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The National HBPA Foundation (NHBPAF), a tax-exempt Sec. 501 (c)(3) fund, was developed as a safety net for horsemen when other forms of assistance are unavailable or have been exhausted after disaster strikes. Never has the NHBPAF’s role been more crucial than during the past year.

The day after Hurricane Katrina devastated much of the Louisiana racing and breeding industries, both existing and donated funds were channeled through the NHBPAF directly to Louisiana horsemen through the Louisiana HBPA. To date, over $400,000 in cash donations and 160,000 tons of equine and human supplies have been raised with the aid of the NHBPAF.

Hurricane relief volunteers help to load tractor-trailers of donated supplies at the Kentucky Horse Park.

Yet beyond such high profile efforts, the NHBPAF and the National HBPA Assistance Committee – which manages the NHBPA Foundation and reviews assistance requests – continues its work.

When several horsemen stabled at Turfway Park in Kentucky recently endured a month-long quarantine due to equine herpesvirus (EHV-1), they faced the same daily costs of running a racing stable without the possibility of earning back revenue through purses. As in similar quarantine cases, the NHBPAF stepped in to help by subsidizing daily feed costs, in this case covering 91 horses over 30 days.

"When things happen to us that are beyond our control, it’s a relief to know that the NHBPA Foundation is there to help, especially with financial assistance, what we tend to need most,” said trainer Chuck Simon.

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The National HBPA Foundation is exempt from Federal income tax under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as an organization operated exclusively for educational and scientific purposes. Contributions made to the Foundation are deductible by donors in computing their taxable income in the manner and to the extent provided by section 170 of the Code.

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