About Stall 13

Stall 13 is a non-profit organization aimed at rehabilitation, retraining, and rehoming of Thoroughbred horses with an additional focus on  increasing the knowledge and capacity of their riders. The organization focuses on Thoroughbreds -both recently off-track or midway through their careers who have exceptional need either physically, behaviorally, or due to the precarious situations of their owners. Relying on Dr. Aubrey Graham’s training and management expertise alongside an excellent team of vets, farriers, and supporters, the organization provides a safety net for horses who may otherwise fall into difficult circumstances - neglected, misunderstood, sent to auction, or ever-worsening race or living conditions. 

Stall 13 provides a way to hit pause in the horse’s descent into ever-less-ideal situations. By stepping in with a team of experts, the program works to turn a horse’s career around, increase their potential and ridability, and work to make them happy in the process. Stall 13 also offers education for riders interested in working to be better horse (wo)men and better riders for their Thoroughbreds, thereby decreasing the rate of both off-track and mid-career horses who fall through the cracks.

Stall 13 does not just address at-risk horses coming off the tracks. Rather, the organization offers a dual stream approach to provide a soft landing and quality retraining to horses who have a need at any point in their lifetime. This means that in addition to helping out with horses directly from the track who need weight, surgery, care and support right after racing, Stall 13 also provides a spot for horses who have struggled with their second career. 

Each Thoroughbred who enters the program is assessed by a team of experts: including but not limited to Aubrey as the head trainer, veterinarians, farriers, body workers, and dentists. A treatment and training plan will be made for each horse that aims to provide them the best chance at a riding career outside of racing. Should treatment, surgery, or any form of medical attention be necessary, the horses will receive the top care available and then begin their period of rehabilitation and retraining.

Stall 13 aims to not only make horses happy and ridable in the program but also works to ensure their success after they graduate by carefully matching potential adopters and horses.  When the Stall 13 horses are sufficiently rehabbed, trained, and ready to be adopted, Aubrey will provide thorough history, description of their behavior and temperament and work to find adopters whose situations will allow the horse to continue to thrive. 

Due largely to no fault of their own, Thoroughbreds often pass hands post-track and in common circumstances, find themselves owned by riders whose boarding situations don't work for the horse, are themselves over-horsed or lack the knowledge or the trainer to help them fix whatever issues may have arisen. Unlike the track horses who often have an array of rescues and non-profits to help them these horses often struggle without available assistance.

 When riders or trainers no longer know how to help or run out of money to do so - unless they came from a reputable non-profit who will take them back - these "problem horses"  often find themselves moved on down the line. This passing hands often leads them to situations where they are over-bitted, disliked, on craigslist, heading to local auctions, or wasting away in someone’s back field or given away online into ever more precarious positions. 

Stall 13 is poised with both the training staff and team of experts to address these “hard-to-place” who are somewhere midway in their career. Like the recently off-track horses, a treatment and training plan will be crafted, and these “mid-career” horses will be retrained and offered for adoption with their return to health and ridability.