11/28/2023 0 Comments Abc horses second life![]() ![]() They’re the industry that the racehorses are in and it’s done state by state. “I think that the integrity office and Racing Queensland need to work together to sort something out so these horses have something after racing. “I know that Racing NSW has horses that fall through the cracks, but there is a system in place, there are programs in place for these horses, and they are taken on and given a second chance,” she said. The jockey said she wants to see Racing Queensland create a retirement fund for horses, similar to what New South Wales has. “They take these horses on … and all of a sudden ‘this horse is too much for me, but I got it for free’ or ‘I got it for $500’ so it is an expendable product, so ‘I’ll just send this one to the doggers and I’ll look for the next free one’,” she said. “There are so many horses that need homes after racing that the homes that are available to those horses are simply not good enough riders,” she said. “A lot of thoroughbreds they are bred to be athletes, they are highly strung horses, they need riders that can work them out and work with them.” “The problem is there are too many horses and not enough homes,” she said. She said he was later passed on to two other owners and she had contacted his last known owner to offer to re-home him if there were any problems.Ĭheshire said he was not an appropriate horse for beginner riders, and said it is a common issue, that racehorses are sold to inexperienced riders. War Ends I tried to do the best thing for you after you were passed on and on and on,” she said.Ĭheshire said War Ends started at a show home, then went to a horse dealer before ending up with an owner who sells horses for beginner riders before being purchased as a horse for a child. “The racing industry is failing racehorses. ![]() Posting to social media she recalled numerous attempts to re-home the horse which she says has ended in tragedy. “A lot of the boys didn’t really get along with him, I think he was actually more of a girls’ horse.”Ĭheshire was in tears describing her time with War Ends, adamant that the 10-year-old didn’t deserve that end to its life. “He dropped most of the riders that have sat on his back at the racetrack,” she said. “These aren’t feral horses being sent through, these are racehorses that have been trained to do everything you could ask them to do.”Ĭheshire said War Ends was a “very, very cheeky horse” best suited to female riders. It was so disgusting to watch a horse that had done so much, end up in that situation and there was no need for it, the horse didn’t have a dead end, the horse had places he could go. “Watching it was hard enough, but then seeing a horse come into the frame that I had so much to do with was just not anything I thought I’d ever have to deal with,” I was in a mess of tears on the couch,” she said.
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