Horses get walked at Second Chance Farm in Syksville, Md., which rescues retired racehorses destined for slaughterhouses and offers prison inmates the opportunity to take care of them. Pablo Lancaster talks with program director Sarah Stein while caring for Poppa at Second Chance Farm. But the methodical, meditative act of grooming a horse — brush, brush, brush — and the smell of hay and the gentle whinnies from the 1,200-pound creature have been therapy for Alger. It’s called Second Chance Farm, a place for six horses and four men, all of them discards. Second Chance Farm in Sykesville is located less than 25 miles from Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, where the Preakness Stakes will be held Saturday.

Source: Washington Post May 17, 2018 16:05 UTC