Meet Mickey’sinthehouse!! This beautiful girl, “Mouse” as the women are calling her, came to JRHF through a partnership with Aftercare Charles Town. Mouse will be with us for a period of time to rest and rehab from life as a racehorse before moving on for retraining and adoption. We are so excited for this opportunity to add to the education the women receive and to give Mouse a loving start to life after the racetrack.
Our annual Spring Open Barn was a huge success with an impressive turnout this year! One of our local Girl Scout troops even used their hard-earned cookie money to support Covert Action! Thank you everyone who made this Open Barn such a great one!
Mark Gormus of the Richmond Times Dispatch recently visited our Second Chances program at the James River Work Center. Watch his video and then look out for his article in the paper on Monday, February 18!
Happy holidays from everyone at barn 4! We hope your holiday season is joyous and 2019 brings many wonderful things your way!
Our 2018 Fall Open Barn was a huge success, with a wonderful turnout! Thank you to everyone who visited, and also to all our board members and volunteers!
Barn 4 had a hay loft cleaning day to make sure we’re ready for everyone at Open Barn on September 29! We’d like to thank all of the board members that came out to help, as well as Officer Clarke and the Groom Elite men! It certainly took a village!
This year we held our annual Derby Party at The Meadow, and it was a huge success! Our team worked hard and threw a wonderful party!Congratulations to Justify!
Another Open Barn, another sponsor! This time, Sweet Olympio (or at least one end of her!) won over the heart of Michelle Crawford, her new sponsor!
At the 2017 fall Open Barn, new arrival Red Sox Fever got the news that he has new sponsors, Anne Atkinson and Mary Atkinson. Where would we be without our wonderful sponsors?
On October 17, Schwartz received his Groom Elite certificate and is our newest graduate! Dr Reid Mclellan was on hand to present his certificate, and our barn manager CJ congratulated him on his high score! Our new class of men, as well as several board members, were also there to show support. We are so…