NPR AUDIO – GIDDY UP –
May 16, 2025 – As the sun rises over Taylor Made Farm several dozen men gather in a home, heads bowed, and deep in prayer. Each man is on a journey to rebuild a life shattered by drug and alcohol addiction. Welcome to Stable Recovery, a program focused on helping men become sober and find a path to a successful life that includes a meaningful career.
Taylor Made Farm, one of the world’s top sellers of thoroughbred horses, may seem like an unlikely place for a drug and alcohol recovery program. The idea of creating and running such a program on the farm was met with a lot of skepticism from three of the four owners of Taylor Made Farm.
As Frank Taylor explains it, when he first suggested the idea, his three brothers were pretty united in opposition.
“Their first reaction is, like, are you nuts? And you know, that’s a good question, because I am about half nuts. But, you know, there’s a lot of risk, and there are a lot of things that you could look at this and say, this is crazy to try, because you’re bringing in people that have been incarcerated. You’ve got heroin addicts, meth addicts, alcoholics and you’re bringing them in here and exposing them to high dollar horses and high net worth clients.”
