Blue Horse Charities announced July 10 its grant total for 2013 and a new association with the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance (TAA), which begins this year.

The charity, founded in 2001 by Fasig-Tipton's then-principal shareholder, the late John Hettinger, provides funding to organizations involved in rehabilitation, retraining, and adoption of off-the-track Thoroughbreds. Blue Horse Charities is funded by contributions from buyers and sellers, matched by Fasig-Tipton, through the company's auction sales.

To date, this program has granted nearly $2 million to more than 70 charities. Grants to qualifying organizations are based exclusively on the number of registered Thoroughbreds placed into adoptive homes in a given calendar year.

For 2013, Blue Horse Charities issued grants totaling $117,900 to 36 nonprofit organizations. The grant applications submitted to Blue Horse Charities and Thoroughbred Charities of America (TCA)—the former managing agent of Blue Horse Charities—determined that 786 Thoroughbreds adopted out in 2013 were eligible for funding. Many of the Thoroughbreds adopted out are now thriving in second careers as hunters, jumpers, eventers, and pleasure horses. Fasig-Tipton will continue to raise and match contributions from its client base, but beginning this year will direct its fundraising through the TAA