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Thoroughbred Makeover Diary: Hillary Ramspacher Eager to Participate with New Filly

This year, America’s Best Racing and the Retired Racehorse Project will be sharing diaries from several trainers preparing for the 2019 Thoroughbred Makeover competition, scheduled for Oct. 2-5 at the Kentucky Horse Park. This diary is by equestrienne and horse racing industry professional Hillary Ramspacher, who shares how she came to acquire her filly Tapanista that she is training for the Makeover.

Visit Horse Country: Star Stallion Power Fuels Gainesway’s Success

Gainesway in Lexington combines a rich history with contemporary success like few other stud farms in the renowned central Kentucky breeding region.

Your Retired Racehorse Training Questions, Answered: Part Two

In the conclusion of our OTTB Training Questions Answered series, Paulus Racing and Performance Thoroughbreds’ Amy Paulus, New Vocations’ Anna Ford, Retired Racehorse Project’s Jen Roytz, and the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance’s Stacie Clark answer questions ranging from what they focus on during a first ride to how they think stereotypes about Thoroughbreds can be combated.

You can read Part One of the series with questions 1 through 6 here.

Visitors meet and greet horses at Claiborne Farm during a tour.

Visit Horse Country: The Unparalleled Legacy of Claiborne Farm

Central Kentucky is the epicenter of the Thoroughbred world, its rolling landscape populated with dozens of farms that have made important contributions to the sport of kings through the years. A select few can lay claim to actually directing the path to progress for the entire industry, making decisions that have permanent, lasting impacts, shaping the breed itself – and perhaps no entity fits that criteria more than Claiborne Farm.

Tattoo Removal: Changing Horse Identification and Its Impact on Aftercare

When it was announced in December that the tattoos used to identify racehorses would be discontinued by 2020, it seemed like a logical next step. From 2017 onward, all horses registered with The Jockey Club have to have a microchip, and racetracks must use microchip readers to identify horses, so in the years to come, tattoos will eventually become unnecessary as a means of identification.

But this question remains – how does the change affect racehorse aftercare?

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