In recent years ex-racehorses have become increasingly popular. Today Andrew from Whickr looks at why they have become so popular and where you can find one. Buying an ex-racehorse was once reserved for former jockeys or brave event riders. As…
Category: RoR
Retraining of Racehorses
RoR, the retraining of racehorses is an organisation funded by the BHA, British Horseracing Authority to help support horses leaving the racing industry. They run special competitions just for retired racehorses, offer special training sessions and have raised the profile of the ex racehorse. Get the latest info on racehorse retraining.
This week I announced the winners of our search to find the top 6 ex racehorses in the UK. If you read our post with all the entries we had, you will know how many fantastic horses were entered. It…
Our search for the best ex racehorse in the UK is now closed and I now have the really difficult job of trying to narrow them down to the top 6! But with over 30 entries coming in from Facebook…
To combat all the doom and gloom about Covid-19, we are running a competition to find the best ex racehorse in the UK! What are we looking for? Does your ex racehorse have a goofy personality you can’t help but…
This morning we knew the cross country phase would really shake up the rankings with the majority of the field being within 20 penalties (1 refusal) of the overnight leader Pippa Funnell. Any mistake from the leaders would be costly…
After a very exciting weekend at the European Championships in Germany, I am now getting ready for Burghley horse trials which kicks off later this week. I am pleased to say that I will be heading there this weekend as…
So while going through some of my final Badminton details yesterday, I stumbled upon an ex racehorse I had completely missed from my coverage! This 15 year old bay gelding retired from the racing industry as a 4 year old…
Yesterday was the final stage of Badminton Horse Trials and with the leaders being close, with just a fence between most, every mistake mattered! Oliver Townend, who had been leading on both of his horses at one stage in the…
Yesterdays cross country really shook the leaderboard up. This interesting course asked the horse plenty of tricky questions over some smaller fences as well as asking them to show plenty of bold scope over some of the giants. Only 5…
Badminton kicks off today with the first horse inspection! Find out what ex racehorses are running this year.
