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 adore? Have they over come some major milestones to become…
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 and likely drop them down the leaderboard. This combined with…
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 the press to follow the ex-racehorses competing. So keep an…
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 and has been produced by Clara Loiseau for eventing. Wont…
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 competition had a pole and 3 seconds in hand as…
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 combinations made it home inside the time. There were 47…
Badminton kicks off today with the first horse inspection! Find out what ex racehorses are running this year.
I was recently approached by fellow blogger and ex racehorse owner Chloe from A Balancing Act blog. Like me, she decided the perfect time to get her first horse was while studying her degree. So I was delighted when she asked to share a bit of her story with you…
We have had a great start to 2019 with having an article published in Teen Equine magazine! Teen Equine is a free digital magazine aimed at horsey teenagers. It features stories from the readers alongside news stories. We featured in issue 14 with an article about retraining racehorses. You can…
There were 3 ex racehorses competing in Eventing at this year’s World Equestrian Games at Tyron, USA. (1 more than I originally thought!) All 3 horses did a fantastic job, despite the extreme weather conditions caused by Hurricane Florence. Arctic Soul (GB) The first ex racehorse is a real favourite…
With Burghley kicking off today with the dressage, you may have noticed that my list of 3 ex racehorses competing has dropped to one. Ben Way and Galley Light are the only ex racehorse combination tackling Burghley this year. Withdrawals Boyd Martin withdrew Steadie Eddie due to injury/fitness, which is…
I am really excited to tell you that my Press Pass arrived this weekend for Burghley Horse Trials next week! I will be there on Cross Country day and possibly for the Show Jumping. But this means I will be bringing you more LIVE action from Burghley this year as…
This is my first time guest blogging on Equipepper, to be honest my first time guest blogging period. A minor introduction; my name is Rebecca Berry, I am from British Columbia, Canada and my website, Horse Sport Destinations, focuses on horse related travel. I thought since Equipepper’s tag line is…
This week the Racing Post has done an online feature on ex racehorses and what they are doing now. This is part of a horse welfare feature they were doing this week to help raise awareness within the industry. I’m really pleased to say that Scottie had a lovely write…
While there is only 1 ex racehorse competing at Badminton 4 star this week, the American ex racehorses had huge success at Kentucky 4 star at the weekend! Donner and Captain Jack, who have both competed at Badminton and/or Burghley over the past few years all completed the 3 day…
