Share Your #RacehorseResolution For a Chance to Win
January 02, 2020
To enter, head to our Facebook page and SHARE the #RacehorseResolution post on your own page with your 2020 resolutions and goals. Make sure your post is set to public so we can find it, or we will not be able to count your entry! We’ll choose our favorite #RacehorseResolution AND randomly select a second winner, who will each receive their choice of either $100 in RRP store credit, or $100 off their 2020 Thoroughbred Makeover trainer application! This contest is open through Monday, January 6, with winners announced later in the week.
2020 Thoroughbred Makeover applicants will receive an automatic second entry into the random drawing. If you haven’t applied for 2020 yet, the deadline is January 15 — but if you enter by January 6, you’ll get that bonus second entry!
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