Natalie Fawkes, a members of Florida TRAC, a care program for horses, tend to an abandoned, emaciated former race horse found in Northwest Miami-Dade. Joe Rimkus Jr. / Miami Herald Staff

Florida TRAC members Rachel Taylor, Natalie and Celia Fawkes watch over to abandoned former race horses and nurse them back to health. Joe Rimkus Jr. / Miami Herald Staff

Celia Fawkes vice president of Members of the Florida Thoroughbred Retirement & Adoptive Care Program (TRAC) walks an abandoned former race horse that were found emaciated and in poor health. Joe Rimkus Jr. / Miami Herald Staff

Rachel Taylor, of the Florida Thoroughbred Retirement & Adoptive Care Program (TRAC), pets one of the emacitated horses the group cares for. Joe Rimkus Jr. / Miami Herald Staff