approximately 60 former jockeys who have suffered catastrophic on-track injuries, predominantly paralysis and/or brain injuries. Since its 2006 inception, the fund has dispersed nearly $14 million. Many recipients were injured in their 20s and 30s and live the majority of their lives with a disability. Having lost their income and the opportunity to build a financial cushion, they are not able to support themselves and their families.
Thoroughbred Charities of America
TCA is a charitable organization whose objective is to raise money for distribution to non-profit organizations that work to support Thoroughbreds and assist the people who care for them. Over the past 34 years, TCA has distributed grants to approved organizations that provide: Thoroughbred rehabilitation, repurposing, rehoming, and retirement programs, Thoroughbred incentive programs, Backstretch and farm employee programs, Equine-assisted therapy programs that utilize Thoroughbreds and Equine research.
Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance
Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance accredits, inspects, and awards grants to approved aftercare organizations to retrain, retire, and rehome Thoroughbreds using industry-wide funding. Funded initially by seed money from Breeders’ Cup Ltd., The Jockey Club, and Keeneland Association Inc., Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance is supported by owners, trainers, breeders, racetracks, aftercare professionals, and other industry groups. Since 2012, Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance has granted more than $36.04 million to accredited aftercare organizations and 18,500 Thoroughbreds have been retrained, rehomed, or retired by accredited organizations.