Horse Updates

12 Days of Giving- 2023

It’s a wrap on the 12 Days of Giving! From November 28th through December 9th, we raised over $11,000 to support the safe and secure retirement of Wasabi Ventures Stables horses. The horses As of today, we have assisted in the retirement of 13 Thoroughbreds in 2023. Nine of these

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A Change in Plans for Play

Since August 2, 2022, when Grace officially adopted Play (JC Shecanflatoutplay), the goal was for the two of them to compete at the 2023 Retired Racehorse Project Thoroughbred Makeover. However, plans do not come with certain guarantees. Recently, Grace decided a change in plans was in Play’s best interest. In

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Exxtop- Retirement #9

Today was another exciting day for The Horse Fund, as we completed the purchase of Exxtop for retirement. This 5 year old gelding, was claimed by Wasabi Ventures Stables on July 30, 2021. In his second race for WVS, he was claimed away. From that time forward, Marcus Thompson trained

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Pony Camp- Magical Mousse

Magical Mousse was retired by Wasabi Ventures Stables in February 2023. He moved to his forever home with Sarah shortly after that. I reached out to Sarah for an update on this terrific gelding: Mousse is just as sweet as ever. He is currently being used for intermediate riders who

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Jumping Begins for Play

Things with Play (JC Shecanflatoutplay) have been so great! As always, she has been the best girl. We have started jumping some more cross rails and adding in poles before to work on her adjustability and form over fences. She has been very brave jumping over different colored flowers and

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The First Barrel Event for Dill

Many thanks to Samyi, Dill’s BFF, for sharing this update: A barrel event! Dill is working full time, and he is loving having a job. We have been working close with a trainer to help us piece the missing things together from eyes on the grounds, and it has made

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