New VocationsRacehorse Adoption Program

Halters For Hope

Buy a Halter, Help a Standardbred

Halters For Hope collects worn halters, with engrave nameplates, from the sport’s top racehorses, sires and broodmares, and offers them for sale to benefit horse rescue organizations that cater to saving Standardbreds.

100 percent of the proceeds from these halters go to the rescue groups!

Halters are sold on a first-come, first-served basis. E-mail your request to haltersforhope@ustrotting.com, and you will be contacted when the chosen halter is available and told to send the necessary donation. Upon receipt of the donation, Halters for Hope administrator Andy Cohen will ship the halters to purchasers. Donations (checks or money-orders) will be made payable directly to the charitable rescue organization stipulated for the specific horse.

Only one halter per horse is available at a given time, but a waiting list will be established to fulfill all orders. If your selected halter is not immediately available, you will be placed on the wait list and notified when it is on hand. 

If you’d like the halter of a specific horse and don’t see it on the list, it can be requested.  Visit www.ustrotting.com/haltersforhope.cfm to view list of horses donating halters.

Thoroughbred Calendar

Rachel Alexandra, Zenyatta, Summer Bird, Mine That Bird, and all the other stars of 2009 are featured in ST Publishing’s newest edition of the classic Thoroughbred Racing Calendar. 14 inches wide by 22 inches tall (when open), the calendar showcases stellar photography by Tod Marks, Barbara Livingston and others – and of course highlights world-class Thoroughbreds. The calendar includes Rachel Alexandra, Zenyatta, Mine That Bird, Summer Bird, Forever Together, Zensational, Einstein, Informed Decision and others. A portion of the calendar sales will go to New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program.  Order today Click Here!

Ohio Horse License Plates, Get Them or We May Lose the Opportunity!

Some concerned equine lovers devoted two years to getting legislation passed to offer Ohio Horse license plates.  A portion of the proceeds is designated to go to equine welfare organizations in the state.  The plates are very attractive and definitely make a statement about our love of horses.   If a sufficient number of Horse plates are not sold, we could lose this valuable opportunity.   Ohio Horse license plates can be ordered online at www.oplates.com

Make Your Next Horse an Ex-Racehorse! Can You Make Room for One More?

   Please help us get horses into homes for the winter.  If you are considering adopting a Standardbred or Thoroughbred, look hard at the wide selection offered.  Each is special in its own way.  And each will blossom under the loving attention of its own human.  Give them a chance to thrive in your care.  And if you just don’t see one that fits your need, then contact us about horses that might not, yet, be posted. (pictured is 16 yr old Malba Queen who is basking in the love of Casey and Ashton Browning.)  Make your next horse an ex-racehorse!  It’s a wonderful way to help with this mission.

“Make Your Next Horse an Ex-Racehorse” Sign Seen on the Road

Melanie Glover and her family love their adopted Standardbred Antique Collector and their adopted Thoroughbred Mazel.  In order to promote New Vocations and the racehorse adoption mission they had this wonderful sign made up and bolted to their trailer.  For information on obtaining a similar sign email cglover@columbus.rr.com

Beyond The Track Wins American Horse Publications Award

The American Horse Publications Association selected Beyond The Track as the best equine book published in 2008.  New Vocations Program Director Anna Ford wrote the Thoroughbred retraining manual as an aid to getting more retired racehorses into homes.  The award was announced at the National convention in New Orleans this past weekend.

Watch this Speed Racking Adoptee!

Attar is just three yrs old this spring but adopter Susie Wright has the daughter of Michigan sire Artistic headed for the show ring.  Susie loves training and showing speed racking horses.  Attar, shownamed “Rosebud’s Attar” is just one of many that Susie has developed.  Click on the You Tube link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtgLxICvrUo to see a recent training session.  Also, visit Susie’s website at www.speedrackinghorses.com/ to learn more about speed racking horses.  Susie lives in Virginia. More and more speed racking enthusiasts are adopting standardbreds.  We have new adopters from New York to North Carolina, Virginia to Indiana that want to infuse Standardbred blood into their current racking horses or simply want to develope a faster speed racker to enjoy for pleasure and sport. Feel free to email Susie with questions and inquiries.  I’m sure she’d be happy to hear from you.

New Vocations Standardbred Featured in Trail Rider Magazine, May issue

Standardbreds, Racking Horses, and Saddlebreds were the featured breeds in the May issue of Trail Rider magazine.  The lovely gray mare Mountain Melodie was spotlighted in the description of Standardbreds.  Melodie is being schooled in Dressage by adopter Laura Adams of Michigan.  New Vocations along with its website is mentioned in the article.  Trail Rider magazine can be found at Tractor Supply stores.

Middle-aged Standardbred Mares Make Excellent Trail Mounts

When seeking a nice trail horse, don’t overlook the middle-aged Standardbred broodmares.  These ladies trained or raced at a young age, then raised several foals.  Most have seldom gotten out of a walk in the past ten years.  Though these mares still obviously have a motor, they are usually content to walk for hours unless asked to go faster.  They tend to be fat, healthy, sound, and sane.  Currently, we have Brewinupastorm and  JD Jogger that fall in this category.  Go check them out.  They have many years of service and companionship to offer.  And they need and deserve a home.

Check out these Standardbred Speed Rackers & Pacers!

Here is a nice collection of standardbreds speed racking (single foot gait) and speed pacing.  Click on the you tube link or cut and paste.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TUiKBMR2zg

Join the New Vocations’ Thoroughbred Blog

We would like to invite everyone to join our Thoroughbred Blog at http://newvocationsthoroughbred.wordpress.com/ .  We will be posting daily and weekly updates about the happenings at our facilities.  Find out about new horses coming in and who is getting adopted. We will also cover basic horse care and training tips.  Visit our blog at http://newvocationsthoroughbred.wordpress.com/ post your thoughts and share your stories.

Who Says Standardbreds Aren’t Good For Dressage!

This Russian Trotter performed in both the ‘04 and ‘08 Olympics and received a perfect 10 for his Piaffe in World Cup Competition. He raced at two, was a mounted patrol horse for ten years before he was “discovered” and trained for Dressage. His name is Balagur. See him perform on this video link. It’s stunning.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaiVtHS6VrI

Go Green! Recycle Your Clutter! And Lend A Helping Hand.

New Vocations needs all kinds of items for our 11th Annual Silent Auction held in conjunction with the Blooded Horse Sale Feb 9th & 10th in Delaware, Ohio.  This Standardbred Breed Sale attracts buyers from 28 states and throughout Canada.

The crowd appreciates New Vocations mission and is eager to buy, so we need all kinds of interesting, unique items to offer .  Just about anything equine related is appropriate, i.e. framed prints, wall hangings, centerpieces, accessories, etc.  Also, tack (pleasure or racing) Sports memorabilia & tickets, entertainment cards, boxed gift items, jewelry, and crafts are all popular.  One vacation package is worth a lot of smaller items so if anyone can donate a timeshare or a week in their vacation home, we’d sure love to have it.

Everybody who truly cares about our mission to retired racehorses should be able to find some item to contribute to this upcoming fundraiser.

Dot Morgan is the contact person for this fundraiser: (937) 947-4020 or dot@horseadoption.com.

Please call or email her with what you have to donate.  Or simply send to:

New Vocations
3293 Wright Rd
Laura, OH 45337

Items need to be in her office or the Marysville office by Feb 5th or delivered to the Delaware Co Fairgrounds by Feb 9th.  Items and services are tax deductible to the extent of the law.

New Vocations Ohio Slide Show

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New Facility

Hilliard Facility Moves to Marysville

New Vocations Hilliard Facility has moved 20 miles to the Blues Creek Equestian Center in Marysville, Ohio.  We would like to thank Sid and Leigh Ann Griffith for providing a wonderful facility for our horses and program over the past 7 years.  We encourage everyone to check out Blues Creek EC by visiting their website at www.bluescreekequinecenter.com .  New Vocations will have 14 stalls and offices at this facility. Please note our phone number and address change. 

New Horse License Plate to Support Horse Welfare Groups

Learn more about how to purchase the new Horse License Plate by visiting http://www.horseplate.org

Purchase Beyond the Track Today

The Ultimate How-To Reference on Retraining Ex-Racehorses

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New Vocation Slide Show

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