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The Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation intends to continue evaluating about 1,200 ex-racehorses in its program after a reported decision by the study's sponsor to cut off funding, according to a TRF board member.
The executors of the Paul Mellon estate, the TRF's largest benefactor, will no longer fund the whole-herd evaluation, according to a March 22 New York Times story. The executors, Beverly Carter and Ted Terry, have publicly expressed their anger over a TRF decision to inform affiliate farms not to cooperate with Missouri veterinarian Stacey Huntington, who had led the evaluations under the Mellon estate's sponsorship.
TRF executive committee member Ray Paulick wrote on his website Wednesday that the remaining horse evaluations "will be funded through a TRF board member" but did not identify that member. According to Paulick, the TRF's herd management committee currently is "identifying independent veterinarians to complete the inspections and visit many of the farms previously seen by Huntington."
TRF chairman Tom Ludt and Mellon executor Carter did not immediately return calls seeking comment.
Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/horse/news/story?id=6252557
The executors of the Paul Mellon estate, the TRF's largest benefactor, will no longer fund the whole-herd evaluation, according to a March 22 New York Times story. The executors, Beverly Carter and Ted Terry, have publicly expressed their anger over a TRF decision to inform affiliate farms not to cooperate with Missouri veterinarian Stacey Huntington, who had led the evaluations under the Mellon estate's sponsorship.
TRF executive committee member Ray Paulick wrote on his website Wednesday that the remaining horse evaluations "will be funded through a TRF board member" but did not identify that member. According to Paulick, the TRF's herd management committee currently is "identifying independent veterinarians to complete the inspections and visit many of the farms previously seen by Huntington."
TRF chairman Tom Ludt and Mellon executor Carter did not immediately return calls seeking comment.
Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/horse/news/story?id=6252557