Out2Pasture Farms is a unique equine retirement facility nestled in the heart of the Missouri River Valley near Jamestown, MO run by Robin Hurst and Zac March. Out2Pasture Farms is dedicated to the permanent retirement of equines and is a joint labor of love of the Hurst-March family. Robin’s parents, Leroy and Roberta retired years ago and live on the adjacent farm and are partners in O2P’s mission of provide lifelong retirement for equines.
The main objective of Out2Pasture farms is to provide an alternative for individuals who have decided to retire their beloved equine companion. Additionally, Out2Pasture Farms provides quality of life options for injured or abused horses that might have otherwise been put down or possibly sold at auction.
Another very important objective of our work at Out2Pasture Farms is to serve as a model facility for equine retirement and to do our part to educate the public regarding the standards of care that equine retirement facilities should be held to and adhere.
Our facilities take great pride in adhering to the guidelines for equine rescue and retirement facilities recommendations put out by the AAEP. Those recommendations include Basic Health Management, Nutrition, Basic Hoof Care, Caring for the Geriatric Horse, Refeeding the Starved Horse, Shelter, Stalls & Horse Facilities, Pastures, Paddocks & Fencing and Euthanasia.
We regularly request inspections of our facilities for the peace of mind of all of those who have chosen to retire a beloved member of their family with us. A copy of the AAEP Guidelines for Equine Rescue and Retirement Facilities can be found here.
An independent evaluation of our farm’s facilities was conducted by Dr. Stacey Huntington, DVM AAEP member was conducted in January of 2011.
Robin Hurst-March is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Robin has served as an educator for over 25 years. Zachary March is the Director of E-Learning with the University of Missouri system. Zac also has a long history in education. Leroy and Roberta Hurst are retired and are full-time care-givers for the horses at Out2Pasture.
If you believe our farm can be of service to a cherished member of your family, please contact us at:
Zachary March and Robin Hurst- March
Out2pasturefarm@gmail.com
660-849-2369
A better finish to the race
Of all the former race horses at Zac March and Robin Hurst’s Out 2 Pasture farm near Jamestown, “Twoey,” an 11-year-old chocolate brown thoroughbred, is the oldest and one of the more remarkable.
Two years ago Two Links Back, as the horse is formally called, was winning money at racetracks in New York and New Jersey. A photo from the time shows Twoey’s owner, beaming with pride, posing with the horse in the winner’s circle. A week after the photo was taken tragedy struck...(read the whole story)
Missouri group works to save
raced-out thoroughbreds
Seabiscuit, the horse that America cheered as an average guy going up against the bluebloods, is galloping across the big screen. Meanwhile, Robin Hurst of Jamestown, Mo., tends to 30 ex-racehorses whose racing careers really were average: They won big, won less, got hurt, won too little to pay their way and then went the way of business associates no longer profitable to the business.
As many as 6,000 thoroughbreds annually run that loser's circle and end up at the slaughter yards...(read the whole story)