Retired horses get new home, thanks to inmates
Four retired racehorses from Suffolk Downs have a new home, thanks to some inmates.
Some inmates from Plymouth County helped build stalls in a barn on the sheriff’s department farm. They will take care of up to 40 horses ad the program expands.
The track on Tuesday delivered four recently retired horses.
Suffolk Downs owner Richard Fields has pledged not to send any horses from the track to slaughter. He says once you make that promise, you have to back it up. The track worked with the Retired Thoroughbred Foundation and the sheriff’s department to set up the new barn.
