Upcoming Events
LongRun BBQ & Hoe Down!!
September 20th, 2010
Presented by the Krembil Foundation
Woodbine Racetrack Tickets: $56.50
Cocktails 5:30pm
Dinner Buffet 6:00pm
Special appearance by Shania Twain
Tribute Artist courtesy of Hollywood Heaven Entertainment
Line Dancing, DJ, Cash Bar, 50/ 50 Draw & much more!!
All Proceeds will be donated to LongRun Thoroughbred Retirement Society!
Come out to support a great cause of providing ex-racehorses with the retirement they truly deserve! Please contact the LongRun Office for tickets: 416-675-3993 (ext. 3440).
LongRun Featured in The Etobicoke Guardian
August 25, 2010
LongRun Retirement is featured in an article for The Etobicoke Guardian, highlighting its 10 years of service.
Click here to read the full article on InsideToronto.com.
LongRun Received Grants from Thoroughbred Charities of America, Blue Horse Charities
LongRun is proud to announce that it has received grants amounting to over $13,000.00 from Thoroughbred Charities of America and its affiliate, Blue Horse Charities.
Thoroughbred Charities of America distributed over $800,000 to 81 industry-related non-profits this year, thanks mainly to its annual auction of stallion seasons, held each winter in Lexington, Kentucky. T.C.O.A. is formally affiliated with T.O.B.A. (Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association) and is that organization's charitable arm, having distributed over $17 million in the past 20 years.
Blue Horse Charities allows buyers and consignors at Fasig-Tipton to donate one quarter of one percent of a horse's purchase price to charity. Funds raised are matched by Fasig-Tipton and then distributed yearly to those non profits who find adoptive homes for off-the-track thoroughbreds. Blue Horse Charities mandates that there are only three ways for a thoroughbred to end its days – retirement, adoption or humane euthanasia – and, to that end, has dispersed $1,040,000 to 67 non-profits and subsidized the adoption of 5711 (and counting) thoroughbreds.
LongRun and the 40 plus horses currently under our care would like to extend its sincere thanks to these organizations for their kindness and generosity.
Fashion-filled Fun Evening!
A fashion-filled, fun evening, held at Daniel's of Nobleton on July 19, raised more than $4,000.00 for our four-legged friends. More than 150 attendees viewed models wearing styles from Klementine Designs while enjoying canapés, libations cheerily served by studmuffins Tyler Gaskin, Joey Belowus and Mickey Walls, music and live and silent auctions. LongRun wishes to send out a special thanks to Sabrina Olivieri, owner of Klementine Designs, and all her clients who so generously donated their time and products to the fundraiser, Colio Wines and the Schickedanz family, who sponsored the refreshments, and Daniel's of Nobleton, for their great food, location and assistance. And a pat on the back to our resident fashionista, director Deborah England, who worked very hard to make the event a success.
2011 CALENDAR
DEADLINE FOR PHOTOS - August 1, 2010
We are planning our 2011 calendar, featuring our proud adopters and their adoptees, so please plan on submitting your photo and brief note about your horse no later than August 1. And please make sure your photo meets specs - 26 DPI resolution - so that we can use it in its original size.
