Tickets on Sale for RRP's Saratoga Event
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Retired Racehorse Project has launched ticket sales for Thoroughbreds For All Saratoga, an exploration of how Thoroughbred racehorses are transformed into America's best riding horses.
The event takes place Tuesday, Aug. 4 at Traylor Stables and The Parting Glass near Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
The lineup of presenters includes retired jockey Rosie Napravnik, top owner Maggi Moss, and Kentucky Derby (gr. I)-winning trainer Michael Matz, also a member of the United States Show Jumping Hall of Fame. They will be joined by top three-day eventers Laine Ashker and Jennie Brannigan, dressage trainer Nuno Santos, and others who know both the racing and riding sides of the Thoroughbred world.
The daytime event will have a marketplace of ex-racehorses for sale or adoption, a preview of horses in training for this fall's $100,000 Thoroughbred Makeover, and demonstrations with the following titles: Training the Thoroughbred for Second Careers; Selecting the Discipline and the Market for Your Retiring Racehorse; Soundness Standards for Second Careers; and What Jockeys Know That the Rest of Us Should Learn.
Participating horses include the offspring of Tapit , Giant's Causeway , and Bernardini . Many were bred in New York and ran at Saratoga Race Course in the past.
A highlight of the day will be a demonstration by Laine Ashker on Anthony Patch, a scrappy Thoroughbred gelding who raced as Alex's Castledream and later won the American Eventing Championships in 2013. Anthony Patch and Laine are flying to England in September to compete against the world's best horses at the Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials.
A strong showing there will send a signal to the United States Team Selectors that this off-track Thoroughbred should represent our country at the 2016 Olympic Games. Retired Racehorse Project is encouraging Thoroughbred advocates to help finance this journey.
The evening session of Thoroughbreds For All Saratoga is titled the "Thoroughbred Training Forum" and takes place at The Parting Glass. The panel of experts from earlier in the day will answer a series of questions presented by moderator Steuart Pittman of RRP and from the audience. The purpose is to explore the techniques used by trainers to inspire the Thoroughbred horse to run, to jump, and to perform in whatever disciplines we choose for it.
Tickets are $25 per person for the daytime event and a $10 donation per person for the evening event. For additional information and tickets, click here.