NASCAR Driver Supports Thoroughbred Rescue

Tony Stewart, owner and driver of the No. 14 Old Spice/Office Depot Chevrolet Impala in the NASCAR Sprint Cup and owner of Stewart/Haas Racing, is also a winner on a different kind of track. In 2010, the Tony Stewart Foundation awarded $20,000

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Tony Stewart, owner and driver of the No. 14 Old Spice/Office Depot Chevrolet Impala in the NASCAR Sprint Cup and owner of Stewart/Haas Racing, is also a winner on a different kind of track. In 2010, the Tony Stewart Foundation awarded $20,000 to Friends of Ferdinand Inc. in order to support the retirement and adoption of Thoroughbred racehorses.

"These are animals that are all racehorses that have been retired versus being destroyed," Stewart said. "Friends of Ferdinand is a great organization that will take these horses, rehabilitate them, fix their injuries, and get them trained and adopt them to new homes. Their racing careers may have ended, but their lives don’t have to."

This award is the continuation of a program called Tony’s Ex-Racers, which began in 2008 with the retirement of 10 Thoroughbreds from Indiana’s racetracks. With the 2010 grant, a total of 20 Thoroughbred racehorses, whose futures are otherwise uncertain, will be provided safe haven, training, and new homes through Friends of Ferdinand. Kalista Tyann, Woodman’s Star, Sunny Thoughts and Friendly Neighbor are the most recent horses to arrive at their foster homes in the Indianapolis area, bringing the number of Tony’s horses to 14. Six additional Thoroughbreds will be identified in the coming months.

Joni Thompson, executive director of the Tony Stewart Foundation commented, "Friends of Ferdinand is an all-volunteer run organization that puts the horses first. We are pleased to support their work and do our part to ‘accelerate change’ and encourage the humane and responsible retirement of racehorses in Indiana

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