SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THOROUGHBRED RESCUE

Our most pressing need is for permanent, loving, adoptive homes for the thoroughbreds that we rescue. Please forward this website address to friends that might be interested in providing a home for a thoroughbred ex-racehorse. We can be contacted at sctbrescue@live.com or (661) 305-9021 by prospective adopters. All prospective adopters should be aware that providing a new home for one of our horses involves a commitment to that horse for its lifetime. We do not adopt out horses to those looking for re-sale "projects". We will endeavor to provide the best possible advice and ongoing guidance concerning the retraining and care of your thoroughbred, put you in touch with experienced off track thoroughbred (re) trainers, and will stay in touch with you to ensure that all is going well for you and your new horse. In the event that your circumstances change, and you can no longer care for your horse, he or she can be returned to us.   

Please see our "About Adopting" page to read our adoption application form, and a sample of our adoption contract. Many of the thorougbreds sold at livestock auctions or coming directly from the racetrack are young and, even if they have suffered minor injuries and wear and tear through their racing years, they have many possible future career trajectories. Many will make excellent pleasure and trail horses, and others are amateur sporthorse prospects for both Western and English riding disciplines. The thoroughbreds that we have rescued all have wonderful temperaments, and want to be "pets"; mainly they want to belong to a loving human being.  

If you are currently unable to provide a permanent home for an ex-racehorse, but would like to financially contribute to the rescue, care, and rehabilitation of SCTR horses, you can send a tax deductible donation check to SCTR, 635 Hacienda Drive, Norco, CA 92860 or you may make a tax deductible donation to our organization through paypal here: 

Our horses need sponsors! If you are unable currently to adopt a horse, but would like to help a horse in our care by providing "virtual" sponsorship for he or she, please contact us at sctbrescue@live.com. We are happy to accept ongoing sponsorship amounts as small as $10 per month, or in any amount, up to a "full sponsorship" of $200 per month. Horses awaiting adoption, and horses in rehab, are in need of sponsorship. In return, if you are ever in the Southern California area, we would love to have you visit your sponsored horse; we will send you regular updates and new photos of your horse; and of course your sponsorship is a fully tax deductible donation. If your sponsored horse is adopted, you will be notified immediately. For a list of horses requiring sponsors currently, please see our "Horses Needing Sponsors" http://www.sctbrescue.org/horsesneedingsponsors.htm And here is a photograph of one of them: Noble Gambler needs a sponsor - and how can you say no to this lovely boy?