The Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation are changing lives through their Second Chances program where retired racehorses find sanctuary while incarcerated individuals find healing 🥰

Dr. Ryan Carpenter responds to a social media comment that injured horses that can’t breed are discarded 👉

We have 16 NSW hosts already lined up to open their doors to you during National Thoroughbred Week, with more to come 🐴 Registrations open Monday 13 October. Follow us to stay up to date! Add it to your diary and grab your friends, it’s going to be fantastic 💜

🎙️ Ep. 12 of Blinkers Off is here! 💸 Big momentum from the yearling sales 🐎 Aftercare Day at Woodbine + KY funding boost 🎤 Interview with Vicky Leonard of Kick Up & LightUpRacing 🏆 Is horse racing's version of playoffs almost here? 🎧 Listen now. #BlinkersOff

Turnbull Stakes 750k - ripper field Hill Stakes $2mil - reverse ripper field Nothing wrong with having a crack at keeping horses in Sydney but tough to argue we should continue paying this prize money for this type of field Training facilities, track upgrades … #justsayin

Wednesday, October 08 edition is now live: 🔶Sectionally Speaking: Epsom Day shows why fast doesn’t tell the full story 🔶Trial Report: Linebacker salutes with Ka Ying Rising held together in third 🔶The TTR Ten with Steve Grant 🔶Wednesday Trivia! Click to read edition:

Hello South Australia! Great to have some fantastic SA hosts ready to welcome you into their world 🐎 Registrations open this Monday - follow us to stay up-to-date on everything happening in your region. #nationaltbweek

Perhaps it’s time for strategic plans to be more than potential concepts… measured, assessed and executed, not just written.

It’s a sad day for Tulloch Lodge. John Brady, better known in the racing industry and to his friends as ‘Crewy’, sadly passed away earlier this week. He came as a young lad to Tulloch Lodge and when my father TJ saw him, he gave him the nickname Crewy which then stuck with him

You better be quick for this one! Is there a bigger household name in racing than Gai Waterhouse AO? In an exclusive morning at Randwick, get behind the scenes, and see how one of Australia’s most iconic racing stables operates 🤩 Spots limited, rsvp now. #nationaltbweek

2009: 98% of race starts ended safely. 2024: 99.91%. That’s a 55% drop in fatalities. Thanks to HISA’s national safety standards, racetracks are the safest they’ve ever been. But the goal hasn’t changed: 100% safety is the target 🎯

People shouting “bookie conspiracy” about Sir Delius might want to know: The vets who review the scans don’t even know which horse they are looking at. The scan review process is anonymous - no horse names, no odds, just the images. They don’t even converse between each other.

Seeing a lot of “Gai and Adrian know Sir Delius best” posts - and they absolutely do. They know how he eats, moves and behaves. But no human eye can see through bone. Even X-ray vision isn’t enough. CT and PET scans detect microscopic changes you simply can’t see from the

Everyone’s asking why Sir Delius was scratched from the Melbourne Cup. We ran through the questions (and a few conspiracies) doing the rounds 👇

Any number of things could happen at a NTW Open Day - 🐴Meet a newborn foal 🥕Feed a retired racehorse ⏱️Watch an athlete in training 👩🏽‍💻Learn about career opportunities What are you most looking forward to seeing? #nationaltbweek

⚜️ Stop, listen 🎶 #Tagaloa is Australia’s leading second-season sire by winners, outshining Ole Kirk and Wootton Bassett. With Spicy Lu’s Gr.3 Ethereal S. win, he’s already at 12 winners for the season 🔥 #aworldofopportunity

After discussing Sir Delius with the ownership group, Adrian and I have made the decision to spell him and set our sights on the autumn carnival. He’s an extremely valuable horse and one we firmly believe will continue to prove he’s the best weight for age performer in Australia.

Imagine just sitting on the couch until you’re 15 and then trying to play high school football 😮 Dr Larry Bramlage and Dr Dionne Benson discuss why early exercise as a 2YO is beneficial for a horse’s health.

Gai Waterhouse AO Scans work is the takeaway.

Three steps to register for a National Thoroughbred Week event: 1. Go to the website and find an event you’re keen to attend 2. Create an account 3. Book your spot Easy! And when you’re done, let us know in the comments where we’ll meet you 🤝🏽 #nationaltbweek