TCA Announces May Award of Merit Winners

Award of Merit nominees consist of individuals or organizations working to provide a better life for Thoroughbreds.
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Thoroughbred Charities of America (TCA) has announced the recipients of its Award of Merit honored at breeders associations’ awards ceremonies in May.

Launched in January, in celebration of its 25th anniversary, nearly 20 recipients will be honored throughout the year. Recipients are nominated by the leadership of various state Thoroughbred owners and breeders associations.

Anne Tucker was honored at the Virginia Thoroughbred Association’s Awards Banquet on May 1 and Midwest Thoroughbreds was named the Award of Merit recipient at the Illinois Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Foundation’s Awards Banquet on May 9. The Retired Racehorse Project and Turning for Home will be honored by the Maryland Horse Breeders Association on May 28 and Pennsylvania Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association on May 30, respectively.

Tucker is the immediate past president of the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation’s Second Chances program at James River Correctional Facility in Maidens, Virginia. The program offers inmates vocational skills training through the care of 22 off-the-track-Thoroughbreds. Tucker is also involved with various community initiatives that work to raise awareness about the Second Chances program. She appears at many equine-related events throughout Virginia to promote the off-the-track Thoroughbred

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