Racehorse Welfare

Racehorse welfare is our top priority. If a horse has a setback in training or is deemed not to be fit enough to race for any reason, then the horse will rest until fit and ready. We are extremely passionate about the welfare of all of our horses.

The best interest of a retired Owners Group horse always comes first. Please see our terms and conditions.

Racehorse Retirement & Rehoming

The retirement procedure normally begins at EquiPrep, the company's own 126-acre site in Wiltshire.

As well as receiving plenty of love and attention from the staff, an initial period of rest enables the horse to be assessed.

We now engage the services of retraining centres to perform the task of preparing horses for a new discipline (if suitable), once assessed as ready to leave EquiPrep. Their task is to give specialist individual attention to each horse. This could take weeks, months or in some cases, years. Overall, this is an expensive procedure, hence why we currently pay approved retraining centres £2,500 to take a retired horse on. The centre becomes the new owner and is then able to sell the horse for a fair market price, on a loan or outright sale basis, helping cover overheads, staff, veterinary costs, farrier, etc. After all their costs are accounted for, any balance will become a profit to contribute to the success of their rehoming enterprise. The centre will make a profit on some horses and on others they will make a loss. Ideally, they will make an overall profit to sustain the longevity of their rehoming enterprise. Their overriding priority is to find a suitable forever loving home, and this responsibility involves thoroughly checking out the suitability of a prospective new owner.

We are always looking to add new rehoming centres to the list, and we welcome recommendations. Rather obviously, they need to tick all the right boxes. Eventually, we hope to have an even geographical spread of centres across the country.

When a potential new owner contacts a retraining centre, offering a new home for a horse, they will normally organise a veterinary examination before making an agreement to purchase. This also helps protect the welfare of the horse.

We expect all new owners to provide regular updates, which will be passed to previous owners.

• Champagne Express
  at EquiPrep
• Kings Inn
  with his new owner
• Chartbuster
  with his new owner
• Dreamcatching
  at EquiPrep
• Rock Steady
  at EquiPrep
• Sound Investment
  with his new owner
• Rainbow Rebel
  at EquiPrep
• Planetaria
  at EquiPrep