The Jockey Club, Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation and Thoroughbred Charities of America have teamed up to form a voluntary checkoff program, which will assist in providing post-racing care for Thoroughbreds when owners and breeders in North America submit their foal registration applications beginning Jan. 1. The Jockey Club will match the checkoff on a dollar-to-dollar basis up to $200,000 in 2009, which will be distributed to the TRF and TCA. “We applaud the efforts of these two organizations through the years to retire, retrain and find suitable homes for Thoroughbred racehorses,” said Alan Marzelli, president of The Jockey Club. “We are confident that the creation of this checkoff program will further those efforts and encourage others to take similar steps to ensure the well-being of our Thoroughbred athletes when their racing careers are over.”
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