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.
Britain’s OTTB racehorses offered free passport updates
Free passport updates offered to Thoroughbred owners aims to help improve traceability of former racehorses.
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US cross-country claims life of training-level horse
Ready to Rumble died after hitting a fence on the cross-country at Apple Knoll Farm Horse Trials in Massachusetts.
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Which way forward for racing? Sobering lessons from the Grand National
A journal commentary, centered on the Grand National, discusses how racing can maintain its social licence to operate.
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Britain’s “Thoroughbred census” aims to track OTTBs post racing
British 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.
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Expanded OTTB series offers bigger prize pool for NZ Thoroughbreds
“It’s important to continue to increase the participation of Thoroughbreds in equestrian sports and support the riders who compete them.”
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Work of “second-chance racehorses” with inmates marks 40 years
The Wallkill Correctional Facility’s Equine Handling Program has a long history of rehabilitating horses and incarcerated individuals and providing vocational training.
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OTT Thoroughbreds to finally get Olympic recognition
Thoroughbreds will no longer be shown as “breeding unknown” in starting lists and results at the Olympics.
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Study highlights the value of an off-the-track skill set for thoroughbreds
Researchers monitored the sale prices of Thoroughbreds in US online auction prices in their just-published study.
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Horses share personality-related genes with humans, findings show
The research in Japan was aided by the knowledge that ancestral genes across different species often retain the same function.
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Benefits seen in promoting Thoroughbred racehorse durability
Review examines a way forward for racing, with a focus not only on horse welfare, but also the wellbeing of personnel and the environment.
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Show hack one week, black type winning racehorse the next
New Zealand racehorse Viktor Vegas was a winner at a ribbon day, and then went to the track to win a Group 3 race.
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Queen’s homebred horse fulfils late monarch’s long-held dream
The 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.
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Show horse gives Queen Elizabeth II one last win before her passing
Queen 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.
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Significant kinematic changes seen in Thoroughbreds retrained as saddle horses
“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.”
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Study aims to identify desirable traits in racehorses pursuing new careers
“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.”
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Two-time 5* eventing star Parklane Hawk dies at 22
After 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.
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Study finds that retrained racehorses “more social” than other breeds
Owner reports indicate that “self-control is greater in thoroughbreds, and “dominance/aggression” is also higher in off-the-track racehorses.
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Pioneering study explores transition of thoroughbreds into therapy horses
Study 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.
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Queen’s ex-racehorse First Receiver a winner at Windsor
The 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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