TAA accredits 20 aftercare facilities

The Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance (TAA) announced Tuesday that it has

accredited 20 additional Thoroughbred aftercare facilities. These facilities

join the TAA's first three accredited facilities, Florida Thoroughbred

Retirement and Adoptive Care, New Vocations, and Southern California

Thoroughbred Rescue, for a total of 23 TAA accredited facilities. These

organizations are now eligible to receive financial grants from the TAA for the

ongoing care of retired Thoroughbreds.

These facilities represent a cross-section of rescue, retirement, retraining

and adoption programs located across the United States as well as two in Canada.

Following a detailed application process and careful onsite examinations by TAA

inspectors and independent veterinarians, each of these facilities was judged to

have met or exceeded the TAA Code of Standards in the areas of operations,

education, horse care management, facility standards and services, and adoption

policies and protocols.

Stated James Hastie, TAA Executive Director: "We're thrilled to grant

accreditation to these worthy organizations in recognition of the great work

they're doing. Each of these facilities has undergone a rigorous review process

to ensure that they are providing a uniform level of care for our retired

Thoroughbreds, and we are pleased to invite them to apply for funding."

Following is a listing of the newly accredited facilities:

To view the requirements for TAA accreditation and the complete TAA Code of

Standards for aftercare facilities, please visit the

Accreditation page on the TAA website. The 2014 Code of Standards and the

Application for Accreditation will be available in February 2014.

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