Category: Events

Happy 2010!

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It’s been a busy and cold holiday season for the Black Stallion, Little Black a Pony, Big Red and everyone at Hopeful Farm.

We were in Kentucky at the wonderful Horse Park where they are set to host 10,000 students for the Black Stallion Literacy Foundation shows!
They are just awesome up there, just the best team you can imagine!

With the upcoming World Equestrian Games and all the events at the Horse Park in 2010 it all looks really spectacular!
Wait to you hear about the new Arabian Wing at the Museum … it’s going to be fabulous!!

Check it out when you get a minute.


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These are our friends at the Chrysalis House in Lexington … great people doing wonderful work in the community … Little Black went to visit everyone for Christmas and give away some books … He’s a Santa helper!

Thanks for reading … and don’t forget to visit the forum and drop us a line!
More soon,
tim
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Tim Farley about BSLF on KAXE Northern Community Radio's "All Things Equine"

All Things Equine 12-8-09: Bobbie from KAXE Northern Community Radio talked with Tim Farley of the Black Stallion Literacy Project. This project is about getting young kids excited about reading through books about horses and bringing real horses to the schools.

Listen to the show (mp3 direct link, opens in a new window. Duration: 18 min.)

Jacksonville Show

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More pictures just in!!!

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Thought you’d like to see some pictures from the BSLF show in Jacksonville. Here is an article about it, too;

‘Black Stallion’ Inspires Children To Read

Actors and horses from Arabian Nights in Orlando perform excerpts from “The Black Stallion.”
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — It’s a book come to life right before their eyes.

Two thousand fourth-graders from around the area experienced Walter Farley’s book “The Black Stallion” like never before as actors and horses from Arabian Nights in Orlando performed excerpts from the childhood favorite and dazzled the audience with daredevil stunts this week.

The Black Stallion Literacy Foundation travels the country, and their mission is to inspire children to read and to spark a life-long love of literature.

The series, which began more than 65 years ago, includes 21 books and has been translated into more than 20 languages.

Tim Farley, the co-founder of the program and the author’s son, said his favorite part is the impact the program has on children and the new doors it opens for them.

“Some of these kids have never seen a horse before, but some of these kids have never owned a book before, and never owning a book, that’s something that impacts all of us,” Farley said.

Fourth-grade literacy levels affect people more than you might think.

Not only are the children the future of the country, but Farley said the government decides how many cells are built in prisons based on those literacy levels.

It’s easy to see on the children’s faces that they are hooked on “The Black Stallion,” and hopefully reading for years to come.

“I thought it was really cool to see that, because if you read the book and then watch that, you can actually understand it more than when you read it in the book,” said Rene Chinault, a student at Christ the King Catholic School.

http://www.news4jax.com/news/21667184/detail.html

ABUSED THOROUGHBRED YEARLINGS ADOPTED FOR RACING

Walter Farley’s good buddy, Paula Turner;

September 21, 2009 New York, New York. AS RENNKLUB, LLC, a New York City horse racing
and Thoroughbred breeding partnership has adopted three Thoroughbred yearlings from
Center Brook Farm in upstate New York. Center Brook Farm was raided by the Columbia‐
Greene Humane Society/SPCA and the New York State Police this past April. Authorities
were shocked to find one hundred and seventy seven horses on the brink of starvation. The
Columbia‐Greene Humane Society/SPCA facilitated the adoptions of nearly eighty of the
horses to various farms; the final three being adopted by AS RENNKLUB, LLC. Currently,
Center Brook Farm is being inspected by the Humane Society on a regular basis. The
yearlings will be gentled and trained by legendary trainer Paula Turner in North Carolina.
Paula, well‐known in horse racing circles, once strengthened and prepared a young and
clumsy Thoroughbred with a misshapen leg ‐ named Seattle Slew. She turned him into a fit
machine for his eventual race track training.
The partnership started by Angelika Hala and Sean Kerr is forming a non‐profit trust named
THE 5R RACEHORSE TRUST to care for the three yearlings and manage their careers as
racehorses. The mission of this trust is to draw public attention to race horse rescue,
adoption and retirement efforts. Tax deductible donations will be sought and all racing
profits raised by the Trust will be donated to these causes. The Trust has the backing of
numerous equestrians as well as some established old name racing families.
The Trust plans to nurse the youngsters to full health and lay a foundation for their athletic
career under the supervision of an experienced race horse trainer. “This has become more
exciting because a few trainers have already expressed interest in this project. Some have
offered advice and encouragement” said Angelika. Other sport horse options such as
dressage training will be explored for any individual that is not suited to racing. If sport
performance is not suitable, then the youngster will be trained to be a riding horse.
The adoptees will neither be sold to other owners for profit nor be entered in claiming races;
AS RENNKLUB, LLC and the Trust intend to retain control of their care and well‐being for life.
For more information or to make a tax‐deductible donation to THE 5R RACEHORSE TRUST,
please contact AS RENNKLUB, LLC or their website www.racehorsetrust.org.
CONTACTS:
AS RENNKLUB, LLC
Angelika Hala
Telephone: 646‐775‐0020
Sean Kerr
Telephone: 917‐523‐3267
Contacts are reachable at any time between 7:00am EST to 11:00pm EST
Email: asrennklub@gmail.com
Website (under construction): www.racehorsetrust.org