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You're a news radio eight forty whs. Terry Miners here.
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Of course, the Triple Crown of racing is over for
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this year. We love it every year and then I
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don't know, unless it's one of those breeders Cup years,
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you don't hear a whole heck of a lot about
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what's going on with the horses. I know somebody who
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cares a lot about that sort of thing. That's Kate Olsen. Hi, Kate,
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good to see you.
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Hi, Terry, Thanks for having me.
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Oh Colleen Walker, going to see you, buddy.
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Hi, Terry Miners.
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Don't I see your name on like real estate signs
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or something.
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No, every now and then is that you?
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That's me. It's good to see you in person.
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It's good to see you in person.
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I'm talking about horses. The two of you love horses
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and Your Helpers a group that protects horses once they
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finish racing.
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We are part of Second Stride, Big Weekend at Churchill
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with Gallap for Good with the aftercare program, and Kit
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is the program director, and I am a volunteer and
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making sure that the horses that are being adopted go
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to good homes and we give them their second stripe.
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Oh, Kate, I like this being adopted. So someoney can
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drive up in a convertible and say I'll take one,
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and then they just put them in there and they
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drive away. That's not how that works. Tell me about
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a second strike.
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So all the horses are donated. We're a nonprofit. We've
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been around since two thousand and five, and in that
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time we've transitioned over twenty one hundred thoroughbreds off.
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The racetrack, So, my goodness. What we do.
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Basically, they're all donated to us by the owners or trainers,
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and we reprogram their brains to be regular riding horses,
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so we can adopt them out to be trail horses,
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event horses, jump horses, jassage horses, search and rescue horses,
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civil war reenactment horses. Just about anything you think of
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a horse can do, a thoroughbread can do it.
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So I'd never even thought about that Civil War reenactment thoroughbreds. Yes,
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well that's cannon ball. Are you gonna ca? That's me?
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Look who I'm riding right, exactly, Yeah, for sure, that's fantastic.
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Twenty one horses, twenty hundred horses athletes exactly right, and
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they go through this regimented life when they're being trained
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over and over again. So I know every horse is
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unique like a human being, but in general, does it
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take a little while for them to sort of come
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out of the hole. Oh it's four o'clock in the morning,
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I better eat. Hey, they're gonna make me run.
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No, they enjoy their their time to sleep in at
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the farm. So basically all you have to do is
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give them a few days, few weeks to burn off
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all that excess energy that they have. So we'll put
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them in smaller round pens and just let them buck, jump, kick,
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you know, running circles for a little bit. Give them
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four days to a week, and then once they're kind
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of they kind of exhale a little bit, we can
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put them out in a field and then they can
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reacclimate themselves to being friends with other horses. They run,
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they play, they graze.
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So you have to re introduce them to be sort
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of like in the pack. Yes, and isn't somebody in
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the pack yous? It like the bassy ones. That's how
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that works, and you see how you fit into that.
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That is right? That is right. And also they learn
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as well, so some of the horses we've had in
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the fields for several months and they have remembered how
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to behave and a heard, so they'll teach the ones
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that are fresh off the track. These are the rules,
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this is how we behave, this is this is what's
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allowed and what's not allowed.
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But they're handling them, they're riding them, they're getting baths, farriers, vets.
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It's they are. They're acclimating back into what an adopter
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would want to have as a riding horse and a
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pet an athlete, someone as another friend.
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Yeah, but you're like a chorley Wood farm. That's prospect.
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Prospect.
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But I remember that guy, Michael Blowing. I interviewed him
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probably fifteen years ago. He's got that old friend's phone.
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Strictly sanctuary, so his horses are not adopted out. So
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our horses come into our program for the strict purpose
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of adoptions. So we get them, we change their brain
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from racetrack to pleasure riding. Yeah, so our main goal
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is to make sure that they're going to be safe
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for normal, everyday riders.
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Gotcha. Yeah that's so interesting too you because I'm thinking
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about right, they're put in a circumstance where it's you know,
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let's go and then pleasure riding is a completely different.
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Thing, right right, yep.
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So, and I'm sure they like that a lot better.
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Oh yeah, they tend to enjoy it. Yeah, after they
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realize that when we get on them and start to
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ride them that they don't have to go fast. They
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can just walk around, walk trot canner. They can become
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quite lazy and it can be hard to get them
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to move forward sometimes.
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Yeah, because they'll look at all there, that grass looks tasty. Yep,
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I'm going for that exactly.
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And so what Gallup for Good is is Churchill Downs
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is generously hosting this event on Saturday, seven, Foster Stakes Day,
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and it's for thoroughbred aftercare. So there are eighty five
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organizations like Second Stride throughout the country and they have
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selected seventy one organizations to benefit from this day. And
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it's a platform that you can go online and donate
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to the organizations ours that you can find us under
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Second Stride five dollars, five thousand dollars whatever you'd like
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to donate, and they're just raising money for aftercare and
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they are also donating a generous amount to Second Stride.
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Churchill downs as we work closely with them throughout the
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year and we're trying to make this a big fundraiser.
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So if you have ever watched a horse race, you
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love horses, you're a horse person at the race track?
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Yes, yes, and yes.
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Yes, please feel free to donate to Second Stride because
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we will take that money and we will bring in
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more horses off the racetrack that need retirement and we
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will put them in a loving home anywhere in the Well.
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How many acres are we talking about at your place?
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Well, we actually have two farms. Chorleywood has thirty acres.
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Our other farm has one hundred and sixty. Ah, so
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we can really do some trail rides on our bigger farm.
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And you did use the a word adoption, So some
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people adopt and take them to their own property.
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Do absolutely, Yep, they don't stay with us. They're only
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with us the limited time. So our goal is to
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get them in and out within about a three month period.
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Some of them transition their brain transitions pretty quickly, others
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takes a little more time.
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You're like a halfway house though, you're changing absolutely, changing
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behavior absolutely, and oh that is so cool.
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Yeah, and there's only four that run Second Stride. There's
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only four ladies. It was founded in twenty two thousand
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and five with Kem Smith and Kim and Kate and
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Ann and Anna are the four main comrades that take
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care of all these animals.
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We adopt about one hundred and fifty two one hundred
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and seventy horses a year, and we'll bring in about
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one hundred and seventy horses a year, and they'll come
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in through throughout the from all over the country. We
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bring some in from Puerto Rico and Canada as well,
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and then we adopt them back out and it is
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so awesome.
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Okay, we're out of time here, but tell me a
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website where people can learn more about Second Stride.
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It's second stride dot org and you can find the
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everything we do there and you can also find the
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link to Gallop for Good there as well.
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Very good. Yeah, Gallup for Good is this Saturday? You
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said at the church. Chill down, Kate. That is God's work.
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You're doing. Nice job you two calling. Thanks for volunteering.
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Thank you, Terry, you're.
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A good volunteer. Yes, that's all good. So I'd love
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to think about happy horses just running around like you know.
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They was like, well, we went through this thing where
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we were racing all the time, and now I'm just
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I'm looking for somebody who's got an apple or a peppermint, right.
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Come out and feed them. We do tours and school
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trips and speakeasy parties.
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Barnstable Party have a bourbon room. You can have a
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sip of bourbon at ten in the morning.
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Now you're talking ten in the morning. Let's go nine
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thirty second. Stride dot org is the website. Great to
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meet you both. Thank you back in a minute on
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news radio, Wait forty whs
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You're a news radio eight forty whs. Terry Miners here.
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Of course, the Triple Crown of racing is over for
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this year. We love it every year and then I
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don't know, unless it's one of those breeders Cup years,
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you don't hear a whole heck of a lot about
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what's going on with the horses. I know somebody who
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cares a lot about that sort of thing. That's Kate Olsen. Hi, Kate,
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good to see you.
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Hi, Terry, Thanks for having me.
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Oh Colleen Walker, going to see you, buddy.
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Hi, Terry Miners.
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Don't I see your name on like real estate signs
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or something.
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No, every now and then is that you?
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That's me. It's good to see you in person.
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It's good to see you in person.
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I'm talking about horses. The two of you love horses
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and Your Helpers a group that protects horses once they
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finish racing.
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We are part of Second Stride, Big Weekend at Churchill
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with Gallap for Good with the aftercare program, and Kit
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is the program director, and I am a volunteer and
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making sure that the horses that are being adopted go
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to good homes and we give them their second stripe.
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Oh, Kate, I like this being adopted. So someoney can
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drive up in a convertible and say I'll take one,
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and then they just put them in there and they
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drive away. That's not how that works. Tell me about
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a second strike.
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So all the horses are donated. We're a nonprofit. We've
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been around since two thousand and five, and in that
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time we've transitioned over twenty one hundred thoroughbreds off.
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The racetrack, So, my goodness. What we do.
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Basically, they're all donated to us by the owners or trainers,
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and we reprogram their brains to be regular riding horses,
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so we can adopt them out to be trail horses,
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event horses, jump horses, jassage horses, search and rescue horses,
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civil war reenactment horses. Just about anything you think of
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a horse can do, a thoroughbread can do it.
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So I'd never even thought about that Civil War reenactment thoroughbreds. Yes,
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well that's cannon ball. Are you gonna ca? That's me?
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Look who I'm riding right, exactly, Yeah, for sure, that's fantastic.
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Twenty one horses, twenty hundred horses athletes exactly right, and
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they go through this regimented life when they're being trained
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over and over again. So I know every horse is
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unique like a human being, but in general, does it
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take a little while for them to sort of come
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out of the hole. Oh it's four o'clock in the morning,
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I better eat. Hey, they're gonna make me run.
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No, they enjoy their their time to sleep in at
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the farm. So basically all you have to do is
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give them a few days, few weeks to burn off
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all that excess energy that they have. So we'll put
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them in smaller round pens and just let them buck, jump, kick,
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you know, running circles for a little bit. Give them
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four days to a week, and then once they're kind
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of they kind of exhale a little bit, we can
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put them out in a field and then they can
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reacclimate themselves to being friends with other horses. They run,
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they play, they graze.
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So you have to re introduce them to be sort
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of like in the pack. Yes, and isn't somebody in
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the pack yous? It like the bassy ones. That's how
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that works, and you see how you fit into that.
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That is right? That is right. And also they learn
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as well, so some of the horses we've had in
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the fields for several months and they have remembered how
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to behave and a heard, so they'll teach the ones
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that are fresh off the track. These are the rules,
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this is how we behave, this is this is what's
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allowed and what's not allowed.
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But they're handling them, they're riding them, they're getting baths, farriers, vets.
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It's they are. They're acclimating back into what an adopter
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would want to have as a riding horse and a
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pet an athlete, someone as another friend.
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Yeah, but you're like a chorley Wood farm. That's prospect.
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Prospect.
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But I remember that guy, Michael Blowing. I interviewed him
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probably fifteen years ago. He's got that old friend's phone.
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Strictly sanctuary, so his horses are not adopted out. So
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our horses come into our program for the strict purpose
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of adoptions. So we get them, we change their brain
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from racetrack to pleasure riding. Yeah, so our main goal
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is to make sure that they're going to be safe
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for normal, everyday riders.
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Gotcha. Yeah that's so interesting too you because I'm thinking
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about right, they're put in a circumstance where it's you know,
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let's go and then pleasure riding is a completely different.
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Thing, right right, yep.
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So, and I'm sure they like that a lot better.
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Oh yeah, they tend to enjoy it. Yeah, after they
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realize that when we get on them and start to
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ride them that they don't have to go fast. They
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can just walk around, walk trot canner. They can become
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quite lazy and it can be hard to get them
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to move forward sometimes.
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Yeah, because they'll look at all there, that grass looks tasty. Yep,
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I'm going for that exactly.
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And so what Gallup for Good is is Churchill Downs
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is generously hosting this event on Saturday, seven, Foster Stakes Day,
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and it's for thoroughbred aftercare. So there are eighty five
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organizations like Second Stride throughout the country and they have
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selected seventy one organizations to benefit from this day. And
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it's a platform that you can go online and donate
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to the organizations ours that you can find us under
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Second Stride five dollars, five thousand dollars whatever you'd like
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to donate, and they're just raising money for aftercare and
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they are also donating a generous amount to Second Stride.
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Churchill downs as we work closely with them throughout the
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year and we're trying to make this a big fundraiser.
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So if you have ever watched a horse race, you
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love horses, you're a horse person at the race track?
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Yes, yes, and yes.
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Yes, please feel free to donate to Second Stride because
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we will take that money and we will bring in
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more horses off the racetrack that need retirement and we
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will put them in a loving home anywhere in the Well.
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How many acres are we talking about at your place?
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Well, we actually have two farms. Chorleywood has thirty acres.
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Our other farm has one hundred and sixty. Ah, so
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we can really do some trail rides on our bigger farm.
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And you did use the a word adoption, So some
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people adopt and take them to their own property.
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Do absolutely, Yep, they don't stay with us. They're only
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with us the limited time. So our goal is to
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get them in and out within about a three month period.
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Some of them transition their brain transitions pretty quickly, others
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takes a little more time.
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You're like a halfway house though, you're changing absolutely, changing
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behavior absolutely, and oh that is so cool.
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Yeah, and there's only four that run Second Stride. There's
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only four ladies. It was founded in twenty two thousand
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and five with Kem Smith and Kim and Kate and
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Ann and Anna are the four main comrades that take
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care of all these animals.
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We adopt about one hundred and fifty two one hundred
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and seventy horses a year, and we'll bring in about
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one hundred and seventy horses a year, and they'll come
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in through throughout the from all over the country. We
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bring some in from Puerto Rico and Canada as well,
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and then we adopt them back out and it is
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so awesome.
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Okay, we're out of time here, but tell me a
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website where people can learn more about Second Stride.
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It's second stride dot org and you can find the
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everything we do there and you can also find the
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link to Gallop for Good there as well.
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Very good. Yeah, Gallup for Good is this Saturday? You
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said at the church. Chill down, Kate. That is God's work.
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You're doing. Nice job you two calling. Thanks for volunteering.
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Thank you, Terry, you're.
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A good volunteer. Yes, that's all good. So I'd love
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to think about happy horses just running around like you know.
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They was like, well, we went through this thing where
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we were racing all the time, and now I'm just
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I'm looking for somebody who's got an apple or a peppermint, right.
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Come out and feed them. We do tours and school
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trips and speakeasy parties.
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Barnstable Party have a bourbon room. You can have a
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sip of bourbon at ten in the morning.
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Now you're talking ten in the morning. Let's go nine
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thirty second. Stride dot org is the website. Great to
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meet you both. Thank you back in a minute on
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