In the newest installment of this series, I interviewed Lainey Butler, Equine Director, at Camp Holiday Trails. This non-profit camp is located in the foothills of the Blue Mountains in Virginia and provides camp experiences for kids with medical needs. Lainey shared stories about the positive impact of horses on

In July 2022, in partnership with Wasabi Ventures Stables, we privately purchased Lap of Luxury for retirement. (Read the full story here.) Little did I know at that time, but this transaction would make an impact on a club member’s life, as well as on the future retirement of a

Its Over, a four year old gelding, ran for Wasabi Ventures Stables (WVS) from April to September of 2022. At that point, he was claimed away but continued to be tracked by us. Fast forward to May 16, 2023, when Its Over’s owner and trainer decided to part ways, and,

Wasabi Ventures Stables purchased Frost Warrior at the OBS October Yearling Sale. She then headed to Zoe Valvo at the Middleburg Training Track to begin her race training. She ran in WVS silks from August 2020 until October 2022. She competed at several tracks for three of their trainers: Jesse

In March, I started a new article series called Meet the Aftercare Ally. With these articles my goal was to ask owners, advocates, program directors, etc. to talk about their experiences both with racing and aftercare. After sharing two of these interviews, it occurred to me that in order to

Many thanks to Lauren, Ria’s forever friend, who shared this update. Whew! It’s been quite a while since I’ve done a general update on Ria for The Horse Fund! I didn’t make as much progress with her over the summer as I would have liked, as I have a terrible