Announcing Brennan Equine Welfare Fund's

2013 Grant Recipients

Fourteen exceptional equine rescue, rehabilitation, retirement, retraining and/or placement facilities across the USA have been awarded grants in 2013.

Grant recipients include: 

Bright Future’s Farm, Cochranton, PA

Days End Farm Horse Rescue, Woodbine, MD

Kentucky Equine Humane Center, Nicholasville, KY

Rainhill Equine Facility, Bowling Green, KY
Ryerss’ Home For Aged Equines, Pottstown, PA
Speak Up For Horses, Falmouth, KY

The Exceller Fund, Lexington, KY
The Standardbred Retirement Foundation, Millstone, NJ

ONE SUCCESS STORY

Bright Futures Farm and “Markie”

You surely remember the great Triple Crown Winner, Secretariat, perhaps one of the greatest and best-loved of all the Thoroughbred race horses. Well, let me introduce you to Fast Market (also known as “Markie”), who is the last known son of Secretariat to have raced.

Now 28 years old, Markie is sponsored in his retirement through a grant by Brennan Equine Welfare Fund at Bright Futures Farm in Cochranton, Pennsylvania.

During his racing career, Markie won over a quarter million dollars in his career in Canada and the U.S., and his most notable victory was a win in the Grade II Puss-N-Boots Stakes in Canada. The New York Post magazine did a four-page feature story on Markie in December of 1996, the day of his last race. Markie was also a “guest” at the local premiere of “Secretariat: The Movie”.

His resemblance to Secretariat is amazing. His favorite thing to do is hang out with his buddy, Arturo. He also likes to entertain himself by pulling the tails of the other horses in the pasture.

Sponsorship allows Markie to be supported with hay, grain, farrier, and medical needs. Through your kind donation, Markie and horses like him are able to be cared for with expert care for the horses’ lifetime through grant funding from Brennan Equine Welfare Fund.

Bright Futures Farm and “Markie”

Bright Futures Farm

238 Old Franklin Pike Rd, Cochranton, PA 16314

Phone: (724) 496-4960

Email: brightfuturesfarm@gmail.com