"A Life After Racing" provides rest, rehabilitation, retraining and re-homing of horses that have come out of training thus relieving trainers and owners of the re-homing headache. For horses that have come out of training due to injury, particularly to a tendon, recovery is a lengthy process of box-rest and in-hand walking prior to any rehabilitative exercise being undertaken; thus it is extrem
ely difficult for a trainer to make a reasoned decision as to re-homing until the horse is sound and working again. Realistically trainers cannot be expected to keep horses for indefinite periods of time whilst they recover and many owners do not have facility to take their horses home; with both parties ultimately being in the game to have runners yet being aware of their responsibilities with regards to a horse’s welfare, what is the answer? Some horses, due to their nature and temperament, require a longer transitional phase from racehorse to riding horse. Such horses will remain in the care for as long as is deemed necessary to facilitate re-homing. "A Life After Racing" specifically addresses both situations. So why is “A Life After Racing any different to any of the other ex-racehorse charities and organisations?
- “A Life After Racing” is primarily for the benefit of the racing industry taking horses straight out of training to ensure they have the best possible start in their new life.
- “A Life After Racing” is not a Home of Rest or Sanctuary so monies will not be incurred by horses that cannot be re-homed for whatever reason.
- Horses will not be kept just for the sake of it; if a horse is not responding to treatment and/or training after a reasonable length of time, then "A Life After Racing" will not continue to fund such horse - it will be passed into the care of another organisation or a decision made with regards euthanasia if that is deemed to be the most appropriate option on welfare grounds.
- “A Life After Racing” will not take in horses that are clearly welfare cases; these will be passed to another organisation which can effect prosecution if so warranted.-
- "A Life After Racing" will take in horses that are deemed to be vulnerable. No horse will be sold by “A Life After Racing”; there is a strict re-homing policy endorsed by Re-homing Agreement. "A Life After Racing" is as its says, here to guide a horse into another life once its racing career has ended. "A Life After Racing" is a Rehoming Programme run by Equine Management and Training.
