When the New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program team was thinking of fundraising ideas in 2009, they had two requirements: first, there must be little or no overhead money spent on the idea and second, it had to be unique. And so the idea of the Breeders’ Cup Pledge was born....
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Brumous crowned RoR Racing to Hunting Champion at Aintree
The former Oliver Sherwood trained, Brumous, ridden by Melanie Duff, came out on top in the Racing to Hunting Challange final at Aintree on their Countryside Day. The final of the RoR Racing to Hunting Challenge saw five former racehorses make their way to the home of the Grand National...
South Korea to host next International Forum for the Aftercare of Racehorses in 2018
The second International Forum for the Aftercare of Racehorses (IFAR) will be held in conjunction with the 37th Asian Racing Conference (ARC) from May 13-18, 2018 in Seoul, South Korea. IFAR and ARC will be hosted by the Korea Racing Authority (KRA) and Asian Racing Federation (ARF). Among the many...
Doyle Adopts Her First North American Winner To Re-School As Lead Pony
Three years after scoring a milestone victory aboard Jaz N Tap, jockey Sophie Doyle is back on track with the 6-year-old-gelding. The two first became acquainted when Doyle was establishing her riding career in Kentucky after being a successful jockey in her native England. On Nov. 26, 2014, at Churchill...
Retraining of Racehorses Fall Newsletter
Issue Three/Autumn 2017
Ex-racehorse Caymans Keeps His One Eagle Eye on The Birds
After their racing career, many thoroughbreds are retrained for equestrian sport, but it seems there may also be a demand for OTTBs in the lesser known field of falconry. After racing in Australia, Dubai and Britain, Group 2 winner Caymans, now 12, has found a new lease of life at Dartmoor...
2017 RoR Horse of the Year Nominations Revealed
The countdown to the 2017 RoR Awards night is underway and the list of eleven candidates in the running for the prestigious award of RoR Horse of the Year has been unveiled. The 2017 RoR Awards will take place on Monday 11th December, hosted by RoR Patron, Clare Balding. The...
Top Five Horses All Set For Final Of Racing To Hunting Challenge At Aintree’s Countryside Day
First prize of £3,500 divided between winner and their local hunt Five former racehorses and their riders head to Aintree on Sunday 29th October to prove their versatility in the final of RoR Racing to Hunting Challenge. The horse adjudged to have best adapted to their second career in the...
Jockey Megan Fadlovich Sees Upswing in OTTB Market
Jockey Megan Fadlovich attended this year’s Thoroughbred Makeover presented by Thoroughbred Charities of America without a mount. The rider, who has earned more than $4.7 million in her career to date, helps retire racehorses when she’s not busy at the track. Although she’s currently recovering from an injury incurred in...
Old Tavern is America’s Most Wanted Thoroughbred
Charlie Caldwell entered the Thoroughbred Makeover presented by Thoroughbred Charities of America on a whim. He was already retraining Thoroughbreds off the track for polo, and his friend and fellow polo player Clare Pinney convinced him to enter. After winning the initial round of the polo division Oct. 5, the...