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Life After Racing

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Can a Thoroughbred be trained simultaneously for a racing career and a post-retirement sport/pleasure career?...

What Becomes of the Broodmares?

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The equation is pretty clear: Lots of mares removed from breeding careers, plus high upkeep costs to get a mare through another year, minus any hope of income or profit, equals broodmares at risk....

New Horse Park Program for Retired Thoroughbreds

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A new trail training course at the Maker's Mark Secretariat Center in the Kentucky Horse Park will allow off-the-track Thoroughbreds to be schooled over natural trails....

Thoroughbred Racehorse Retirement

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Fewer off-the-track fillies are in demand as broodmare prospects in this down economy, and they join the thousands of retired Thoroughbred geldings that need new homes every year. How will the industry fund retirement for all of them?...

5 Easy Ways to Improve a Broodmare's Life

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They're asked to produce and nurture a new crop of runners every year. But what is the quality of life of the average Thoroughbred broodmare? Here are five tips to making your mares' lives better....

The Rest of Their Lives

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Are broodmares exploited? Is the Thoroughbred industry callously breeding our mares to death? When should a mare be retired -- and what happens to her then?...

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