Recent News
Adopt a Friends of Ferdinand Horse
5/2008
Friends of Ferdinand receives notification of funding and support from the ASPCA for educational and promotional purposes.
If you have an ex-racer, please add your horse to:
OTTBs: Athletes for All Occasions
Stop by and say Hello the last weekend in May - FFI volunteers host a booth at the Indiana Eventing Association 3 day event at the Hoosier Horse Park.
Friends of Ferdinand is busy over the holiday weekend and provides refuge to two horses from Indiana Downs - Unbridled Soldier and a thoroughbred we call Joe.
Highway Hero gets adopted and leaves FFI for his new home! Congratulations Kari! Check out their farewell pictures and first update on the Success Stories!
4/008
Mynard Road (aka Jimmy)starts to learn a new job and gets some time under saddle. Thanks to Amy Brachthauser for donating her time and energy to help Jimmy transition from an ex-racehorse to a pleasure horse!
You can follow Amy's blog:
http://retrainingtb.blogspot.com/
Swift Road finds the perfect home! Congratulations to Bill and Linda Carter. Swifty is off to get some professional re-training and some experience on the trails. Bill and Linda have been a friend to FFI since we began and we are thrilled they have finally found an ex-racer to call their own!
3/2008
Mancini Martini, a 4 year-old dappled grey thoroughbred joins the FFI family!
Big Al's Choice and As Himself receive the most wonderful gift! Rood and Riddle offer both horses surgeries to remove their bone chips in their knees and give them every chance for future soundness and usefulness.
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 FFI
horses available for adoption have been donated to Friends of Ferdinand
to ensure their safety and future. They are housed in private volunteer
foster homes and supported by tax-deductible donations. These horses
are not the same as horses available for purchase directly from
the track. FFI horses have undergone extensive evaluation, and in
some cases have started transitional training under saddle. Adopters
are the most important part of horse rescue. Please visit our Horses
Available page to learn more about the adoption process and perhaps
one of our horses might find a home in your barn. •
FFI Horses Available
for Adoption
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Purchase A Horse Off The Track through Track Listings |
| FFI volunteers visit the backsides of Hoosier Park and Indiana Downs during the race season. They take pictures and gather information about horses whose racing careers are ending and their owners would like to find them homes. These horses are not owned by Friends of Ferdinand and are not for adoption. They are available for private sale. Visit our track-listings page and if there is a horse that interests you, please contact the owner/trainer directly at the name and phone number given for more information and to make an appointment to see the horse. View Horses Available for Purchase
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Volunteer |
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2008 Fall Fundraiser: Submit Your Horse Photos! |
Submit your favorite horse photos for consideration in our 2009 FERDINAND's FRIENDS 365 Day Calendar. Coming Soon!
Checkout videos and slideshows of past and present FFI horses: |
Have
you ever been to the backside of a racetrack? Thought about
fostering a horse in-need? Do you have a little time to help upload
pictures of track horses to the internet so they may find homes?
Maybe you have a trailer and could help transport a horses to their
foster homes? Please visit our volunteer page to learn how you might
get involved!Photography courtesy of ChrisM Photography
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