Dry Martini has a retirement plan

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Though Dry Martini is in fine racing health, last year the Nyrens began to think about the end of his racing days, and they called Michael Blowen. Learning that it would cost less than $3,000 a year for their horse to live at Old Friends, they made the decision to fully fund the horse’s retirement. A portion of Dry Martini’s purse money is set aside for his retirement, and the Nyrens donate 1% of the purse money from all of their horses to Old Friends.

While the challenges for horses after their racing days are over are not lost on the Nyrens, their feelings on the subject are unequivocal. “Anybody who wants their horse to go to retirement should contribute something,” stated George.

Carol concurs. “If you can manage to find the money to nominate your horse to the Breeders’ Cup, you can find the money to support its retirement. Breeders and owners need to be responsible, and their financial support for retirement needs to be mandated.”

We need more horse owners like this.