Bright Futures Farm is a sanctuary for retired Thoroughbreds.  We find homes for many horses that have the potential for a new career as a trail horse or family pleasure mount.   Our focus is to save as many horses as we can before  they are faced with neglect or auction. 

We are always in need of foster homes.  When you foster a horse you help us save one more from harm.  Fostering expenses are tax-deductible.  If you have room, please ask us about our foster program.

JOHN HENRY

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March 9, 2008...Happy Birthday, John...

Gone of this earth, but alive in our memories and our hearts, thundering across the clouds with The Bart once again, and eating chocolate donuts.

Memorial Service Planned for the Great John Henry

"He was not the best race horse. He was not the fastest or the busiest. He wasn't the greatest weight carrier, and certainly not the handsomest or the most personable. But he was the most remarkable horse who ever raced -- anywhere. "

Joe Hirsch
Retired Daily Racing Form columnist

A public memorial service to remember and celebrate the remarkable life and legacy of John Henry will be held
October 19 at 2pm at the Kentucky Horse Park.

John's Memorial service will be televised at 2:00 PM EST by HRTV (Dish Network ch 404).  The only other Memorial Service I know of was Man O'War's in 1947.  His was broadcast on the radio.

John's service was a very touching tribute to a Great Champion as he was so often referred to - and with good reason.  John Nicholson, Executive Director of the Park, and all of the speakers gave such a deserved tribute to an individual who has touched so many lives for so many years.  And, as Mr. Nicholson said today,  John's legacy will live on in ways we can't even imagine.