Sprinter Sacre Gofundme

Realistically he’s lucky that someone is paying and he’s being cared for.
Lots of ex racehorses injured in their retirement homes if not insured may not have been so lucky.
I’ve had several ex racehorses and I’ve never even thought to approach the old owners or trainers for money when they went wrong.
If I did I can see people saying “god she’s got a cheek, given a lovely horse and looking for handouts to pay vet fees” but as I say it’s not something in a million years I’d have ever thought of asking.
I’ve insured them. SS is worth as much as any ex racer really. You can get the same vet bill cover if you state the horse is worth £ or ££££+ just the premiums change.
 
bottletop said:
I understand from Google that Sprinter won over £1.3 million for his owner Caroline Mould. It seems he is now with someone who does not have the money to fund a small operation. Why? Why is the owner for whom he won so much money apparently not prepared to keep control of him and ensure he wants for nothing for the rest of his life? We all know the answer. We keep being told this nonsense about how much the owners care, but that is totally false, except for a few lucky horses. Most are passed on as soon as they come out of racing and the owners do not care two hoots what happens to them. Look at Denman - sent team chasing as his retirement present. Only disposable horses go team chasing. Dead at 15 I believe. Silviano Conti sent the same way and dead even earlier; Kauto Star, sent to do dressage! My useless ex racehorse, who never raced, lived to 35 because I looked after her. This story says everything about horse racing today. All glitz and glamour on the surface but sick and uncaring underneath. It is not the trainer's fault as they have no say, but they get the bad press. Well done to Nicky Henderson who apparently genuinely cares about Sprinter.
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Denman fully retired back to Ditcheat after a successful team chasing career and was PTS aged 18 due to ill health, still owned by the same person who'd had him through his racing career.
 
Racehorses of all types get disposed of when no longer racing

Usually quite young

Many get damaged

Its one of the faults of racing
 
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