DID YOU KNOW? The Jockey Club raised foal registration fees from $265 to $325 for 2026 and mare bred report fees from $40 to $50. At the same time, The Jockey Club says its support for aftercare initiatives will increase by 46%. So let’s ask the obvious question: If The Jockey Club already has roughly $41 million in reserves sitting on the sidelines… why are horsemen and breeders being asked to pay more REFORM IS COMING! Repost and speak out. @jockeyclub

This. These horses need help now. The reality is the only way to stop it is to prevent it.

RT @RACEFund: Check out this article on MGA! mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsi… @ThoroughbredRA @PatCummingsNTA @RepoleStable @vavmark @KateMaddenSC

We took a little break from podcasting, but we’re back up and running! This week Marlene, Cindy and Margaret discuss the hot topics in TB rescue and don’t forget to stay around to the end for Margaret’s touching tribute to George. Follow the link 🔗 or download wherever you get your podcasts! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…

🆘🆘🆘🆘🆘🆘👉Poster 04-01-26. Some thoroughbreds were sold and to whom we do not know. However, several are now in URGENT status and some new ones have come in. Unidentified bay TB mare Tag 1112X and Tag 513 very much needs help right now and young horses at Bowie lot are still there. Who can help them? Who will step up? Week after Week, Month after Month and the beat still goes on. Silence from the Jockey Club and the other industry leaders regarding thoroughbreds in the slaughter pipeline. Where is the caring, where is the concern, where is the compassion for these horses? @jockeyclub @BreedersCup @LightUpRacing @theTDN @nationalhbpa @hisa_us @RepoleStable @PatCummingsNTA @PastTheWire @AronWellman7 @westlakeracing @ThoroughbredRA

THE JOCKEY CLUB WENT PUBLIC. THEN WENT SILENT. DAY 64. It has been 64 days since, in an ill advised Jan 27 open letter in the Paulick Report, The Jockey Club publicly criticized Mike Repole. Mike has done nothing but supported our industry while so-called industry leaders hoarded cash. 64 days. And what has the industry received from The Jockey Club since then? A lunch buffet speech that amounted to nothing and a few few fluff press releases. That’s it. No plan. No accountability. No leadership. Now, in just the past few days, TVG/FanDuel TV, one of the sport’s last true visibility platforms, is fading. And still… Nothing that resembles leadership from the self-proclaimed leaders of our industry, The Jockey Club. This is not a full list of questions. This is just a partial list of the questions the industry is still waiting on. QUESTIONS THE INDUSTRY IS STILL WAITING ON: FOR The Jockey Club @jockeyclub 1.64 days later, where are the answers? 2.Why has there been no meaningful public response to the industry? 3.Why no press conference addressing the current state of the sport, specifically the Fan Dual TV situation? 4.What are the $41M in reserves being used for right now? 5.What is the plan to deploy capital when the sport faces real-time challenges? 6.Why hasn’t more funding gone directly to aftercare? 7.Why hasn’t a centralized aftercare system been built? 8.Why won’t you meet openly with stakeholders? 9.Do you still consider yourselves the leaders of this industry? FOR HISA @hisa_us @LisaLazarusCEO 10. Are you financially stable right now, yes or no? 11. If so, why are you still seeking additional funding? 12. What happened to the $2.3M in loans, have they all been repaid? 13. Why have some of those loans disappeared from reporting? 14. Who approved those financial decisions? 15. Why are horsemen being asked to pay more amid uncertainty? 16. What is your current total budget and funding gap? 17. Where is the full financial transparency the industry was promised? 18. Why is a vendor like T-Soft Technologies listed in your Form 990 filings? 19. What services is T-Soft Technologies providing? 20. Why is the listed address associated with that entity a residential location? 21. Who owns or controls that company? 22. How much has been paid to that entity to date? 23. Was there a competitive bidding process? 24. Are there any conflicts of interest tied to that relationship? FOR Breeders’ Cup @BreedersCup 25.With tens of millions in reserves, what is your role in this moment? 26. What percentage of your annual revenue goes to aftercare? 27. Why hasn’t a meaningful portion of reserves been deployed? 28. What is the purpose of holding that level of capital today? 29. What is your long-term commitment to solving aftercare? FOR Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation 30. With $50M in assets, why are grants only $2M annually? 31. What is the rationale for deploying such a small percentage each year? 32. Why is most funding going to university based, clinical based, long-term research? 33. What research are you funding that helps horses right now? 34. Why not invest in aftercare systems, tracking, and retraining infrastructure? 35. How do you measure real-world impact beyond academic results? 64 DAYS. The Jockey Club chose to go public. The industry responded with serious questions. And for 64 days… No real answers. Just noise. The industry is ready. The horses can’t wait. 64 days later… What are you going to do? We funded all of you. We want answers. REFORM IS COMING! REPOST AND SPEAK OUT.

The ones left behind… no big name, no help from “aftercare” orgs, just us networking as best we can so they don’t end up shipping to a Mexican slaughterhouse. That is if they don’t die before, TBs suffer greatly in the pipeline. They don’t ship? Yes they do, when nobody steps up for them they absolutely ship and disappear into the abyss.

Jon Stettin, thank you for another spot on article. Change will never come unless people speak up about issues that are an issue. TAA can keep trying to silence organizations with their gag order language in their grant applications but we will continue to speak up for the horses and change. It cost us our accreditation but it brought the plight of thoroughbreds in the slaughter pipeline even more to the forefront to give them a voice and that is more important than any accreditation. Furthermore, we have asked the Jockey Club to amend their Rule 19 several times in the past to protect the horses better. Silence. And Mr. Byk, the outrage machine annoys you. How can you have such a disconnect of why there needs to be outrage in the first place? We have not brought this on the JC or industry. They have brought it on themselves by continually refusing to fix the issue. Shame on the countless hypocrites that continue to turn their backs on the thoroughbreds in the slaughter pipeline when they could have helped them, when they could have done something. @jockeyclub @BreedersCup @LightUpRacing @theTDN @AnitaMotion @RepoleStable @PatCummingsNTA @westlakeracing @AronWellman7 @ThoroughbredRA @EponaInitiative @KateMaddenSC @PastTheWire @PritchardSuzi

I would like to interrupt the division in the racing industry right now with something we all can agree on- thoroughbred aftercare 🐎 Everyone meet MR. BIT, our newest 3 years old rescue. He has 15 starts with $31,900 in earnings. He was a horse that gave everything he had, every single time. On his last race, he was eased after collapsing due to an abnormal heartbeat. Now under HERF’s care, he’s getting time to rest, heal, and just be a horse again.. closely monitored and surrounded by a team of people who believe in his second chances. And soon, he’ll begin a new chapter helping veterans and first responders heal. It’s ALWAYS about the horses & ALWAYS will be. You can find our new website Equinerecovery.org 🐎❤️

Our latest podcast is up! Season 2, Episode 5. We were honored to have Suzi Prichard-Jones as our guest. Suzi is a life-long thoroughbred enthusiast, accomplished exercise rider and author. We discuss aftercare, the potential for tbs to be successful in therapeutic modalities and the need for growth in the industry. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…

DAY 53: STILL NO ANSWERS. NOT ONE. Yesterday, Tony Ocampo asked why the name “Marcus Aurelius” was denied to him, while the same name was later granted to SF Racing / Starlight / Madaket. By last night, @jockeyclub issued a public response on social media. Cancelled the name until 2027. Glad it got addressed. But let’s be clear, you’ve ignored the industry’s questions for almost two months. Not one answer. So since you’re clearly capable of responding on social media, let’s try again: 25 questions the industry is still waiting on: 1.Why is The Jockey Club sitting on approximately $41 million in assets/reserves? 2.What is that capital being used for, specifically? 3.Why hasn’t more of that money been deployed to support the industry right now? 4.Why did you forgive approximately $1.85 million in loans to HISA? 5.Who approved that loan forgiveness? 6.Why hasn’t that decision been fully disclosed to the industry? 7.Why has executive compensation exceeded grants in 14 of the last 15 years? 8.What is total executive compensation over the past 10 years? 9.What measurable performance justifies that compensation? 10. Why are grants to racing and aftercare so low by comparison? 11.How much total revenue is generated annually from Equibase/InCompass data? 12. Where exactly does that data revenue go? 13. Why isn’t that revenue shared more broadly with the industry and outside the industry? 14. Who controls pricing and access to that data? 15.What independent oversight exists over those decisions? 16.Why are so many key decisions concentrated among the same small group of individuals? 17.What safeguards exist to prevent conflicts across TJC, HISA, and Breeders’ Cup? And have you fired Bill Lear yet? 18.Why won’t you meet with major stakeholders proposing industry solutions? 19.What is actually decided behind closed doors at 250 Park Ave? 20. Who attends those meetings, and who is excluded? 21. Why does the industry get silence while insiders get access? 22. How much is spent on travel, events, and internal gatherings each year? 23. How do buffet lunches and speeches help solve the sport’s biggest problems? 24. How are rules like naming approvals applied, and who has final discretion? 25. Why are you afraid to answer questions? You publicly responded to a naming issue in a matter of hours. This should be easy. Day 53… and still no answers. That’s not leadership. That’s not transparency. That’s total silence. This isn’t about “Marcus Aurelius.” This is about accountability. We are all waiting for the responses and action we deserve. REFORM IS COMING. REPOST AND SPEAK OUT!

We are doing everything we can to hold on right now but it feels as though our grip is failing. While the industry hems and haws about allocating funds to aftercare, so many of us are sinking - and sinking fast. While horse after horse is showing up at feedlots and killpens, the industry ignores them, ignores us and there is just no sense of urgency anywhere to be seen. I have reached out to so many entities that could help but choose not to or they completely deny our existence. To do good, honest work is hard. It’s expensive and it takes time. The industry would have you think aftercare for tbs is in a great place. I believe there are many of us who would beg to differ. $2.5 million doesn’t come close to helping all of the horses in need. Let’s multiply that by 10. We are just trying to get through March right now. Please help us get there. We’ve raised $400 of the $5000 needed. $4600 left to go. PayPal: Cindy@thoroughbrednetwork.net Venmo: @trnlhorses @RepoleStable @westlakeracing @PatCummingsNTA @PastTheWire @jockeyclub @AronWellman7 @jonathanstettin @ThoroughbredRA Hawk has been in sanctuary with us since 2011. 67 career starts.

IS THE JOCKEY CLUB HOLDING HORSE RACING BACK? DAY 8 OF 8 For the past seven days we’ve asked a series of straightforward questions about the future of Thoroughbred racing. We started with fantasy horse racing and how modern fan engagement models could bring new audiences into the sport. We talked about micro-market wagering and prediction-style markets that could create entirely new betting opportunities. We discussed how innovation in wagering and technology continues to be slowed or blocked while other sports aggressively embrace new ideas. We talked about how AI could transform how horses are analyzed, bought, and bred. And we discussed how the sport’s most valuable dataset, the North American Thoroughbred registry, remains largely locked inside systems controlled by The Jockey Club, instead of being opened to innovators and entrepreneurs around the world. When you step back and look at the full picture, a pattern becomes hard to ignore. Innovation moves slowly. Data remains restricted. New markets struggle to emerge. And the sport continues to contract. Foal crops decline. Owners leave. Fans age out. Tracks fight to survive. Meanwhile, the organization that controls the registry, the stud book, and significant portions of the industry’s data infrastructure continues to operate with extraordinary control and very little accountability. @jockeyclub often describes itself as the “steward of the sport.” But stewardship means growing the sport, modernizing infrastructure, and enabling innovation not standing in front of it. So after eight days of discussion, let’s answer the big question. IS THE JOCKEY CLUB HOLDING THE INDUSTRY BACK? From where many of us sit, the answer looks like a resounding yes. But this conversation shouldn’t belong to just a few voices. Owners. Breeders. Trainers. Bettors. Fans. What do you think? Is the current structure helping move the sport forward…or is it time to rethink how the industry is governed and how innovation is allowed to happen? Because the future of Thoroughbred racing won’t be decided by one organization sitting behind closed doors. It will be decided by whether the people who actually care about this sport are willing to speak up and demand change. So here’s the call to action: If you believe the sport needs more transparency, more innovation, and leadership willing to unlock the future of racing, say so. Start the conversation. Ask the questions. Push for answers. Because the future of this sport belongs to the entire industry, not just one private club. REFORM IS COMING! REPOST AND SPEAK OUT.

After months and months of work and collaborative research, findings regarding the current status of thoroughbred aftercare are presented here by @PatCummingsNTA. We are grateful for Pat and for @RepoleStable for investing the time, the money, the effort and most importantly, the CARE in providing this information. It has been needed for so long. It is hoped that @jockeyclub will graciously receive these findings (this second time around) and be compelled to address the needs of the horses ADEQUATELY. With the participation of Pat and @RepoleStable and the NTA, our organization along with other members of the @ThoroughbredRA are encouraged that change for the better can occur. Thank you Pat and @RepoleStable .

“Get in the boat and row the same direction.” Ummmm… the industry is already sinking like the Titanic except the iceberg was years of fiscal shenanigans and old boy network croneyism. Defending those who resource guard at the expense of the very beings we should be protecting because they’re your buddies is a bad look.

Have a listen to our latest podcast, up now wherever you get your podcasts! We were joined by two very special guests who have been publicly chipping away at the industry’s massive financial shortcomings, specifically in the area of aftercare - @westlakeracing and @PastTheWire. Nobody understands what’s going on more than these two gentlemen and we’re honored they chose to join us and talk about what we are so passionate about - saving TBs from the kill pens but ultimately preventing them from ever ending up there in the first place! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas… With people like these two firmly in the horses’ corner, positive change is inevitable. Also give them both follow for their latest info.

Read this. Absorb it. It’s also not an isolated incident. They don’t care about ALL Thoroughbreds, just the ones who can make more money in second careers. To them “kill pen” are dirty words, never to be spoken. They all need to be replaced for cronyism at its finest. Props to @CDatrio26831 for standing up and speaking out. This is not *her* truth, this is *the* truth.

😟😟😟👉Update! Was up half the night worrying about these mares and trying to figure out a plan for them. In addition, to pleading with the lot to give them a temporary reprieve until today, however they could still ship at any time today. We have just gotten a commitment from Mill Creek Farm in FL that they will take The Devil is Mine and Technical Bargain after quarantine and Pastured Place in MD will take God's Love but it is going to cost quite a lot to get all 3 horses out, transported and to quarantine plus there will be vet costs and then transport costs to FL for the two. So I don't know if we can raise enough but we have to try because the alternative for these horses is a brutal death and that is unacceptable. We will be putting a fundraiser together after we figure out the initial costs but it is going to take all of us and many supporters to raise what will be needed. Can we do it? We have to for the horses but we cannot take a major financial hit either. Where is the industry emergency funds for TB's? @jockeyclub @NTRA @LightUpRacing @BreedersCup @TTAtexas @tdn @KyHBPA @westlakeracing @RepoleStable @PatCummingsNTA @Centennial_Farm @C2RacingStable @EponaInitiative @theTDN @KateMaddenSC

“We eat and sleep and shuffle through the fog, walking a marathon with no finish line, no medals, no cheering.” ~Isaac Marion The fog was super thick this morning, it matched my mood. The good news is I got to spend the morning with the herd by myself, the quiet in the fog the only thing to calm my thoughts and help my aching heart. I can’t stop thinking about what we talked about on our @ThoroughbredRA podcast last night. “The truck was there, they’re shipping tonight.” And nobody who should care did. Breeders, owners, consignors, trainers… nobody. In the end they had nobody except us trying to network to save them. And we couldn’t save them all. They shipped. A friend this morning said, “.. how can a person choose one to save and leave the others behind..?” We shouldn’t have to choose. In a few days I’ll start my fundraiser for March hay, I’ll be begging again for something I should not have to be begging for. The thought of being precariously close to out of rescue permeates every thought I have all day every day. And graciously I know you all will help as much as you can because you care more than the people who should. Something has to give…

This week’s podcast is up! Marlene, Cindy and Margaret discuss some pretty hot topics in the TB rescue world, including the incredible job @westlakeracing is doing digging into some big org’s financials and exposing some pretty sketchy stuff (and follow him on here!) podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas… (or wherever you get your podcasts!) Also, we’re trying to help @CDatrio26831 reach her monthly hay goal, will you donate a little in memory of John Shirreffs and Afleet Alex?