Purpose

NOTE:  If you have any problem with the Donate links, go directly to the TROTT - click here site and donate from there.  Put the notation in the "message" box that you are with Zenny's Tribe!

Lovey is one of the lucky horses in the TROTT program.

HOW YOU CAN HELP: 
Donate to TROTT and identify yourself with ZENNY'S TRIBE!   Donate Now

If you forget to identify yourself with Zenny's Tribe, you can contact Bonnie at TROTT and ask that your donation be earmarked:  TROTTSoCal@gmail.com

All donations go to TROTT USA.  Be sure to indicate in the "message" box (after you enter the amount of your donation, hit enter to go to the next step) to earmark your donation is through Zenny's Tribe.  You will know exactly which horse your donation is helping, and you will be able to watch "your" horse throughout his/her retraining experience.  It takes $5,000 to fully fund the retirement of a Thoroughbred, so as soon as the goal is reached, the TROTT team will identify a suitable candidate for the program, who will become our "foster" horse. We may even be able to help choose "our" horse if there are several candidates.  Join with us and help make a difference you will be able to witness first-hand.

OUR PURPOSE -- to fund the retirement of in-need Thoroughbreds -- grew out of our desire to get more involved in the aftercare of our beloved Thoroughbred athletes. We started to notice horses that had fallen to the lowest claiming ranks level and that appeared to be at the end of their racing careers.  We began to wonder if there might be a way for several of us to join together, pool our resources, and adopt a horse, or help facilitate the transition of a Thoroughbred from the track to either another vocation that would fit his physical condition and his talents, or a forever home.

In pursuing this idea, we ran into all kinds of roadblocks, all kinds of red tape, and we found we are just not equipped to handle all of the immense responsibility it requires to personally manage the retirement of a Thoroughbred racehorse.  Not to mention, they have to eat (a lot), they have to be checked out by a vet to evaluate  them for their next career or to determine if they just need to go to a forever home. 


Not to mention, a horse has to have a temporary "home" while he is being retrained. The "to-do" list just kept getting longer and longer!

Eventually, we came to the conclusion that we were trying to reinvent the wheel with our efforts, because there are many worthwhile organizations already in place to serve the needs of our equine athletes.  What most of these organizations need is more funding!  

Most of us have written checks to many of these organizations.  Usually, at the end of the year, we make a list of the groups we want to support with a donation.  And certainly, we should continue to support as many of these groups as we can.  But, once the check leaves our hands, that is pretty much the end of our involvement.  We really wanted to participate on a little deeper level.

So, we turned our attention to finding the right fit for a program that would fulfill our desire to help. But, we wanted to do more than just write a check; we wanted to be able to "foster" a particular horse and see the end results.  

Which is how we came to partner with TROTT USA.  We realized that what we were trying to do is exactly what TROTT does, day in and day out! TROTT focuses on preventing former racehorse athletes from disappearing and needing to be rescued down the road.  TROTT’s model is not that of a typical ‘rescue’. The average race-trained Thoroughbred needs help in his transition off the track. TROTT is a resource to owners and trainers desiring a safe and rewarding home for their former racehorse.  Read more about TROTT  

We asked if funds could be earmarked as coming through Zenny's Tribe, so they could be dedicated to a particular in-need horse.  In this way, we would feel a type of "ownership", and we could follow his/her progress once our goal is reached and a horse is chosen.

So, we are looking to fund our first retiree!  As our fund grows, we will issue updates, photos and videos of horses already in the program so we can see what "our" horse will be doing, once we get his/her "dowry" funded!

Join with us and help make a difference you will be able to witness first-hand.  Help spread the word!

See more videos and photos of trainees:  TROTT horses