Maybe it’s the name. Tranquility Farm offers visions of a blissful world where Thoroughbreds no longer able to compete on the racetrack live out their lives like happy seniors at a retirement community, taking lazy afternoon strolls and playing parlor games into the night. Hay, feed, veterinary supplies and services just parachute out of the heavens. “There is this ‘Valhalla’ …
Text of Tranquility Farm piece read by Jerry Moss
Those of you who watched last night’s Eclipse Awards heard Jerry Moss read an excerpt from a piece written by Priscilla Clark, president of the Thoroughbred retirement facility Tranquility Farm in California. The prose was from the 2011 Tranquility Farm calendar and is entitled “The Story of Tranquility Farm.” It is reproduced here in its entirety: Calm has returned to …
Thanksgiving Week Charity Focus: Tranquility Farm
Earlier this year when 46 Thoroughbreds from a California breeder’s farm wound up by deception at a feedlot in Arizona, their eventual destination likely to be a Mexican slaughterhouse, Priscilla Clark of Tranquility Farm in Tehachapi, Calif., stepped in. Working with a nationwide network of friends and supporters who helped raise awareness of the horses’ plight and, more importantly, the …
Tranquility Farm Profiled in CTBA Magazine
Upon my first visit to Tranquility Farm, The Harry A. Bizzantz Memorial Center for Equine Retirement, I was excited about what I was going to see. In speaking with Priscilla Clark, I was moved by her love and enthusiasm for the horses whom she cared for, and the mission that she had been a part of for almost 12 years. …
Areyoutalkingtome retired to Tranquility Farm
Areyoutalkintome, winner of the 2004 Cal Cup Sprint; the Pirate’s Bounty Handicap in both 2005 and 2006; the Gr. 3 El Conejo Handicap; and the Los Angeles Handicap, has been retired to Tranquility Farm. The 2001 Smokester gelding, bred in Calfornia by John Toffan and Trudy McCaffery, retires with nine wins in 45 starts and earnings of $926,254.
Tranquility Farm’s Priscilla Clark to receive Award
Midway, KY — The Officers and Board of Directors of Thoroughbred Charities of America, (“TCA”), have selected Priscilla Clark as recipient of the “TCA Industry Service Award” to be presented at the 18th Annual TCA Stallion Season and Art Auction on Nov. 30, 2007 at Keeneland. Ms. Clark is being honored for her outstanding work and lifelong commitment to the …