Racing fans will have a unique opportunity to bid on and buy ropes and hats from this year’s Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) participants in “Hats and Strings”, an online fundraising auction open today. today and runs until November 4 at 7pm. The auction will raise funds for the Permanently Disability Jockey Foundation (PDJF) and The Jockey Club Safety Net Foundation, a charity that provides relief and financial support to needy members of the Purebred industry and their families. surname.
The auction winners of each rope are met and greeted with the horse before January 2023, and if they pick the next Breeders’ Cup Classic winner’s rope, they will receive $5,000. There will also be a limited number of Breeders ‘Cup caps of all Classic participants provided by the Breeders’ Cup and signed by the rider scheduled to ride in the Classic. They will be offered for sale for $200. Screens will be featured at Jock Tales, Fashionist Fillies and A Call to Post.
Gold sponsors of “Hats and Straps” include WinStar Farm and CHC (Life is good ); Lane’s End, West Point Thoroughbreds, Siena Farm, Hronis Racing and Summer Wind Equine (Flight route ); Gainesway, LNJ Foxwoods, Grandview Equine and Cheyenne Stable (Olympiad ); Gainesway, Strauss Bros. Racing and Roadrunner Racing (Hot Rod Charlie ); Zedan Racing Stables (Taiba ); Wertheimer and Frere and Airdrie Stud (Happy Saver ); Red TR Racing (Rich Strike ); and Spendthrift Farm.
Jockey Club Safety Net Foundation support includes financial assistance, medication, surgical and hospital expenses, therapeutic equipment, voice recognition computers for the amputees, and wheelchairs for the disabled, with other needs. Safety Net Foundation recipients represent almost every aspect of the Thoroughbred industry, from chariot riders, trainers, gymnasts and groomers to staff offices and other employees of racecourses, racing organizations and ranches. The Safety Net Foundation has provided over $16 million in support. For more information, visit www.tjcfoundation.org.
“Our heartbeat is for those who work hard to care for our beloved athletes,” said Shannon Kelly, executive director of The Jockey Club Safety Net Foundation. executive director of The Jockey Club Safety Net Foundation. “Thank you to all the owners and contractors who will be involved.”
The PDJF is a 501(c)(3) public charity that provides financial assistance to approximately 60 former jockeys who have been seriously injured on the track. Since its founding in 2006, the PDJF has disbursed more than $12 million to permanently disabled horse riders, most of whom are paralyzed or have sustained traumatic brain injury. For more information and to contribute, please visit www.pdjf.org or call (630) 595-7660.
Nancy LaSala, president of PDJF said: “We are always grateful for the support of the owners of our beloved racehorses. “Their support means the world to our recipients.”
For more information and to participate in the online wire auction, visit 32Auctions.com/BCHatsandHalters2022. For hats, visit https://pdjf.org/shop/.
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