Big Moving, Bold and Bay!

Star Yankee, aka Babe, is an eye-catching gelding with big gaits! He’s got personality plus and loves people and any and all attention. A totally in-your-pocket fellow, Babe stands well in cross ties, for grooming/ bathing and for the farrier and the veterinarian.

Well-put together and extremely athletic, Babe is an incredible mover with a huge ground-covering trot and canter. With his expressive gaits and clever nature, Babe is an absolute candidate for a career in dressage. He'll be best-suited to a rider experienced in bringing along young athletic horses.

A relatively successful racehorse, Babe placed in 9 out of his 19 races and was retired due to a tendon injury. New Vocations has done all his rehabilitation and he has been cleared to return to work. Babe has started with ground work and is walking under saddle. As a special opportunity to approved and qualified adopters, Babe is being offered for adoption ahead of our usual schedule. Potential adopters will need experience bringing a horse back into work following the rehabilitation from an injury and will have access to all the veterinary records we have on Babe.

Don't miss your chance to bring home a top-class prospect to produce your way!

ADOPTION FEE POLICY

New Vocations’ adoption fees are intentionally set lower than the cost of buying most Thoroughbreds or Standardbreds through a private seller. In today’s market, it’s not unusual for horses coming right off the track to be listed for sale at a price between $2,000 and $5,000. At New Vocations, we set a fee that will ultimately help each horse find a home quickly. The program’s facilities are always at full capacity, which means we cannot take in an additional horse until one is adopted. Adopters should be encouraged to know that by adopting a horse through New Vocations, they are actually helping two horses transition to careers outside of racing.

In general, our fees are set at $500, $1,000 or $1,000 with a $1,500 donation.  

$1,000 with a $1,500 donation: This range is for horses that we consider to be the cream of the crop or “unicorn” horses. They are horses that have few or no limitations and great conformation, movement and size.

$1,000: This range is for horses that are suitable for a competitive career up to a certain level (for example, cleared for 2’6” but not necessarily 3’). They may have been fully rehabbed from an injury but have been cleared by our veterinarians for most disciplines. 

$500: This range is for horses that are limited to a flat, trail or companion-type home. These horses are healthy and have been fully rehabbed and evaluated by a vet.

Additionally, adopters get great value for their money: The majority of the horses have been in the program for a minimum of 60 days. During that time, horses are rehabilitated (if needed), socialized with other horses, fully evaluated, and in work with a professional trainer. New Vocations fully discloses each horse’s history and provides all available medical records, many of which include X-ray and ultrasounds.

While adoption fees are low, it should be noted that costs associated with ongoing care and additional training for each horse after adoption can be high. New Vocations hopes that by helping an adopter save money upfront, he or she will have more funds available to cover the continuing costs of properly caring for a horse.