Courtesy of Mary Martin on behalf of Greener Pastures Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation Second Chances Program
The permanent home of Secretariat’s grandson, Covert Action, will be open for the fourth annual Barn Tour Sept. 19 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The tour benefits ‘Greener Pastures,’ a Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation Second Chances Program at the James River Work Center.  Ticket cost is $25 per person and includes admission to six public and private barns that are rarely opened to the public. To preorder tickets, mail to Marshie Davis - 556-4186 - 2391 Broad Street Rd. Maidens, Va. 23102. Day of ticket sales will be at Barn 4, Virginia Equine Clinic and Henebry Farm.
Mt. Bernard Farm 2371 River Rd. West, Maidens, Va.This private racehorse breeding and boarding facility is listed as a National Register of Historic Places property dating to 1850. The classical revival property is rarely opened to the public.
Sterling Farm 2551 Pony Farm Rd., Maidens, Va., This privately owned farm specializes in breeding Russian Calvary horses, the Budyonny. Because the Budyonny breed was recently introduced in the United States there are less than 50 in America.
James River Correctional Center Barn 4 Route 6, Crozier, Va., Barn 4 is the home for 25 retired thoroughbred racehorses, that are retrained for adoption to be hunters, jumpers, show mounts, fox hunters, pleasure mounts and trail horses. Barn 4 is the permanent home for Secretariats’ grandson Covert Action. More information about the horses available for adoption and the Groome Elite program can be found at http://www.jamesriverhorses.org.
“Clarendon” Miller’s Lane, Manakin-Sabot, Va., Privately owned by Betsy and Robert Fauntleroy, this farm is a state-of-the-art hunter and jumper show barn.
Henebry Farm 2561 Maidens Rd., Maidens, Va. 23102 - Henebry specializes in full-care board and consists of 105 acres. It offers pasture boarding, retirement boarding, extended lay-ups, training and horse sales.
Virginia Equine Clinic at Deep Run Hunt Club: 1542 Manakin Rd., Manakin, Va., This farm is the base of a very busy ambulatory veterinary practice. The clinic offers facilities for stallion collection and breeding, foaling out, in-patient treatment, minor surgery, pre-purchase exams and boarding. The location offers easy access to riding trails, a front row seat for the fox hunts at Deep Run Hunt Club, pony club field trials, and both the Deep Run and Old Dominion Horse Shows.
TRF’s Second Chances farm at the James River Work Center is one of eight corrections-based TRF programs, where rescued ex-racehorses are rehabilitated for adoption and TRF provides nationally-recognized Groom Elite vocational training for offender caretakers.