FAIR GROUNDS
DONATES $2,500 TO HORSE RESCUE CHARITIES
Online Donations Can Be Made at
www.FairGroundsRaceCourse.com
NEW ORLEANS - January 14, 2012 – Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots
announced on Friday a $2,500 gift to two locally active rescue
organizations helping to relocate more than 40 neglected horses
discovered last week at a farm in Many, Louisiana, in the northwest
part of the state.
The donation will be shared by the Louisiana Horse Rescue
Association, a nonprofit dedicated to the rescue and placement of
race horses, and Remember Me Racehorse Rescue, a similar nonprofit
founded and operated by Donna Keen, wife of Fair Grounds-based
trainer Dallas Keen. Those two organizations identified new homes
for all of the surviving horses from the Ol’ Home Place farm and
will help to nurse them back to health.
“All of us at Fair Grounds were sickened by the news of what
happened up north,” said Fair Grounds Racing Secretary Jason Boulet,
a Louisiana Horse Rescue Association board member. “Horses of all
breeds are animals that possess considerable intelligence and anyone
who has been around them knows they experience a wide range of
emotions. Abusive and neglectful treatment of horses is simply
unacceptable.”
Fair Grounds was a founding member of the Louisiana Horse Rescue
Association. The racetrack has supported the organization through an
annual sponsorship, membership dues and fundraising events.
In addition, Fair Grounds has set up a process for other horse
lovers to donate to Louisiana Horse Rescue and Remember Me Racehorse
Rescue online. Visit www.FairGroundsRaceCourse.com/Shop to make a
credit card payment in any amount, with the full amount to go to
horse rescue efforts. To go directly to the donation page, visit
http://fairgroundsgifts.myshopify.com/collections/donate-to.
All of the funds from today’s donation by Fair Grounds will go
specifically to the care of the Many horses.
To learn more, visit the Louisiana Horse Rescue Association at
www.LaHorseRescue.com
or Remember Me Racehorse Rescue at
www.TeamKeen.com .
About Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots
Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, the nation’s third-oldest
racetrack, has been in operation since 1872. Located in New Orleans,
Fair Grounds is owned by Churchill Downs Incorporated (NASDAQ Global
Select Market: CHDN); it also operates a slot-machine gaming
facility and 10 off-track betting parlors throughout southeast
Louisiana. The 140th Thoroughbred Racing Season continues through
April 1, 2012, highlighted by the $1 million Louisiana Derby for
Kentucky.
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