Retrained racehorses

Racing superstar returns to Cheltenham for first time in eight years

The dual Queen Mother Champion Chase victor is joined by a glittering line-up of former racing stars in the RoR parade at the 2019 Cheltenham Festival

‘I get butterflies when I think about it’: National Hunt legend to parade at Cheltenham

The legendary chaser is in ‘great form’ ahead of his return to the 2019 Cheltenham Festival on ladies’ day

Aintree hero wins red rosette on showing debut

‘He is extremely intelligent and immediately understands what you are asking him, he is very kind and willing and enjoys having tasks to focus on’

Former racing star Saphir Du Rheu enjoys spin around Cheltenham

The retrained racehorse gave Ballycasey and Patrick Mullins a lead over Cheltenham’s cross-country fences

New league for retrained racehorses in UK’s ‘best-known’ hunt rides

‘It will be fascinating to see how the league unfolds and it would be great to go into the final leg with everything still to play for’

Prolific winners return to racecourse in honour of Sir Peter O'Sullevan

A host of National Hunt heroes will be on show at Newbury this Saturday

Veteran ex-racehorse claims RoR racing to hunting crown

The 20-year-old gelding ran more than 30 times and has enjoyed a decade of hunting

HOYS 2018: Gateshead and Oli Hood land SEIB Racehorse to Riding Horse title

A great start to the week for Team Hood

How former H&H cover star has transformed from successful racehorse to team chaser

Find out which former Paul Nicholls-trained racehorse is thriving in his new career

Chilli Morning and Big Buck’s head equine heroes parading at Blenheim

The stars will parade before the CCI3* showjumping phase in the main Marlborough Arena at Blenheim Palace International Horse Trials

‘Manners are still important’: Gold Cup-winning jockey Nico de Boinville on judging retrained racehorses

The Gold Cup-winning jockey tells us about judging at the recent RoR Championships

Don Cossack heads record entries for Retraining of Racehorse championships

‘The whole event has a wonderful feel-good factor and it is vastly rewarding to see the pleasure working with former racehorses gives people’

‘He loves being in work’: racing star enjoying new challenges in second career

‘Qewy took me to places I would never have thought I would go to and giving him a five-star home is my way of saying thank you’

Tales from the H&H Festival of Dressage: from racehorse to dressage diva — ‘he loves to dance down the centre line’

‘This is a horse who was destined for the meat market — now he has found his forever home’

The next Barbers Shop? Katie Jerram-Hunnable to retrain Gold Cup winner

He will certainly be in expert hands.

Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Don Cossack loving new career

Don Cossack has been a ‘complete gentleman’ in the early stages of his retraining and is loving the attention from his fans

Grand National star reunited with winning jockey’s young daughter

Niamh Aspell, daughter of Leighton, had a sit on the former Grand National star while he was attending the Royal Three Counties Show

Tributes paid to Silviniaco Conti after loss of National Hunt star

Silviniaco Conti’s connections have paid tribute to the ‘brilliant’ double King George VI winner following a tragic accident

‘Racehorses are like soldiers’: special retrained racehorse parade at Sandown Park

The shared challenges faced by racehorses and soldiers as they make the transition to “civilian” life are to be highlighted in a special parade at Sandown Park today

'Perci was near death': how one ex-racehorse defied the odds to make a remarkable recovery

Taylor Murphy at Lone Star Ranch and Rescue in Texas witnessed a dramatic turnaround of fortunes for one resident this year. Read on for this amazing tale of triumph over adversity...