TRF Annual Gala Raises More Than $500,000
Thanks in large part to the $58,000 celebrity chef Bobby Flay spent on options to breed to two of the top Thoroughbred stallions, the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation raised an excess of $500,000 Aug. 7 at its annual gala at the Saratoga Golf and Polo Club.
The TRF is the nation’s oldest and largest horse rescue operation. The funds raised Monday will go toward the care of the more than 1,300 retired race horses under the group’s responsibility.
Throughout the night, options to breed in 2007 to some of the sport’s hottest stallions at 2006 prices were put up for bids to the more than 450 people attending the party. Flay paid $47,000 for the right to breed to Distorted Humor at his 2006 fee of $150,000 and $11,000 to breed to More Than Ready at his 2006 fee of $30,000. more…
