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Summer 2009 Watchtower Farm, Deerfield, New Hampshire www.retiredthoroughbreds.org

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Many thanks to the following folks for your contributions:

The New England Thoroughbred Retirement Center

Jini’s Jet, known in his racing days as “The King Of The Mass Breds,” recently arrived at Watchtower Farm for lifetime retirement. The mighty, 18 hand son of A P Jet won almost half a million dollars and practically every stakes race in Massachusetts, some multiple times.

Another one of our eleven-year-old Mass Breds, Silver Scamp, ran against Jet in several stakes races. The two are now turned-out together in a group of four geldings.

Jet last raced in 2005 and has been retired on his breeder Dennis Wallace’s farm for several years. His retirement to Watchtower Farm was sponsored by Dennis and the Massachusetts, Thoroughbred horseman Tom White. Tom Donated Jet to the Retirement Center and comes regularly to hop-on for a ride around the farm.

It’s been almost one year since we started our original cause on Facebook and we now have over 1,400 members! Since gaining 501(c)(3) status, our ability to accept donations on Facebook is recently functioning and we’re off to a good start.

Our first Facebook cause is a basic introduction to the Retirement Center and functions as the “parent” cause. Our newest cause is called “Bring Charismatic Home To Watchtower Farm, USA.” With our new cause, we’re asembling a great group of members and supporters that are helping to back our efforts to purchase the Thoroughbred Stallion Charismatic. Charismatic won the 1999 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes. He was also named 1999 Horse of The Year and Champion Three Year Old.

Click on the Facebook group below to see the new cause.

Longtime volunteer Jodi Alger is now in charge of recruiting and organizing our volunteers! Jodi works as an anaesthesiologist at the New England Equine Medical and Surgical Center in Dover, New Hampshire.

Jodi’s two newest recruits are Veterinary Technician, Meghan McKinney and Veterinary Medicine Student, Wayne Kronenfeld.

Aspiring volunteers can contact Jodi for an interview: jalger@retiredthoroughbreds.org

“The King Of The Mass Breds” at the pinnacle of his racing career

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SECOND-CHANCE HORSES

The little gelding “Trader,” featured in chapter 16, was retrained right here at the Retirement Center in 2008 and is now in the Equestrian Science Program at William Woods University in Fulton, Missouri!