By Mark Strassmann, Eye of America, CBS News

LEXINGTON, Ky. (CBS News) – One Kentucky horse farm rides hard on expectations. You’re up at 5 a.m., ready to work, clean and sober.

Taylor Made Farm offers a drug and alcohol rehab program called Stable Recovery, where you’ll find roughly 50 men recovering from addictions.

You’ll also find 750 thoroughbreds.

Christian Countzler says, “A big part of addiction and recovery is being honest with yourself. It’s real easy to be honest with a horse.”

Countzler and Frank Taylor are both in recovery. Coutzler now steers Stable Recovery, while Taylor’s family owns Taylor Made Farm, the world’s largest seller of Thoroughbreds.

Stable Recovery is a year-long, 12-step program, free for participants, and funded by private donors. Participants work here

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