Adoption Application 2025

  • Adoption Application

  • The undersigned acknowledges that this is only an application and does not convey any right to adoption of any Secretariat Center equine. The undersigned recognizes that the Secretariat Center has sole discretion in confirming or denying any adoption application and that, even if an adopter is approved for consideration, that approval does not convey a right to adopt a particular animal. The Secretariat Center has the right to approve or deny an applicant’s request to adopt any equine for any reason.

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  • Phone Type*

  • Please answer the following questions fully.

  • 1. Are you a professional?*
  • 6. Please give your preferred type of riding:
  • Please give your riding level:*

  • 7. Please give your age, height, and weight.

  • 8. Please state whether you currently work with a riding instructor or trainer?
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  • 9. Please state whether an individual other than the applicant will be responsible, in whole or in part, for expenses incurred during horse ownership.

  • 10. We want to know where you will keep your horse, including rental property, owned property, a boarding facility, or other facility.

    Please NOTE: Photographs of the field in which the horse will reside (including the fencing) and the barn in which the horse will be stabled (both inside and outside) must be included with your application.

  • Facility Type:*

  • 11. Please describe the type of horse you are seeking.

  • Intended Use (See #4 to elaborate or further explain intended use)*

  • 11. References: Please provide the name and affiliation for each of the following references.  

    PLEASE NOTE: You will need to contact your references to submit letters on your behalf.

    Reference forms can be found on the Secretariat Center website and must be completed, signed, and returned to the Secretariat Center by each reference to complete your adoption application. 

  • PLEASE NOTE. YOUR APPLICATION IS NOT COMPLETE:

    • You will need to contact your references to submit letters on your behalf. Reference forms can be found on the Secretariat Center website and must be completed, signed, and returned to the Secretariat Center by each reference to complete your adoption application. REFERENCE FORMS
    • You will need to submit photos FORM FOR PHOTO SUBMISSIONS
  • 12. Do you agree to participate in the Secretariat Center's Track for Life program, to submit by the specified due date a Track for Life form that will be provided by the Secretariat Center, and to submit good quality full body photos of your adopted horse without blankets or tack?*
  • Do you further agree to notify the Secretariat Center of the sale of the horse and to acquire a Track for Life Agreement from the new owner to enable the horse to be tracked for life by the Secretariat Center?*

  • By signing this form, prospective adopter grants the Secretariat Center, its agents and employees, the right to do Internet searches, physical facility visits, check with named references or use other information to determine whether to approve the signor. Once approved, an adopter is added to the Secretariat Center list and may request consideration for adoption fo any Secretariat Center equine. Approval does not convey any right to adopt a particular horse.

  • (Draw your signature using your mouse, touch-screen device, or other input device.)

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  • If applicant is a minor, a parent or guardian must also sign the Adoption Contract.

  • Secretariat Center
    4155 Walt Robertson Rd., Lexington, KY 40511
    859-246-3080 (office)
    www.secretariatcenter.org
    programs@secretariatcenter.org

  • Please submit your application filing fee of $25.The adoption application will not be submitted without this payment.

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  • Secretariat Center
    4155 Walt Robertson Rd., Lexington, KY 40511
    859-246-3080 (office)
    www.secretariatcenter.org
    programs@secretariatcenter.org

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