Racehorse retirement

Racing To The Rescue

Exemplary multi-disciplinary action between the public, the racing community and animal welfare services saw a neglected Thoroughbred mare rescued from dire conditions in Darling

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head in sand

How big is your village?

When it comes to welfare, we simply cannot afford to bury our heads in the sand as that merely leaves our rear ends exposed for someone to come along and take a swing.

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Olivia Inglis

#RideForOlivia

The death of 17 year old Olivia Inglis bonded the entire equestrian world together in honour of the young equestrienne. With the newly promulgated NHA rules, can racing do the same for retired racehorses?

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Nichola Mohr with Sport Schu (credit: Tracy Robertson Photography)

If The Schu Fits

Perhaps instead of saying ‘like a Warmblood’ when a Thoroughbred excels, we should simply say ‘like a boss’. As the bumper sticker goes – Get your ass on some class – ride a Thoroughbred!

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Red-Hot NHA Handicappers On Mark With R136 Exacta

The highest-rated horses in all but one race – Parisian Walkway, who achieved his highest performance figure over 1600m – claimed the top four positions in each of this past weekend’s Grade 1 and Grade 2 races (excluding the two-year-old races).This provides strong validation regarding the effectiveness of the rating system!

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