Counting Down-30% to go- Match gift for SRF

SRF remains the guardian for each horse for life; your dollar doesn’t just help today and leave a horse at risk in the future; Eighty-six cents of every dollar is spent on the care of the horses; In the late 1990s when harness racing was in its prime an average of 20,000 mares were bred. If these trotters and pacers are not already over the rainbow bridge, they have likely been used in rural communities as working stock. They are showing up tagged and weighed for slaughter in horrific condition needing our help and yours; Even when an injured or sick horse is in great pain, giving them peace through humane euthanasia is very costly, approximately $500, for the veterinarian and the renderer; Ninety-six percent of SRF's help comes from private donations; The pandemic has caused the cancellation of every one of SRF's fundraising events except one; Every horse may be visited at any time at all of the facilities boarding SRF horses. An appointment is necessary to accompany guests and can be made within an hour. Tomorrow morning and the days that follow, SRF must find a way to fill the grain buckets, and stock the hay racks for each of the 400 trotters and pacers; It never relinquishes ownership so every horse remains safe in the event No other Standardbred exclusive organization manages and cares for this large number of horses, or remains the guardian for each horse for life; SRF requires semi-annual veterinary follow-up reports for as long as a horse lives; SRF exclusively helps Standardbreds; SRF has an average of 400 trotters and pacers under its expense and guardianship today, nearly 200 continue to be passed over for adoption due to age and injuries. SRF is the model program, helping Standardbreds for 31 years.