A Decade On, Puerto Rico's Caribbean Thoroughbred Aftercare Keeps Its Founder Moving at a Gallop

Caribbean Thoroughbred Aftercare, the Puerto Rico organization that looks after racehorses once their careers on the track are over, has reached its tenth year. Kelley Stobie helped found it and still runs it as executive director. Ten years is a real milestone for any nonprofit, and it means more for one built around the horse's life after racing, the part of the sport that happens away from the finish line and the sales ring. The anniversary also says something about the person running it. Stobie's days are anything but routine. They begin at a brisk pace and pick up speed as they go. Puerto Rico is American soil, and a racing community anywhere under the flag is part of the same Thoroughbred story our readers follow from Florida to New York. The founding of CTA ten years ago, and the fact that it is still at work today, is the kind of steady commitment the American turf owes its horses.

With reporting from Thoroughbred Daily News.