Real Explosion raced from 1988-1993. 1997 Michigan Hunter-Jumper Association Year End Champion in Modified Jumper and in Schooling Jumper. Owned and trained by Donna Rothman. Courtesy of CANTER. Photo by: Timothy Rothman.

• CANTER -This site contains information for those people that are interested in purchasing Thoroughbred horses off the race track in Michigan for retraining in other disciplines, to use as brood mares or stallions, or simply to have as companions.
• Equine Rescue Mailing List -Are you interested in rescuing or adopting a retired racehorse or perhaps another breed? Or just in what you can do personally to help equines in need? If so, you may want to sign up for the Equine Rescue Mailing List.
• Equine Rescue Net -The Equine Rescue Net (ERNet) web site exists to make accessable in one place information and contacts useful to equine rescue, to provide links to other such information on the web, and to keep track of projects on which volunteers are working.
• ReRun - A division of the Humane Society of Kentucky - ReRun gives ex-racehorses a second chance at a productive life by first evaluating temperaments, talents and physical capabilities and then matching the animals to new owners. (located in Kentucky)
• ROAN - Racehorse Outplacement Assistance Network. A group of folks who love racing, are involved in the sport as owners or fans and who linked up on the Equine Rescue Mailing List via the Internet who want to help get ex-racehorses together with folks seeking an equine companion.
• Second Chance Thoroughbreds -New news from Dale and Robin.
• Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation - For Thoroughbred racehorses coming off the track for the last time, the nonprofit Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation is very often the difference between life and death. Since 1982, the nation's largest Thoroughbred rescue organization has been providing lifetime haven to these gallant equine athletes when they have nowhere else to go.
  

Tips on how to view and purchase an ex- racehorse. Also, things you should know after bringing your horse home!