In November of 2010, the US Trotting Association (USTA), registry for Standardbred horses, instituted a program designed to provide a safety net for Standardbreds who are no longer commercially viable and are no longer wanted by their current owners.
The program, “Full Circle,” is modeled after a similar program started by the American Quarter Horse Association. Anyone who has formerly owned, bred, trained, driven or simply had an interest in a horse can, at no cost or obligation, record their name and contact information in that horse’s USTA data file and enroll them in Full Circle.
If that horse should lose commercial value and a future owner no longer wants the horse, that owner, or in your case, that a rescue or adoption group, has the option to call the USTA (877-800-8782 x 3) to see if the horse is enrolled in Full Circle.
If so, a USTA representative will contact the person or persons who provided their contact information and inform them that a horse enrolled by them is in need. The USTA representative will provide the enrolling individual with the contact information for the person with custody of the horse, or in your case, the organization that has custody of the horse.
Those two individuals then make contact and make whatever arrangement they like regarding the horse in question. The USTA will urge due diligence by the party that enrolled the horse in Full Circle and provided their contact information. However, we have no stake or involvement in the outcome.
The types of action that may be taken between the enrolling person and the custodian of the horse may include but not be limited to: taking the horse back, facilitating placement with another individual or adoption program, providing some form of assistance, cash or in kind, to train the horse for pleasure use, provide veterinary or rehabilitation assistance.
The aim of the program is to facilitate assistance for a horse that needs it with an individual who wants to provide it. We are pleased that over 1,000 horses have already been enrolled and that number is growing each day.
As the database of enrolled horses grows, I believe that checking a horse’s status with Full Circle will yield options that are beneficial to the horse and your program. Horses may be diverted to a past connection that very much wants to care for the horse, but was unaware of their status. Those who cannot care for a horse may wish to provide a donation or other service to help with their care until adoption can be arranged.
Horses enrolled in Full Circle will soon be sporting a logo in our database indicating that they are enrolled and thus, there may be options for the horse beyond your facility. I urge you to add “Check Full Circle Status” to your intake process to see if there are additional possibilities for the horse. You will soon be able to email us at fullcircle@ustrotting.com to let us know that you have the horse and we will contact the person who enrolled the horse.
For now, however, please call our customer service department at 877-800-8782 extension 3 to ask if a horse is enrolled. If you do not know the horse’s registered name, but believe they are a Standardbred, please have their tattoo or freeze brand (5 digits, right side of neck under the mane) ready, along with markings, so that we can positively identify the horse.
I also attach a flyer about our “SOS” (Support Our Standardbreds) program, for Standardbreds that have been seized or otherwise taken in to custody by some legal authority, such as an animal control or humane officer. If we can identify that horse as a registered Standardbred, we can provide assistance for their care. If you have such a horse or know of one, I am the contact at 732-780-3700 or ellen.harvey@ustrotting.com. If you do not know the horse’s registered name, have their tattoo or freeze brand (5 digits under the mane on the right side) available, along with their markings.
Thank you for the work you do to help “our” horses. I know that there is much to be done for their welfare and we believe Full Circle provides an important piece of the puzzle.
Yours truly,
Ellen Harvey
732-780-3700
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
URGENT! 52 thoroughbred horses need homes.
Will go to Sugarcreek this Saturday for slaughter.
Gentleman died and his son wants nothing to do with them. Most broodmares are broke and some are in foal weanling, yearlings, 2 yrs and 3 yrs old most are gelded. FREE and papered. Friend of the deceased is trying to find homes 440-463-4288...
UPDATE: Just saw this on Drafty Barn Rescue
52 Thoroughbreds in Ohio:ALL OF THESE HORSES ARE SAFE,SAFE. The barn manager has requested that ALL CALLS STOP as they now have to tie up lose ends as well as deal with a funeral. Can we... please give these folks who have worked around the clock to place these horses in good homes and with rescues, a little bit of room to RELAX and BREATHE without a phone held to their heads? Thanks
Gentleman died and his son wants nothing to do with them. Most broodmares are broke and some are in foal weanling, yearlings, 2 yrs and 3 yrs old most are gelded. FREE and papered. Friend of the deceased is trying to find homes 440-463-4288...
UPDATE: Just saw this on Drafty Barn Rescue
52 Thoroughbreds in Ohio:ALL OF THESE HORSES ARE SAFE,SAFE. The barn manager has requested that ALL CALLS STOP as they now have to tie up lose ends as well as deal with a funeral. Can we... please give these folks who have worked around the clock to place these horses in good homes and with rescues, a little bit of room to RELAX and BREATHE without a phone held to their heads? Thanks
Saturday, January 29, 2011
FEED RECALL / West Coast
A manufacturer has issued a voluntary recall of horse feed that was distributed in California, Nevada and Oregon because it may contain a medication that can be fatal to horses if fed at high levels.
Missouri-based MANNA PRO PRODUCTS announced Friday it is voluntarily recalling FAMILY FARM COMPLETE HORSE 10 HORSE FEED, LOT NUMBER 1006 because it may contain potentially harmful levels of the medication MONENSIN SODIUM, or RUMENSIN.
The feed was distributed January 11 through January 21 to retailers in these three states. No illnesses or deaths have been reported and retailers have removed it from their stores, but the company says customers who purchased the product should STOP FEEDING IT IMMEDIATELY.
Missouri-based MANNA PRO PRODUCTS announced Friday it is voluntarily recalling FAMILY FARM COMPLETE HORSE 10 HORSE FEED, LOT NUMBER 1006 because it may contain potentially harmful levels of the medication MONENSIN SODIUM, or RUMENSIN.
The feed was distributed January 11 through January 21 to retailers in these three states. No illnesses or deaths have been reported and retailers have removed it from their stores, but the company says customers who purchased the product should STOP FEEDING IT IMMEDIATELY.
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
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Monday, November 29, 2010
EQUINE HERPESVIRUS - USA (04): (NEW YORK)
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International Society for Infectious Diseases
Date: Wed 24 Nov 2010
Source: Horse Health Blogs, The Jurga Report at Equisearch.com [edited]
EHV in New York: state health official confirms disease diagnosed at racetrack
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Late Tuesday afternoon [23 Nov 2010], officials in New York State confirmed
by phone that a stable at Finger Lakes Racetrack in the western part of the
state has been placed under quarantine after a horse that had been stabled
there was diagnosed with equine herpesvirus [EHV].
Dr David Smith, director of the Division of Animal Industry of the New York
State Department of Agriculture and Markets said that the racetrack is
being very proactive about the situation, which also involves a farm where
the horse had been stabled.
On the phone this afternoon [24 Nov 2010], he said that efforts were under
way to identify and locate horses that had been stabled with the affected
horse, and that certain states had been notified if affected horses had
been shipped there.
Racing continues at Finger Lakes
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EHV is not a disease that limits itself to racetracks. Sport, work, and
pleasure horses are also vulnerable to EHV. Vaccinations are available,
although the disease has several strains, and veterinarians will advise
horse owners on a horse's risk factors for the disease based largely on
exposure to other horses. Outbreaks of EHV in Northern Virginia and
Wellington, Florida in the winter of 2007 virtually shut down all horse
activities in those areas.
[byline: Fran Jurga]
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transfer across the border to NY. Readers are encouraged to read the
moderator comments on ProMED-mail post 20100403.1071. - Mod.TG
The HealthMap/ProMED-mail interactive map of New York State can be seen at
. - Sr.Tech.Ed.MJ]
[see also:
Equine herpesvirus - USA (03): (NJ) 20100408.1131
Equine herpesvirus - USA (02): (NJ) susp. 20100403.1071
Equine herpesvirus - USA: (LA) 20100101.0016]
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A ProMED-mail post
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International Society for Infectious Diseases
Date: Wed 24 Nov 2010
Source: Horse Health Blogs, The Jurga Report at Equisearch.com [edited]
EHV in New York: state health official confirms disease diagnosed at racetrack
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Late Tuesday afternoon [23 Nov 2010], officials in New York State confirmed
by phone that a stable at Finger Lakes Racetrack in the western part of the
state has been placed under quarantine after a horse that had been stabled
there was diagnosed with equine herpesvirus [EHV].
Dr David Smith, director of the Division of Animal Industry of the New York
State Department of Agriculture and Markets said that the racetrack is
being very proactive about the situation, which also involves a farm where
the horse had been stabled.
On the phone this afternoon [24 Nov 2010], he said that efforts were under
way to identify and locate horses that had been stabled with the affected
horse, and that certain states had been notified if affected horses had
been shipped there.
Racing continues at Finger Lakes
--------------------------------
EHV is not a disease that limits itself to racetracks. Sport, work, and
pleasure horses are also vulnerable to EHV. Vaccinations are available,
although the disease has several strains, and veterinarians will advise
horse owners on a horse's risk factors for the disease based largely on
exposure to other horses. Outbreaks of EHV in Northern Virginia and
Wellington, Florida in the winter of 2007 virtually shut down all horse
activities in those areas.
[byline: Fran Jurga]
--
communicated by:
ProMED-mail
[Equine herpes virus was recently found in New Jersey. It is an easy
transfer across the border to NY. Readers are encouraged to read the
moderator comments on ProMED-mail post 20100403.1071. - Mod.TG
The HealthMap/ProMED-mail interactive map of New York State can be seen at
[see also:
Equine herpesvirus - USA (03): (NJ) 20100408.1131
Equine herpesvirus - USA (02): (NJ) susp. 20100403.1071
Equine herpesvirus - USA: (LA) 20100101.0016]
.................sb/tg/mj/sh
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