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Contact: Sara Busbice, Friends of Ferdinand Inc.
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Website:www.friendsofferdinand.org
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YOU ARE INVITED TO MEET ONE OF TONY STEWART’S GIRLS
Saribel Cruz, one of Tony Stewart’s girls makes her debut in her second career at the 2010 Hoosier Horse Fair & Expo

INDIANAPOLIS, IN April 2010 - In conjunction with Friends of Ferdinand Inc. and Tony Stewart Foundation, Tony Stewart initiated a program to save Indiana racehorses whose futures are uncertain because their racing careers have ended. Tony remarks that “these are animals that are all racehorses that have been retired versus being destroyed. Friends of Ferdinand is a great organization that will take these horses, rehabilitate them, fix their injuries and get them trained and adopt them to new homes. Their racing careers may have ended, but their lives don’t have to.” Saribel Cruz is a thoroughbred mare who retired from racing in 2008 when she received no bids at an end of season auction for thoroughbred racehorses and is descended from two of racing’s most famous horses, Seattle Slew and Mr. Prospector. As the sport of horseracing is turning it’s attention to the upcoming Kentucky Derby, Saribel Cruz will be making her debut as a hunter/jumper sport horse at the Hoosier Horse Fair, held at the Indiana State Fairgrounds on April 9-11, 2010. She represents the potential of rescued racehorses.

NASCAR CHAMP SUPPORTS THE RETIREMENT OF
A DIFFERENT BREED OF RACERS

Tony Stewart, owner and driver of the No 14 Old Spice/ Office Depot Chevrolet Impala in the NASCAR Sprint Cup and owner of Stewart/Haas Racing is also a winner on a different kind of track.  In February 2010, the Tony Stewart Foundation awarded $20,000 to Friends of Ferdinand Inc in order to support the retirement and adoption of thoroughbred racehorses.

Tony remarks that “these are animals that are all racehorses that have been retired versus being destroyed. Friends of Ferdinand is a great organization that will take these horses, rehabilitate them, fix their injuries and get them trained and adopt them to new homes. Their racing careers may have ended, but their lives don’t have to.”

Green Bay, WI and Indianapolis, IN -- (SBWIRE) -- 03/03/2010 -- SBWire (http://www.sbwire.com), the online newswire for small to medium-sized businesses and organizations, today announced that Friends of Ferdinand Inc. (http://www.friendsofferdinand.org) has enrolled in the SBWire for Non-Profits program.

The SBWire for Non-Profits program provides free press release distribution services and access to SBWire’s collection of online public relations tools and services to qualified non-profit organizations.

Friends of Ferdinand Inc. will utilize SBWire’s press release distribution services to provide members of the media and individual subscribers with up-to-date information on the Friends of Ferdinand’s efforts to rescue racehorses that are at-risk for abuse, neglect and slaughter when their racing careers ends.

We very excited to announce that FFI is the recipient of a $7500 grant from Indiana Horseman's Benevolent Protection Association.

INDIANAPOLIS – Friends of Ferdinand, Inc. (FFI), the Indianapolis-based not-for-profit volunteer organization dedicated to transitioning racehorses from the track into second careers, has received a $7500 grant from the Indiana Horsemen’s Benevolence & Protective Association (IHBPA). The 5 horses supported by this grant are Moro Rapidoe, Diatonic, Freeburn, Gabe's Boy, and Double Dots.