4th Annual Suffolk Showcase to Be Held Sunday, October 25th 2009

>> Scores of Quality Thoroughbreds for Sale

We are pleased to announce that this year’s “Suffolk Showcase“ will be held on Sunday, October 25th, 2009.

Gorgeous Thoroughbreds Are Offered for Sale at the Showcase

At last year’s event buyers saw more than 80 horses offered for sale–geldings, mares, stallions–from 3 to 10 years old.

We’ll be posting more details [...]

NTRA Accredits Saratoga: Thoroughbred Welfare News

Saratoga passed! Not surprising, really–expensive horses, short meet, great visibility…The National Thoroughbred Racing Association’s Safety and Integrity Alliance completed a review of all racing operations at the facility and accredited them as meeting all of the standards outlined by the Alliance.

The NTRA Safety and Integrity Alliance’s purpose is “to establish standards and practices to promote [...]

Horse Envy: The

Okay…This is Ellen, Executive Director of CANTER and I need to get personal today.

Over the years I’ve had a lot of folks ask me about the “ups” and “downs” of being involved in CANTER…and my trip to Suffolk Downs on Saturday reminded me of BOTH aspects of the effort. So here goes…

Upside: I get to [...]

The Difference Between Legendary and Ordinary

Spectacular Jr. is a Handsome Gray

CANTER New England volunteers taking listing at Suffolk often do pedigree research to help add color and shed light on the background of the horse…And it illustrates a really important point: in horse racing the difference between “legendary” and “ordinary” may–quite literally–be a question of “…one Mississippi, two Mississippi…three  [...]

Adoption Spotlight: Great Answer

Great Answer, aka "Annie" at Suffolk Downs

Great Answer is now a CANTER adoptive horse!

A pretty and gregarious dark bay three year old filly, she is very feminine, but with an athletic build.

Great Answer’s pedigree traces back to some very nice horses…Through her sire Gimmeawink you will see such notables as Mr. Prospector, Secretariat and [...]

Horse Rescue Organizations Around the US

CANTER would like to make the American Horse Protection Association’s list of rescues around the US and overseas.

Please click here for a PDF version of this file.

CANTER does not maintain affiliation with any organization listed in this document, and we urge you to check references before opting to donate your horse.