Greener Pastures

The Virginia Department of Corrections and the non-profit Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation have teamed together to establish the Greener Pastures Program at James River Correctional Center in Goochland County.

The Greener Pastures program matches offenders and retired thoroughbreds. Offenders gain valuable job skills training and handling horses while the thoroughbreds have a well maintained facility once they have retired from active racing.

The training model for the program is called Groom Elite which teaches the offenders a vast array of skills involved with horse management.

For more information, visit the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation’s web site, www.trfinc.org.