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I felt I had to start a new post on the subject GG as I didn't want to post over glentoby's sad news.
my horse has now been sent to france (for racing not for cooking)
amongst the stuff I received from france galop was this (in english)
REDEPLOYMENT PROCESS OF FLAT AND JUMP RACEHORSES
The "Fund for the Redeployment of Flat and Jump Racehorses" was created in September 2007 by France Galop and the "French League for the Protection of Horses"
It's aim is to offer redeployment possibilities to owners of flat and jump racehorses having reached the end of their racing career if and when owners have no precise plans as to their horses' future.
At the owner's request, against a lump sum for service charges, the League will accomodate the horse from the time it leaves the training stable until a decision has been taken as to it's redeployment.
This transition period is essential to assess the horse's ability to start a new career in sport or leisure riding.
The expertise of the French League for the Protection of Horses and it's network of volunteers are essential during this period.
With their long experience in this area, the League can assess a horse's condition and decide at which moment it can be handed over to another rider.
Once in it's new living quarters, the horse is regularly visited by the League teams who check the quality of the care provided and the way the horse is used.
The League undertakes to inform the former owner as to the situation of the horse.
For some racehorses, the only outlet is final retirement in field-boarding.
In this case also, the League has a whole network of "host families" that can provide sufficient grazing space and daily care.
The League teams also keep a regular check on this form of boarding.
Through the Fund for the Redeployment of Flat and Jump Horses, the League covers all redeployment costs:
- travel costs from the training yard to the provisional boarding centre and from there to the final destination.
- feed and upkeep of the horse during it's transition period, before it has been assigned new living quarters, including vet care, farriery, vaccinations and deworming.
- whenever neccessary, the League contributes to the cost of field boarding as host families cannot always cover long term costs.
- travel costs of the League teams responsible for the regular check up of horses in boarding.
Finally, it is important to note that when an owner hands over his/her horse to the League, the latter becomes it's sole owner, notwithstanding the use to which the horse is put.
I am not sure how much the lump sum for service charges will be, but it might not be that much as owners sign a declaration to give the Fund 1/1000 of all prize money won, so basically every bit of prize money (even place money) paid out on French racing is worth something to the Fund, and by the time an owner retires his/her horse, they have already paid money into the fund.
my horse has now been sent to france (for racing not for cooking)
amongst the stuff I received from france galop was this (in english)
REDEPLOYMENT PROCESS OF FLAT AND JUMP RACEHORSES
The "Fund for the Redeployment of Flat and Jump Racehorses" was created in September 2007 by France Galop and the "French League for the Protection of Horses"
It's aim is to offer redeployment possibilities to owners of flat and jump racehorses having reached the end of their racing career if and when owners have no precise plans as to their horses' future.
At the owner's request, against a lump sum for service charges, the League will accomodate the horse from the time it leaves the training stable until a decision has been taken as to it's redeployment.
This transition period is essential to assess the horse's ability to start a new career in sport or leisure riding.
The expertise of the French League for the Protection of Horses and it's network of volunteers are essential during this period.
With their long experience in this area, the League can assess a horse's condition and decide at which moment it can be handed over to another rider.
Once in it's new living quarters, the horse is regularly visited by the League teams who check the quality of the care provided and the way the horse is used.
The League undertakes to inform the former owner as to the situation of the horse.
For some racehorses, the only outlet is final retirement in field-boarding.
In this case also, the League has a whole network of "host families" that can provide sufficient grazing space and daily care.
The League teams also keep a regular check on this form of boarding.
Through the Fund for the Redeployment of Flat and Jump Horses, the League covers all redeployment costs:
- travel costs from the training yard to the provisional boarding centre and from there to the final destination.
- feed and upkeep of the horse during it's transition period, before it has been assigned new living quarters, including vet care, farriery, vaccinations and deworming.
- whenever neccessary, the League contributes to the cost of field boarding as host families cannot always cover long term costs.
- travel costs of the League teams responsible for the regular check up of horses in boarding.
Finally, it is important to note that when an owner hands over his/her horse to the League, the latter becomes it's sole owner, notwithstanding the use to which the horse is put.
I am not sure how much the lump sum for service charges will be, but it might not be that much as owners sign a declaration to give the Fund 1/1000 of all prize money won, so basically every bit of prize money (even place money) paid out on French racing is worth something to the Fund, and by the time an owner retires his/her horse, they have already paid money into the fund.
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