The Exceller Fund

01/05/2025

Boop my nose for a Happy New Year!

12/31/2024

Life on the farm never stops, no matter what day it is or how much we may want to take off and relax for just a second. As a matter of fact, those very moments are when "farm life" tends to happen. Please keep our sweet "Bill" (Wild Eye Bill) in your thoughts this evening as he's had quite the day. We hope and pray the worst is behind him as he battled a bout of colic this afternoon.

Fortunately, it was caught early, and the vet was able to make it out to administer medications and oil quickly. Let's be honest and frank, sometimes the sound of passing gas can be the best sound in the world for us horse people. Now we just hope that is all it was...

Bill is pictured here on the far left. He is a part of the three amigos who have been together here at TEF for several years. Bill is a 1998 model (we don't like to name ages around here!) and came to us in 2006.

Wishing everyone a very happy start to the New Year! 🥳

12/30/2024

Niles has been hard at work over at Special Horses Secret Santa for Horse Rescues helping our horses (and other groups) get their wishes seen! It's not too late to help grant a wish. Secret Santa is open until the end of the year! 🦌

12/27/2024

A huge thank you to Brennan Equine Welfare Fund for their continued support and dedication to help horses. Funding received goes towards the care of our "Golden Girls" (Golden Years program).

Brennan Equine Welfare Fund Announces 2024 Grant Distributions

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 10, 2024

Cincinnati, OH – Brennan Equine Welfare Fund (BEWF) is pleased to announce their 2024 grants. Fifteen exceptional equine rescue/rehabilitation/retirement/retraining and placement facilities across the USA have been awarded.

Thoroughbred-focused recipients include Bright Future’s Farm, Exceller Fund, Glen Ellen Vocational Academy and ReRun.

Non-breed-specific organizations granted include Brook Hill Retirement Center, Colorado Therapeutic Riding Center, Days End Farm, Equine Rescue and Adoption Foundation, Happy Trails Farm Animal Sanctuary, Illinois Equine Humane Center, Kentucky Equine Adoption Center, Maine State Society for the Protection of Animals, Mitchell Farm Equine Retirement, Cincinnati Therapeutic Riding and Horsemanship, and Square Peg Foundation.

This year’s grants have been provided to assist with sponsorship of a retired therapy horses, medications and supplements for seniors, hay, feed and supplies, farrier care, dental care, farm equipment purchase, and general operating and training expenses.

BEWF reports that their grantee organizations are Accredited or Verified by one or both of the following accrediting organizations: Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance (TAA) and Global Foundation for Animal Sanctuaries (GFAS). These organizations are instrumental as partners with BEWF as they are the “boots on the ground” for visiting and establishing the facilities under their guidance and review are tops in responsibility for the care of the horses as well as being financially responsible. This ensures that donors to BEWF can be confident that their donations are helping those that help the horses in the most reliable and transparent manner. Also, the grantee organizations that specialize in therapeutic riding or equine-assisted therapy are Accredited by PATH International, a governing body that sets standards for equine therapy worldwide.

Brennan Equine Welfare Fund is a fund-raising, non-profit 501(c)(3) organization set up through The Greater Cincinnati Foundation. Grants from Brennan Equine Welfare Fund are used to serve equine rescue shelters across the country that provide dignity to final years of aged, injured, abused, starved and slaughter-bound horses, as well as those used in medical experimentation. This fund supports registered, 501(c)(3) organizations that specialize in retirement and rehabilitation services and offer a peaceful and permanent sanctuary for these beautiful animals. Shelters, which offer carefully scrutinized adoption or re-placement services, are also supported. Established in 2000 by Linda Pavey, Brennan Equine Welfare Fund carries on the memory of her equine companion, Brennan (J.B.'s Hero), an off-the-track Thoroughbred.

12/25/2024

Happy Holidays from your friends at The Exceller Fund! Hope you get outside and enjoy yourself today 🎄🎁

12/25/2024

Wishing everyone all of the magic that the season has to offer now and all year long. Have a safe and joyful holiday. May it bring peace to those who need it most. With love and gratitude, your friends at TEF.

12/22/2024

As most of you have probably already read, we are welcoming Mo to our herd here at the retirement farm in OK. That means, we hope to find a little extra feed under the tree at the farm in our neck of the woods. It's not that I don't like to share, but... well, I'd rather not. Don't forget, Special Horses Secret Santa for Horse Rescues can also make a great gift for fellow horse lovers!

12/16/2024

Mewannarose ("Mo") has been summoned to join our farm in OK because another one of our horses (Nikki's Sandcastle) lost his buddy and has been in desperate (his words, not ours) need of a buddy. Mo and Nikki were once pasture mates back in VA a few years ago, so he is the perfect choice. Mo may be doing the asking, but we're sure it's on behalf of his pal, Nikki.

12/13/2024

Exceller Fund retiree Abraham says happy Day of the Horse!

12/11/2024

Let us assure you, Winter makes that tiara look mighty good!

12/06/2024

We get it, Kid... sometimes you have to take what you can get. I mean I asked Santa for an assistant, and he told me he said what he could do, but not to hold my breath. 🤷‍♀️😅

12/04/2024

12/03/2024

As always, thank you for your continued and gracious support! It is truly appreciated and NEEDED!

For alternate donation methods, please visit our website:
https://www.excellerfund.org/donations/

11/28/2024

Wishing you all a very Happy Thanksgiving! We are so very thankful for you.

11/22/2024

We are so grateful to be a part of such a wonderful community and thankful to TAA for continuing to support our mission and help us provide for our amazing Racing Warriors and Golden Girls.

Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance announced today that $4.14 million in grants will be awarded to 83 Thoroughbred aftercare organizations that currently hold accreditation status for 2024.

"Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance is grateful to continue increasing the total grant amount each year to support accredited aftercare organizations. With a new record of over $4 million in grants awarded this year for the first time, it underscores our commitment to long-term equine welfare," said Stacie Clark-Rogers, Operations Consultant, Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance. "We extend our sincere gratitude to the donors who go above and beyond the minimum giving levels. These generous contributions have made it possible to meet our annual funding targets, helping even more retired Thoroughbreds find the safe, fulfilling futures they deserve. As we move forward, it is essential that we continue to receive support so we can maintain and expand these efforts, ensuring that we can help even more horses in need.”

Click here to read more: https://www.thoroughbredaftercare.org/thoroughbred-aftercare-alliance-grants-4-14-million-to-83-accredited-organizations/