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| TRF Opens 'Second Chances Ranch' in Illinois |
| By thehorse.com |
| Published: 11/07/2012 |
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The Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation (TRF) has announced an agreement with the State of Illinois to open its ninth correctional facility-based farm, the Second Chances Ranch at the Vandalia Correctional Facility in Vandalia. A vocational training program in equine care and management for inmate students, Vandalia's Second Chances Ranch will commence with a capacity for 30 to 40 horses with room to expand in the future. The TRF will be moving horses from non-correctional facility-based farms to the new center. The organization will also be working with the Illinois Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association on a plan for funding the retirement of horses in need from Illinois tracks Read More. |
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