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• News from the rescue front

  From After the Finish Line Dear Friends, After the Finish Line's first anniversary is on October 8, 2007. We started ATFL to provide funding for Thoroughbred horses that can no longer race or breed. We have funded over twenty Thoroughbred rescues... Posted Oct 07 2008, 11:05 AM by Paul Moran at the races Filed under: horse slaughter, horse rescue, After the Finish Line

• A tax by any other name ...

  Sometimes, the mail contains is a pleasant surprise, in this case a survey of owners who have retired horses during the last year conducted by the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets on behalf of the Task Force on Retired Race Horses... Posted Sep 10 2008, 10:48 AM by Paul Moran at the races Filed under: horse slaughter, horse rescue, Distinctive Pro

• Brown interview on slaughter issue

  Horse rescue advocate Alex Brown's interviewed on a Canadian radio talk show is more than worth the time it takes to listen. Read More... Posted Sep 04 2008, 07:37 AM by Paul Moran at the races Filed under: horse slaughter, horse rescue, Alex Brown

• Keeneland donates adoption guide

  From Keeneland Keeneland will donate copies of Anna Morgan Ford’s book, Beyond the Track: Retraining the Thoroughbred from Racehorse to Riding Horse, to nonprofit organizations around the country whose mission is to find adoptive homes for retired Thoroughbreds... Posted Aug 12 2008, 03:30 PM by Paul Moran at the races Filed under: Keeneland, horse slaughter, horse rescue, Beyond the Track

• The imperfect story of Heavenly Perfect

  By Jennifer Swanson jswan0415@aol.com To the people of the rescue world Heavenly Perfect, known to those who loved her as Melody, was a beautiful, loving mare who lured you into her stall with her low loving knickers and then when you went into her stall... Posted Aug 11 2008, 10:25 AM by Paul Moran at the races Filed under: horse slaughter, horse rescue, Jerry Hollendorfer

• On the weekend reading list

  Worthwhile reading: A transcript of Alex Brown's Thursday Q&A at Bloodhorse.com on Thursday. Alex, founder of Fans of Barbaro and publisher of alexbrownracing.com, has worked tirelessly in support of horse welfare, the abolition of slaughter and... Posted Jun 28 2008, 09:24 AM by Paul Moran at the races Filed under: horse slaughter, horse rescue, Alex Brown

• Anatomy of a rescue

  Note: The story of Marquet Gold, known to his original owner as Buster, has a happy ending when he was saved from slaughter only last Friday by members of the Friends of Barbaro organization. Many such stories do not. By Sandra Montgomery He had scratches... Posted Jun 24 2008, 01:49 PM by Paul Moran at the races Filed under: horse slaughter, horse rescue, Sugarcreek

• Weekend guest: The good fight

  Black farmers join effort to save horses from slaughter After having seen the recent HBO Real Sports piece on horse slaughter, Dr. John Boyd, founder and president of the National Black Farmers Association, was moved to action. The result is a partnership... Posted Jun 21 2008, 07:44 AM by Paul Moran at the races Filed under: horse slaughter, HBO, Sugarcreek, Mountaineer Park, Animal Welfare Institute, Black Farmers' Association

• HBO expose falls short of the mark

  Monday’s HBO Real Sports piece on the export of horses, some cast-off thoroughbreds no longer capable of racing, for slaughter came up very small. Sandwiched between a feature on Venus Williams, the tennis player, and something I turned off, the story... Posted May 13 2008, 07:27 AM by Paul Moran at the races Filed under: horse slaughter, HBO, horse rescue, Little Cliff