Visits are by appointment only as we have a very small staff. You will be turned away without an appointment. Our physical and mailing address are now the same: 1966 Appleton Road, Elkton, MD 21921 Just across the street from Fair Hill!

After the Races' EIN is 30-0729968 ATR is a 501(c)3 non-profit ATR is a registered charity in Maryland. ATR in good standing with both the IRS and Maryland. All donations are tax deductible!

We update our website frequently, and will mark horses as “PENDING” as soon as we have entered the adoption process with an adopter. If you see them on our Horses page, assume they are available. While we do advertise on other sites, our website is always the most up to date.

Due to the high volume of inquiries and our limited staff, the most efficient means of contact is using the contact form on this site, e-mail sent to info@aftertheraces.org or sending us a message on Facebook. Once farther along in the process, we will provide both our barn address and phone number.

We show horses by appointment ONLY, and only to those who have completely filled out an application. We show horses Monday-Saturday 8AM-1PM (closed Sundays). Please respect our staff’s limited time off.

Fees vary by horse and are listed on the bottom of each horse’s individual page. If it’s not listed, the horse is likely not available yet.

No. Adoption fees vary by horse, their potential, any limitations, marketability, etc. The fees are already below market value in the majority of cases. These fees also directly fund the rehabilitation and retraining of all horses in the program. Every dollar you negotiate off is one less dollar we have to pay for vetting, medical care, feed, etc. “But it would be an excellent home.” We require excellent homes for all our horses.

What video we have we assure you is already on the website. We will absolutely add more when we can get it. We can not take custom video requests (“just in the field is fine,” etc. is included in that consideration). Things to consider: We have 2 employees, 20+ horses, and a constant stream of demands on our time. We get video when the opportunity arises. It takes time, weather, and appropriate help to make these things happen and while we love to provide y’all with videos, a lot of things are higher on our priority list. You are not the only person asking for video and there are lots of people out there that adopt without video. If you’re seriously interested in a horse, and have an application on file with us, and are remotely local, we recommend setting up a time to come see them. We prioritize appointments to see horses over other things like getting video, etc.

No. We run an incredibly tight ship and busy schedule here with 20 horses and only 2 full-time staff. If you drop by without an appointment, you will be turned away.

No, we do not offer leases of any kind.

No. We find it much easier and more effective to have all our horses at one location.

Short answer: yes, with a donation and if it is a Thoroughbred. Unfortunately, we are not a sanctuary or a shelter. We cannot take in horses who will not recover to riding soundness. We require a donation to accompany every horse entering our program. This donation varies depending on circumstances and never covers all of the horse’s needs. Only Thoroughbreds that have raced or had race training are eligible. We are full disclosure with our adopters and expect horse donors to be full disclosure with us. Injured horses are eligible for our program as long as they have a good prognosis. We do not believe in adopting out pasture pets.

For fairly local adoptions, we do offer shipping at $4/mile, but arranging shipping is the responsibility of the adopter. Professional shippers will be more affordable. We have several shippers we can recommend, or you can find your own. There's a list in the next FAQ question. If horses are picked up between 10PM and 8AM, or on Sundays, there will be an additional $50 fee made payable to the employee meeting the shipper. The only shipper we know goes to Canada is Northern Horse Transport - 587-433-5850. Most of our Canadian adopters have picked the horses up themselves.

Yes. Shippers: Two Hearts Equine Transport - 608-239-1908 Fairway Horse Transport - 352-642-5401 Jeff Lukens - 518-573-2899 *Northern Horse Transport - 587-433-5850 Cameron Macleod - 803-617-8448 **Joan Wolf - 215-206-4407 **Karen Freer - 804-314-4052 Scott Norris - 910-315-7875 JR Hudson - 508-427-9333 4 Star Equine - 910-603-8293 Equine Express - 800-545-9098 Lake Horse Transport - 859-987-0284 Charles Vondra - 936-546-4140 Brent Daak Equine - 320-583-3678 Horse Carriage Transport - 352-406-3042 Brookledge Horse Transport - 610-987-6284 Sallee Horse Vans - 859-255-9406 *This shipper definitely goes to Canada **These shippers are fairly local - will do within a few hours of the farm.

Yes, as long as the adopter pays for the required international health certificate and a fresh coggins if required. See the question above regarding shipping.

Our intake evaluations are meant to be thorough baselines but do not replace a full pre-purchase exam. Our vet: Listens to and considers the history of the horse (whatever we have, some come with very little, some a lot). Listens to the heart on both sides, checks the eyes. Checks/palpates the spine from poll to tail, as well as the symmetry of the pelvis. Runs her hands down each leg, palpating all joints, tendons, ligaments. Checks the range of motion in all fetlocks, both knees. Follows this up by assessing soundness on a straight line on concrete. If at this point the horse is sound without any significant concerns on the physical or in the history, this is where we stop. It’s common for horses to have a mild lameness (which is noted in any exam) due to presumed foot soreness after having racing plates pulled and being turned out. Suspected hoof pain aside, if any other lameness is detected, we often progress directly to diagnostic imaging. We do not radiograph every horse. We only radiograph if we have a reason to based on the horse’s history or a significant finding on an exam. We do not perform full flexions on every horse or even most horses. We will do flexions as part of further diagnostics if a horse presents lame for the exam. We are full disclosure and will report all findings on the horse’s page once they are evaluated, and share with the horse’s eventual adopter.