One Year Later: Remembering Ben

On November 1, 2019, the TDN lost our News and Features Editor, Ben Massam, to cancer. One year later, we remember him and the horses his memory has helped at New Vocations.

Click here to donate to Ben's Stall at New Vocations.

Ben's life and his story in the TDN have touched people who knew him as well as people who didn't, and since his passing, so many of you have asked what you can do and where you can donate to help keep his memory alive.

We have decided to raise money to sponsor at stall at New Vocations in Lexington, Kentucky, where at-risk horses can find a soft landing when their racing careers are over–learning a second career, and getting a second chance at life. It is our hope that the project will help to provide an ongoing source of funding for the charity. We thought Ben would have liked that.

In the TDN, we'll tell the stories of the horses who end up in Ben's stall, which will help them to find new homes.

In this way, we hope to help Ben's memory to live on.

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