Racehorse Rehabilitation and Placement Program, A Non Profit 501(c)3 Foundation
After a racehorses career at the track is over Dallas and Donna Keen are dedicated to finding homes for horses in their stable as well as for other horses from the track. All owners and trainers are welcome to contact them whenever a home or emergency placement for an injured or retired racehorse is needed. Above is a horse from another trainer that was placed with Dallas to rehabilitate and start a new life after his racing career was cut short by a fractured shin. He was retrained as a riding horse and now has a home with a new family. Please contact Dallas or Donna if you are interested in giving a retired thoroughbred a new home or sponsoring a thoroughbred that we are caring for at our farm in Burleson, Texas until they are able to be placed in a permanent home.
Your donations are tax deductible!!! We depend totally on horse lovers like you to make this program work for them.
Remember Me Rescue currently has horses available for adoption.
If you support racehorse rescue please consider placing us on a monthly donation schedule to help us continue to support the retirement and retraining of retired racehorses.
This program is totally supported by people like you who care about horse welfare and oppose slaughter.
Lights On Broadway riding bridle-less
Lights On Broadway
2001 Texas Horse of the Year Lights On Broadway is currently stabled at Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie where he is Donna Keen's personal stable pony. He will be used to raise awareness for horse rescue during the race meet and then be placed in a permanent home in July.
Lights riding bridle-less
Thanks to everyone for helping to retire
Joe Favorite (101 starts, 12 years old)
His owner agreed to sell him to Remember Me Rescue for $500 after finishing way back in his 101st career start. 3 weeks after coming to Remember Me Rescue Joe was adopted by new owner Deirdre Marr of Dallas, Texas. Through your donations we were able to retire this horse and place him in a loving home. Thank you!
Everyone knows costs around the country are rising. That includes ours. The average cost of a bag of feed or a bale of quality hay is around $15. We are asking everyone dedicated to the placement and retraining of these fine athletes please help us in our efforts to continue helping exracehorses find homes after racing. The donate button will direct you to Paypal where you can quickly and easily make your small contribution to our cause.
HORSES AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION
Mr. Lebeuf- 3 year old eventing or jumping prospect
Bucky Blue- 12 year old beautiful chestnut, sweet and sound
Presidente De Oro- 3 year old that anyone can ride
Neon Leon - 7 year old grey gelding,sound, needs experienced rider
Little Doctor - 12 year old bay gelding, sound, needs experienced rider
Here is the amazing Black Halo, a horse retired from racing with a bowed tendon. Dallas rehabilitated and began the retraining of 'Hal' and now he is a world class stadium jumper. Read the email below from his owner, Melissa Roddy.
From : Melissa Roddy Friday, May 26, 2006 9:17 PM To : dallaskeen@hotmail.com Subject : Update on your horse
Hello Mr. Keen! I just saw your Web site online and thought you might like to know what's going on with one of your former horses, who has made a very successful second career as a three-day event horse. I've owned Bud Walker's "Black Halo" -- we just call him "Hal" -- for nine years now, since Bud gave him to me after he bowed. He's 13 now, and he's doing great. I thought you might like to see a couple of pictures from the past few weeks (attached to this e-mail) and an article that was written about us last fall for a magazine called The Chronicle of the Horse. Hal has been an amazing -- he's the easiest horse in the world to do anything around, which I'm sure is a large credit to the start you gave him. I gathered cows off him when he was a 4-year-old, have done pack trips and LOTS of competing, and he's always a solid citizen and a total angel for the farrier, the vet, the clippers, etc. He's not a big fan of getting his mane pulled, but I can't really blame him there! His favorite thing in the world is playing in the pond. He doesn't lay down or swim, but he splashes and splashes and splashes, or he'll just stand in there to keep the flies off his legs on a hot summer day. The funny thing is, when he first came off the track he wouldn't go NEAR water. But he was turned out with a wise 30-year-old quarter horse who showed him how much fun it can be, and now he loves it. In eventing, he has to jump into/out of water regularly -- it's something a lot of horses get sticky about, but he's always been foot-perfect and jumps straight in! Anyways, just wanted to let you he's doing well. I'm sure you are a very busy person, but if you remember "Hal" or anything about him -- what he was like to break, what his name was around the barn, what you thought of him as a racehorse, etc. -- I'd love for you to share. Thanks, and have a great Memorial Day! Melissa Roddy
If you have a racehorse in need of placement we will be glad to help you. If you have adopted a horse through us let us know how they are doing.
Oscar Wildcat was successfully placed on August 23rd. He ran his last race at the end of July, was brought to our farm August 1st and then quickly placed with a mother/daughter team who plans to make him an event horse. He has already started his new training program and seems to really enjoy himself. Thanks to Renee Lewis and her family for giving Oscar a second career in life.
Oscar Wildcat
Sudden Bluff , aka Macho
Sudden Bluff was a gelding that was sent to us by another trainer from Louisiana Downs in September. He had been a successful racehorse and was retired due to an ankle injury. After his ankle injury was doing well he was then used some as a pony at the track. We brought him to the farm and Dallas spent some time teaching him a few tricks and did a little work with his head set before finding him a new home. We successfully placed him in a home with a retired sheriffs deputy in New Mexico. There he will be a trail riding horse and maybe even do a little mounted patrol work.
Here's an email update from Bob Dunbar, Sudden Bluffs new owner
Thanks for the email inquiring about how Macho is working out. His new name is "Darth" as in "Darth Vader"! I really like him. I have ridden him on about six trail rides from 45 minutes to an hour and a half each. Not big rides yet, just getting him used to everything around here. He didn't act like he'd ever ridden in tall grass or on uneven trails, brush piles, big rocks, etc. Also don't know if he had seen Deer and Elk, but he has now. All this "new" stuff was a bit overwhelming at first, but his refusal to go somewhere or over or through something was easy to deal with. He wasn't stupid about his not wanting to do things or go somewhere. He is actually harder to get going just leaving the barn area, he walks very, very slowly, but after he's out for a while he seems to really enjoy it. I've had him out with my wife's Morgan and they get along fine. I have also taken him out by himself and he did o.k. then too. He just needs to get used to the terrain and the "new" stuff here in the mountains, but I think he really likes his new home here. He sure isn't going anywhere else to live, I'm keeping him! I think I'll have him a really long time. We get along really well and he responds to my input really well. He hasn't done anything dangerous at all.
"Thank you very much for selling him to me."
He is in love, however, I think with the yearling filly. They are inseparable when together. Everybody think she's his daughter, they really look and act alike and are together all the time.
If you get over this way, bring the 3 year old gelding and we'll trade for the filly. You'd really like her. I have her on Speedhorse.com and fasthorses.com and have had a lot of calls on her and she's priced at $2,000.00, but We haven't sold her yet. A couple people want to come and look at her, but you know how that goes. We'll see!
Stay in touch,
Bob Dunbar
Like A Star
Like A star was retired from racing due to a bowed tendon. He was rehabilitated at first by his owner, Leigh, and then sent to us to start his training for his new life as a trail horse. Like A Star was adopted by a family that adores him and will give him a life long loving home. Here is an email from Tara, his new owner. "Here is one of the pictures I took of Like a Star yesterday. He had just gotten a bath and was very humorous a big part of the day. My fiancee was washing him and I was sitting down in front of him when he proceeded to pick the lunge line up with his mouth and place it on my head. He loves for me to give him kisses. He will put his mouth up to my face just to get one..lol. He always rubs his head on my leg and up and down the front of me. He is highly intelligent and we are extremely lucky to have him as a part of our family. My dad will take a chair out in the middle of the pasture and sit out there and watch him saying, "He likes someone to be out here with him." He is such a beautiful animal that you cannot help but sit and just watch him. My best friend will be coming out this week to take some better ones. I will get them to you as soon as I acquire them. If you could forward this Leigh I would appreciate it. I could not find her email. Thank you!
Speak with you soon!
Tara"
Dallas and Neon Leon
Neon Leon was sent to Dallas Keen by his dedicated owner, Carson Llewellyn, as a 'blinkers only' horse. He ran with blinkers and was only ponied at the track without a rider for several months because of his bad manners. Even after his racing career his new trainer still rode him with the blinkers on. Neon Leon was definitely considered a problem horse. He is now being ridden without blinkers and without problems after being re-started by Dallas Keen. He is on the road to a new life with the skills he has learned and the ground manners he has been taught. Neon Leon will make someone a nice trail horse when he has 'graduates' from the training program in the next few months.
Alex, thanks for the link to Lights on Broadway's retirement story. Dallas Keen is now one of my new favorite trainers. Thank you so much Donna and Dallas for taking him in. What a wonderful ending for LoB. A great way to start the day!
Posted by: Patty in Dallas at September 2, 2008 12:24 PM
Good morning FOB,
Hope everyone had a great holiday weekend.
Alex, thanks for the link to Lights on Broadway's retirement story. Dallas Keen is now one of my new favorite trainers. Thank you so much Donna and Dallas for taking him in. What a wonderful ending for LoB. A great way to start the day!
Posted by: Patty in Dallas at September 2, 2008 12:24 PM