OTTB groups receive $4m in aftercare funding
The $US3.8 million in grants for 2023 brings the total awarded by the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance (TAA) since its inception in 2012 to $31.9 million.
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Articles on “Off The Track Thoroughbreds” and other racehorses, looking at the issues surrounding racehorse aftercare, and celebrating their successes.
The $US3.8 million in grants for 2023 brings the total awarded by the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance (TAA) since its inception in 2012 to $31.9 million.
Read moreFree passport updates offered to Thoroughbred owners aims to help improve traceability of former racehorses.
Read moreReady to Rumble died after hitting a fence on the cross-country at Apple Knoll Farm Horse Trials in Massachusetts.
Read moreA journal commentary, centered on the Grand National, discusses how racing can maintain its social licence to operate.
Read moreBritish Racing’s Horse Welfare Board has launched the first-ever thoroughbred census in Great Britain, with all owners of former racehorses urged to take part.
Read more“It’s important to continue to increase the participation of Thoroughbreds in equestrian sports and support the riders who compete them.”
Read moreThe Wallkill Correctional Facility’s Equine Handling Program has a long history of rehabilitating horses and incarcerated individuals and providing vocational training.
Read moreThoroughbreds will no longer be shown as “breeding unknown” in starting lists and results at the Olympics.
Read moreResearchers monitored the sale prices of Thoroughbreds in US online auction prices in their just-published study.
Read moreThe research in Japan was aided by the knowledge that ancestral genes across different species often retain the same function.
Read moreReview examines a way forward for racing, with a focus not only on horse welfare, but also the wellbeing of personnel and the environment.
Read moreNew Zealand racehorse Viktor Vegas was a winner at a ribbon day, and then went to the track to win a Group 3 race.
Read moreThe late Queen’s homebred thoroughbred First Receiver has taken out the SEIB Racehorse to Riding Horse championship at Britain’s Horse of the Year Show.
Read moreQueen Elizabeth II’s former racehorse First Receiver took out the SEIB Racehorse to Riding Horse class on the final day of the Burghley Horse Trials on September 4.
Read more“What is interesting … is that the compensatory movement of the horse was significantly reduced after training, and the horse tried to center itself on the rider.”
Read more“Information collected from the survey will allow us to identify main themes and trends that make retired racehorses appealing for a variety of disciplines coming off the track.”
Read moreAfter a lacklustre racing career, Kiwi OTTB snared two five star horse trial wins, at Kentucky and Burghley, and also added the Blenheim four-star to William Fox-Pitt’s trophy case.
Read moreOwner reports indicate that “self-control is greater in thoroughbreds, and “dominance/aggression” is also higher in off-the-track racehorses.
Read moreStudy is the first of its kind to look at Equine Assisted Therapy practices in the UK, USA, France and Ireland, to understand the impact of the work on former racehorses.
Read moreThe Queen’s First Receiver, by Princess Haya’s Epsom Derby winner New Approach, has taken out the Retraining of Racehorses class at the Royal Windsor Horse Show.
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