From now through February 14, enter your horse in our Thoroughbred Sport Tracker, the internet’s only user-driven database for Thoroughbreds in second careers, and you could win a free RRP 10-year anniversary water bottle!…

We received an incredible response to our #RacehorseResolution contest! We loved reading the submitted goals and resolutions for 2020 from our followers, whether it was taking on the Thoroughbred Makeover for the first time, getting back in the show ring with a…

We made it to the finish line! Thanks to the generosity of our supporters, our year-end donations totaled $37,118. Combined with RRP board chair Carolyn Karlson’s generous match of $25,000, we far surpassed our fundraising goal of $50,000, for a…

The National Thoroughbred racing Association is inviting fans to participate in this year’s Eclipse Awards, which will honor the off-track Thoroughbred, by sharing photos on Facebook and Twitter of their OTTBs with the hashtag #NeverEclipsed.…

Whether you’re restarting your very first off-track Thoroughbred or you’ve spent your riding career on the backs of ex-racehorses, we invite you to start your journey with the Thoroughbred Makeover.…

What’s YOUR #RacehorseResolution for 2020? The new year has 366 opportunities to try something new with your retired racehorse, whether it’s enter the Thoroughbred Makeover with a recent retiree, return to the show ring with a #TBMakeoverGrad, or reach new…

Applications are now open for the 2020 Thoroughbred Makeover, presented by Thoroughbred Charities of America! Applications will be accepted through January 15, 2020, and accepted trainers will be announced on February 15, 2020.…

October 29, 2019 By: Kristen Bentley, Retired Racehorse Project  Breeders’ Cup Ltd. today announced a partnership with the Retired Racehorse Project (RRP) to honor the winner of this year’s Thoroughbred Makeover between races at the Breeders’ Cup World Championships, bringing…

On October 2-5, 2019, 374 horses descended on the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington for the Thoroughbred Makeover and National Symposium, presented by Thoroughbred Charities of America. They competed in one or two of ten disciplines, contending for top honors,…

October 2, 2019 The temperatures are hot at the Kentucky Horse Park, but the competition is hotter: the first day of preliminary competition is complete at the Retired Racehorse Project Thoroughbred Makeover and National Symposium, presented by Thoroughbred Charities of…

September 23, 2019 By: Kristen Kovatch Bentleykbentley@retiredracehorseproject.org In keeping with the organization’s goal to better serve the Thoroughbred and continue to educate the owners, trainers and farms who seek to help transition these horses to second careers, the Retired Racehorse…

Thursday, September 5, 2019 On October 1, 2019, the Thoroughbred Charities of America (TCA), Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance (TAA), Thoroughbred Incentive Program and Retired Racehorse Project (RRP) will join together to present the inaugural Thoroughbred Aftercare Summit, a conference focused on…

The final entry period for the 2019 Thoroughbred Makeover and National Symposium, presented by Thoroughbred Charities of America (TCA), has passed — which means that our field of contestants is set! Let’s take look at the numbers and find out…

The Retired Racehorse Project (RRP) and Thoroughbred Charities of America (TCA) jointly announce that TCA will once again be the title sponsor of the Thoroughbred Makeover and National Symposium, which will be held at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Kentucky,…

Breyerfest comes to Kentucky Horse Park on July 12-14, and the Retired Racehorse Project will be part of the action!…

The Retired Racehorse Project’s (RRP) Off-Track Thoroughbred Magazine won “General Excellence Association Publication (circulation less than 15,000)” at the 2019 American Horse Publications’ (AHP) Equine Media Awards presentation, which took place June 1, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The Horse Media…

The Retired Racehorse Project staff has just returned from an outstanding week in Kentucky! As one of the highest levels of competition in any discipline in which Thoroughbreds hold their own, it’s a natural fit for RRP to create Thoroughbred…

Celebrate the Triple Crown with Breyer Horses and give back to the Retired Racehorse Project! On racing Saturdays (May 4, May 16 and June 8, 2019), purchase any regular line products (except for club releases, web specials and BreyerFest tickets) and 10%…

The Retired Racehorse Project (RRP) announced this week that Dr. Carolyn Karlson, Ph. D. has been elected as chair of the Retired Racehorse Project’s board of directors and Sue Smith has been elected vice chair. Also elected to the board…

Taylor Made Sales, the world’s most successful Thoroughbred consignment agency, announced today that it is lending its support to the Retired Racehorse Project by sharing the Keeneland September Sale Bonus Program awards earned by their Bloodstock Investments IV pinhooking partnership…

It’s not just a scholarship that Emily Daignault-Salvaggio launched, with the intention of refunding one 2019 Thoroughbred Makeover trainer’s entry fee through her family’s Daignault Family Foundation. The Give Back to Go Scholarship may just have launched a movement —…

Let RRP be your guide to all things Thoroughbred at the Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event, April 25-28, 2019 in Lexington, KY!  Be sure to check out and follow all of the Thoroughbreds competing! …

Join RRP at the Horse World Expo, Feb 28 – March 3 for demonstrations, seminars, and shopping all things OTTB!…

The newest show to join the Horse Radio Network, Retired Racehorse Radio by Kentucky Performance Products is your guide to the adoption, care and training of the retired racehorse. The show will primarily focus on ex-racing Thoroughbreds, but will also…