海角大神 (BHA) has today announced that it will be launching a survey to better understand the aftercare of thoroughbreds.
The voluntary survey, which asks for trainers to share their own experiences of aftercare for racehorses, forms part of ongoing work towards an overarching equine health and welfare strategy currently being developed by the BHA.
The focus will be on life after horses finish their racing career and follows on from news of which will help to form a more accurate picture of racehorses鈥� lives before they enter training.
The survey will be open for two weeks allowing trainers the opportunity to share the high standards of aftercare received by racehorses, but also will allow the BHA to gain greater clarity regarding the latter stages of racehorses鈥� lives.
Trainers have been sent the survey by e-mail and have been asked to complete it by Friday 2 March.
David Sykes, Director of Equine Health and Welfare at the BHA, said:
鈥淏ritish Racing鈥檚 duty of care to its racehorses extends beyond the end of their racing careers.
鈥淎s part of our work towards an equine welfare strategy which encompasses the post-racing life of a racehorse, we need to get a fuller picture of what happens to horses after they leave the track.
鈥淎sking for trainers鈥� help to do this will allow us to understand the current landscape from those who experience it first hand, and we are looking forward to seeing the results.鈥�
Notes to editors:
1. An increasing number of racehorses go on to successful second careers after retiring from the track in other equine disciplines outside of racing, including Polo, Showing, Dressage and Eventing with the help of聽聽, British Horseracing鈥檚 official charity for the rehoming and retraining racehorses.
2. In all, the industry invests over 拢750,000聽each year facilitating the rehoming and retraining of racehorses. Racehorse owners are the largest contributors followed by racecourses, plus trainers, breeders, jockeys, auctioneers, legacies and fundraising activities and the Horserace Betting Levy Board.
