Horses and Hope is pleased to be a charity partner for the 2023 Kentucky Oaks Survivors Parade. The new video featuring the Horses and Hope Cancer Screening Van will appear on the Jumbotron at Churchill Downs for the event.
Operated by UofL Health Brown Cancer Center, the Horses and Hope Cancer Screening Van is on the road daily to deliver life-saving services. It is equipped to provide education and screening to men and women for multiple cancers. Services are offered to both insured and uninsured individuals including the medically underserved horse industry workers at thoroughbred race tracks in collaboration with the Kentucky Racing Health and Welfare Fund and the Kentucky Women's Cancer Screening Program. The van is supported by KCP, the Kentucky African Americans Against Cancer, and bilingual outreach workers. The Kentucky State Fair is the highlight of the year where people from across the state receive hundreds of cancer screening services during the 11 days. Learn more
A pink Ford Mustang, the pace car for the 2011 NASCAR World Spring cup, was donated by Paul Miller Ford in honor of the 10th anniversary of Horses and Hope. The car travels the state today to raise cancer awareness at special events like the Kentucky State Fair, the North American Championship Rodeo, community festivals, and other locations. Most recently, it appeared at a concert with Sheryl Crowe, a breast cancer survivor, in Beaver Dam and in the inaugural parade for Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear.
Race days attracting sell out crowds of breast cancer survivors and guests are held at Keeneland, Churchill Downs, and Turfway Park Thoroughbred Tracks every year. Hosted by Former First Lady Jane Beshear, the events feature entertainment, celebrity guests, lunch, a Horses and Hope souvenir, and a horse race honoring breast cancer survivors. Watch the calendar for upcoming events.
Jane Beshear, Founder, Anita Cauley, Patricia Cooksey, Carol Farmer, Ann Bakhaus, Mary Midkiff, Judy Miller, Misdee Wrigley Miller, Barbara Thomason, Elaine Walker, and Donna Ward