Zayat Stables to Donate Some of American Pharoah’s Earnings

Zayat Stables will donate a percentage of the Triple Crown winner’s earnings to New Vocations.
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New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program announced Aug. 25 that Zayat Stables has committed to donating a percentage of American Pharoah’s purse earnings for the remainder of his racing career to support the program’s mission to rehabilitate, retrain, and rehome retired racehorses.

The announcement comes shortly after the Zayat’s confirmation that American Pharoah will run in the Travers Stakes, taking place Aug. 29 at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York.

Zayat Stables retires horses to New Vocations each year and is an ongoing supporter of the annual Breeders’ Cup pledge, where owners and trainers opt to pledge a percentage of their Championship earnings to the aftercare program. This year, Zayat Stables is taking it a step further by pledging a percentage of American Pharoah’s earnings leading up to and including the Breeders’ Cup Classic.

“We feel owning a horse is a lifelong responsibility, which is why we are happy to support New Vocations’ aftercare efforts,” said owner Ahmed Zayat. “We are firmly committed to the care of our horses from the moment they are born, while they are on the track and once they retire

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