Sponsored by the PTHA, Turning For Home, Inc. opened its doors to the horses at Philadelphia Park in May 2008. Shortly after, management issued a zero tolerance policy to trainers who are found to have sent their horses to auction where they could be purchased for slaughter. In just17 months over 278 horses have been placed into our program by their owners or trainers.

Our program, the first of any year round racetrack, has received national attention from the racing industry, and we are proud to say that our model plan and success stories have proven incentive for other tracks to look into the prospects of starting their own programs to provide for these wonderful horses

WE NEED ONE MORE RUN-IN SHED! Can you help?

Winter is coming, and we have many horses that need to move from Philadelphia Park to the farm, where they will be rehabilitated and then adopted.

MANY THANKS TO REPOLE STABLES FOR DONATING FUNDS FOR A NEW RUN-IN SHED!

BETTING ON CREATING BONDS 10/21/09
By: ANNIE TASKER
The Intelligencer

A NEW SPECIAL EQUESTRIAN PROGRAM WILL PAIR AT-RISK YOUTH WITH RACEHORSES

The staff at Special Equestrians wasn't sure how a former racehorse would react to life away from the track. But Goodman's Girl, a 5-year-old thoroughbred who raced 21 times before injuring her leg, was resting comfortably in her new stall and munching on some hay within hours of her arrival in Warrington on Tuesday afternoon.

"She's a little trooper," said Special Equestrians executive director Tammy Westney.

This fall, the therapeutic horse-riding nonprofit is partnering with Turning For Home, Inc., Philadelphia Park Racetrack’s racehorse retirement program, to host two racehorses with career-ending injuries. Goodman's Girl will be joined in a few weeks by another, older thoroughbred named El Frio. The duo will be part of the Special Equestrians Youth Connections program, teaching empathy and practical skills to students with behavioral or academic problems.

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