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Articles on “Off The Track Thoroughbreds” and other racehorses, looking at the issues surrounding racehorse aftercare, and celebrating their successes.
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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Racing charities Greatwood and Retraining of Racehorses are working with Racing Together to bring thoroughbreds into care homes to explore and measure the impact on, and the benefit to physical and mental health.
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“What I saw … was a once in a lifetime opportunity to make the sport safer for horses and jockeys, to serve the overwhelming majority of horse people who want to win fairly and who want to play by the rules.”
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The 69th Annual Round Table Conference on Matters Pertaining to Racing will cover topics including Thoroughbred aftercare opportunities and challenges, race tracking technology, and steps to improve the integrity of the sport.
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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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The inaugural Thoroughbred Incentive Program Barrel Racing Championships will be hosted at the Retired Racehorse Project’s flagship event, the Thoroughbred Makeover and National Symposium.
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“We want to see aftercare structurally embedded in the racing business model of every country and in the heart of every racing participant. A caring industry will be a sustainable industry.”
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“Ownership comes with the responsibility to the animal, not just on the glory days but in the dog days, too, where things are not so promising, where the dreams are behind those horses.”
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“At the end of the day, the horses are really the champions of the sport. It’s really important that we’re doing everything we can to set them up for success after racing.”
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“The measure of how you look after the horse is how you look after the retired one.”
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Registration is still open for the fifth International Forum for the Aftercare of Racehorses (IFAR), which is being held virtually this year as a series of four live weekly webinars.
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The new “Broodmare Bunch” program launched by Indiana-based Friends of Ferdinand aims to assist potentially at-risk broodmares in finding homes after their breeding careers have ended.
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The International Forum for the Aftercare of Racehorses is being held over four virtual sessions starting from April 6.
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Ridden by Amy Tryon, Poggio finished sixth individually at the 2004 Athens Olympics and won team bronze. They won team gold at WEG 2002 and individual bronze at WEG in 2006.
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“There is a need for traceability and accountability for these horses to ensure that their welfare is maintained in their new careers.”
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Jockey Club adds ability to place contact details for those willing to provide aftercare assistance onto a racehorse’s digital certificate.
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International Federation of Horseracing Authorities releases minimum horse welfare standards for the racing industry.
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“Allowing people to see horses like Werther and Ping Hai Star who have been foaled in New Zealand, raced here and offshore, and have now come back here to retire, helps reinforce the message that thoroughbreds are for life.”
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Grant brings the total given by Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance to more than $20.7 million since it was founded in 2012.
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Quizzical Quartz is a Thoroughbred mare who raced in the United States before transitioning to new multiple new owners and eventually arriving at a horse rescue farm in a state of neglect.
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