SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THOROUGHBRED RESCUE

Southern California Thoroughbred Rescue (SCTR) is a 501(c)(3) horse rescue charity, EIN 26-3166279 and California non-profit public benefit corporation #3151037. We specialize in the auction rescue, rehabilitation, and re-homing of thoroughbred ex-racehorses at high risk for slaughter, neglect, and abuse. Our goal is to provide a safety net for as many as possible of the thoroughbreds arriving at local livestock auctions from the racetrack and breeding farm, having slipped through the cracks of the existing racehorse retirement machinery in southern California.

We currently have twenty six thoroughbreds in our care, ranging in age from two years to eighteen years. The vast majority of these were rescued at local auctions where they sold without reserve. The average price of those of our horses that sold at prestigious yearling sales, as racing prospects, was in excess of $100,000. The average livestock auction price of our horses is approximately $185. 

This website, and our Facebook Group Page "Southern California Thoroughbred Rescue" are the portals to our organization's work and to the stories of our horses. You can join the Facebook Group and receive a weekly email update here: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=54037057570

Please consider adopting a thoroughbred today! The more good, permanent homes that we can find for our horses, the more  horses we can help at auction. Or please consider donating, to help us support those horses in our care that await new adoptive homes. All donations are tax deductible.

  

Every year, more than two thousand thoroughbred racehorses leave California's racetracks at the conclusion of their pari-mutuel racing careers, frequently having sustained injuries that preclude further running or extensive athletic activity. Others leave thoroughbred breeding farms when they, or their offspring, are no longer commerically viable. Some of these horses are donated by owners, breeders, and trainers to thoroughbred retirement farms, adoption, transitioning, and rescue facilities, and are fortunate enough to find good new homes or permanent sanctuary through these organizations. Many are not so fortunate.

The mission of SCTR is to provide a safety net for as many thoroughbred ex-racehorses that slip through the cracks of the existing retirement and retraining machinery in California as possible. We aim to identify, provide support, and security for horses that fail to find an alternative "soft landing" when their commercial value in the racing industry is exhausted. In pursuing this mission, SCTR acquires thoroughbred ex-racehorses that are at high risk of slaughter, neglect, and abuse, and cares for, rehabilitates, and retrains them until a permanent adoptive or retirement home can be found. Horses acquired by the organization are transitioned at our adoption center in Apple Valley, our rehabilitation center in Moreno Valley, or by knowledgeable private foster families, until their ideal placement is found. We also work with members of the racing industry to identify horses at the racetrack and breeding farm that urgently require a new home, and provide them with free advertizing and promotional services to support the re-homing of their horses. In addition, SCTR actively networks with other thoroughbred welfare and rescue organizations and individuals to find homes for as many thoroughbred ex-racehorses in California as possible.

Finally, SCTR seeks to educate the general and racegoing public regarding responsible racehorse ownership and breeding practices, and the need to support humane racehorse retirement, retraining, and re-homing.

The purpose of this website is to provide general information for readers about the goals and ongoing activities of SCTR, to inform the public about our most recent rescues, and to showcase and promote the rehoming of the lovely thoroughbreds that we have available for adoption and that we are rehabilitating.

SCTR horses that are available for adoption can be viewed at "Adoptable Thoroughbreds" which you can reach from our navigation bar. From here, you can access an information page and photoalbum for each adoptable horse. SCTR horses that are currently in rehabilitation can be viewed at "Horses in Rehab", while "Adopted Horses" records the horses that have found new homes through SCTR. If you would like to visit the photoalbums for our horses directly, you can do so by clicking on "Photo Gallery" at our navigation bar. Another page describes horses that we have helped by networking with other organizations, "Other Horses Helped". 

Our members have played a part in the rescue, rehabilitation, or rehoming of all of the beautiful thoroughbreds shown in the photographs on our pages. We are grateful to board member, John Chun, who is responsible for taking many of the wonderful photographs on this website. In addition, our logo contains an image of a painting by equine artist, and SCTR friend and donor, Christine Picavet who kindly suggested our use of this image and to whom we are deeply indebted. The painting depicts a beautiful daughter of Vaguely Noble, also the sire of the great racehorse, Exceller, who died in a Swedish slaughterhouse. Please visit Christine's website at http://www.christinepicavet.com to see more of her work.  

We hope that you enjoy this website, and the photographs and stories of our horses, and will visit again, or perhaps even consider adopting one of our lovely thoroughbreds. If you would like to make a tax deductible donation to the rescue, care, and rehabilitation of ex racehorses in southern California, you can do so here: