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The Hong Kong Jockey Ckub Restart Programme is, in my opinion, one of the worlds leading Retraining Programme. It was an absolute honour to speak to Joss about the Restart Programme and what the steps are that happen to the horses when they leave racing and how the horses future post racing is even thought about before they enter the country to race. 

This fabulous scheme, not only has 100% traceability on their horses when they leave racing, but they reach out on a global scale to trusted and reputable retrainers, ensuring that the horses have their security and happiness for the rest of their lives secured. 

Please share this conversation far and wide. The RESTART programme is truly remarkable and I feel that more should know about it, learn from it and praise the phenomenal work that they are doing 

To learn more about the RESTART programme head to their website below:

https://racing.hkjc.com/en-us/restart/index

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The Galloping Bear affectionately known as Bear, beat Bristol de Mai at the Grand National trials in his racing career. Fast forward a few years and this superstar of a racehorse is now head to the BIGGEST of stages in the showing world of Horse of the Year Show. 

The journey from racehorse to Show Horse hasn’t been the most straight forward, but this conversation with Issy talks about how to navigate life with an ex racehorse, listening to your horse and how sometimes, the best plan, is to have no plan 

We wish Issy and Bear THE BEST of luck at HOYS (Along with former guests of the pod Becky Court) and will be cheering you all the way. 

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Quite frankly, I over promised and under delivered VASTLY when it came to 'bonus episodes' for the RoR Champs and National Racehorse Week. The reasons why can be found in the episode 

Its been a rollercoaster of a two weeks, which makes me even more grateful to the wonderful people that are around me and support me. The team at GBR, Godolphin Lifetime Care and my friends and family-thank you!

From community visits, to Open days, re live the BEST week that is National Racehorse Week and see what we have been getting up to 

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In this episode we are joined by the wonderful Sara Ender. Sara is a racehorse trainer based in Yorkshire. She trains both on the flat and over the jumps. Her training philosophy and set up is insightful and is very much an individual approach for each horse. Sara is competing at the RoR champs on a horse that only ran a few weeks ago and will carry on in training post the RoR champs, and this isnt the first time Sara has done this. 

We are so grateful to Sara for sharing her isights and wish her the best at Aintree and in her training career. Her open day is Sunday 6th September 2026 from 845am-12. 

For more information on; National racehorse Week, the RoR, or how to obtain our behind the scene footage over the next two weeks please follow the links below 

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Sara Open day booking tickets:

https://racingwelfare.co.uk/malton-open-day-returns-for-2026-with-yards-opening-their-doors-for-a-family-day-out-in-aid-of-racing-welfare/

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In this episode we have Kathryn Martin. Kathryn works in racing and gets to not only see and ride these horses whilst in training, but also gets to train them post racing and compete them for her boss. 

This is a wonderful insight into how training develops and changes according to what the horse is doing and really focusing on not only the physical preparation of both horse and rider, but also the mental aspect as well. A must listen

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In this episode we have Marie and Michael. Both their first time going to Aintree, competing in the showing classes 

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Here is the beginning of our two weeks of ‘everything racehorse’ starting off with the RoR championships being held at Aintree Racecourse, following into National Racehorse Week 22nd Aug-31st August 2026

We are delivering you 3-4 episodes per week for the next two weeks, as well as bonus episodes of behind the scenes of my competing and our community events. 

We are so fortunate to be able to bring you four fabulous riders attending the RoR champs. From first time competitors, to seasoned competitors, actual racehorse trainers attending and people who work in racing nd have trained their horse both in racing and for the RoR Champs. 

We are looking at; the fears, the possible worries, the fun and the why as to everything surrounding the RoR Champs and hope you find this insightful, entertaining and a lovely way for people to share their stories

If you’re interested in further details of the RoR Champs and National Racehorse Week, the details can be found below. 

Our first guest, is in fact, our first retuning guest; Lottie and her ex racehorse Mac. Its both of their first time competing at the champs and we wish them the very best of times

We hope you love these next two weeks!!!

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This might seem like a slightly odd question surrounding the topic of 'everything thoroughbred.' 

How we cope, deal and work through certain situations and occurrences with our horses is key to being able to find learnings and positive outcomes from moments of when we feel; frustrated, overwhelmed and unsure of our confidence 

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Having an ex racehorse join your family and world can be one of the most exciting journeys that you can embark on; however, it can also be a journey filled with moments of joy, followed by moments of question of sanity

So.......what do you learn along the way? How do you navigate it? What are the brilliant things that await you that you never imagined? 

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Probably the questions I as myself quite a lot, along with;

Am I Mad?

Why do I do this?

Surely I could do something easier…….

Navigating feelings of worry, despair, frustration and imposter syndrome with animals is very common. Whether its; care, riding, training or management, it always brings up questions of our own abilities.

So how do we navigate this?

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