When retired Thoroughbreds take to the show ring this weekend at the Will Rogers Coliseum in Fort Worth, Texas, Third Regiment and his trainer Pat Dale will be there to do the Mid-Atlantic proud.

A 2007 Louis Quatorze gelding out of the Smart Strike mare Acts Well, Third Regiment was bred in Pennsylvania by Kim Eshleman. He made all but one of his 33 starts in Pennsylvania, racing once at Atlantic City, compiling a lifetime record of 5-6-6 with earnings of nearly $123,000. He finished fourth in his last race, an allowance at Penn National on December 18, 2012.

Now, he’s on his way to a second career, thanks to Remember Me Rescue and the Battle of the X’s.

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