Thoroughbred Retirement of Tampa, Inc.

11/16/2025

Get those entries in today!!

🏇 Late entries for th 9th Annual Florida Thoroughbred Transformation Expo at the Florida Horse Park December 12-14 are being accepted until November 27th at midnight.

🤠 Western Dressage has low entries currently and we would love to fill the discipline. Low entries mans less competition, so if you were on the fence, consider entering for your chance to bring home a check and some great prizes! If you’ve already entered and would like to add Western Dressage as a second discipline, email us at [email protected].

🛢️Barrel racing is in danger of being cancelled for this year’s event if we do not get more entries into that discipline. We cannot run the discipline as of now due to the low number of entries. So if you have any interest in running barrels, please enter soon or if you would like to add barrels as a second discipline but have already entered, contact us at [email protected].

📄 Find our Expo Rules & Eligibility here ➡️
https://runfortheribbons.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2025-Expo-Rules-updated.pdf

🖊️ Find our easy online Entry Form here ➡️
https://runfortheribbons.org/the-expo/the-expo-entry-form-payment/reg home a ey e

11/16/2025

Awesome news!

Owners/trainers at the Florida racetracks - please use this option if an aftercare org cannot take your horse when it's ready to retire from racing.

Owners/Trainers are responsible for all communications with potential buyers. Run for the Ribbons Owner/Trainer Listings are simply a bridge to help make

03/01/2025

Check out the horses available for adoption at Run for the Ribbons!

☘️🐴MARCH MADNESS FOREVER HOME SPECIAL OFFER💚🌈
Find your pot of gold at Run for the Ribbons!  Your next OTTB is here waiting for you, and all through the month of March we are waiving all adoption fees on forever home contracted adoptions! This means the adopted horse may not be re-sold after adoption and is intended to stay with the approved adopter for the remainder of the horse’s life. Though unable to be re-sold, all horses are returnable to RFTR should the need arise. It is our mission to pair our OTTBs with their perfect human partner and ensure they will live their best lives together.

We have many prospects available at different levels of retraining and ability, including many who are RRP eligible.

You can see some of our available horses at the link below

https://runfortheribbons.org/rftr-available-horses/

All potential adopters must fill out and submit an application before coming to meet the horses. Applicants can fill this out and submit this via email at [email protected] or text Carly or Laurine images of the filled out application. You can find it at:

http://runfortheribbons.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/adoption-application-form.pdf

To schedule an appointment , contact
Carly Kowalchuk
(352) 339-3390
or
Laurine Lockhart
(774) 328-1760

📍 Located in Morriston, FL, just a short drive from WEC

10/27/2024

Entries close on October 31st, so don’t miss your chance to at a piece of $15,000 in prize money! You can find more information and enter at www.runfortheribbons.org!

If you have any questions, please contact Run for the Ribbons.

10/27/2024

Check out the OTTBs available for adoption from Run for the Ribbons!

10/17/2024

Congratulations to the 39 orgs that earned accreditation! Well done!

Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance announced today that 39 Thoroughbred aftercare organizations have been awarded accreditation for 2024.The 39 organizations include 38 organizations who are continuing their accreditation and 1 that earned accreditation this year. Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance, the g...

09/30/2024

Here's an update on Groovy, Mambo and Rosie (order of the horses in the video).

They are doing great and continue to live their best life at Run for the Ribbons. We are forever grateful to them for taking our former sanctuary horses when we shut down operations. We cannot thank them enough.🥰