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Midland Racehorse Care Centre
17 miles across both Clee Hills.
* Most stunning Shropshire views
* 10 miles route available
* x-country and showjumps
* Fantastic prize and cup for rider
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* Ride to 1,500 feet
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Patron John Hales: Owner of "One Man".
below: Express Hope rescued by
MRCC, The Daily Express and Animal Aid from the meat man at Ascot Sales. Now training for long distance rides with her devoted re-homer Julie. Read more about Hope by clicking on our news section.
Around 7,500 Thoroughbreds of all ages are sold at sales in Britain each year for an annual turnover of UK £200 million.
Attendances at British race meetings are at an all time high, and topped six million in 2005.
Typically, a Thoroughbred's life will begin on a stud farm.
These are the factories of the breeding industry, with some 300 stud farms in Britain producing over 5,000 Thoroughbred foals each year.
What the BHB don't say is where ex-racers end up? In September 2006 the MRCC visited one UK slaughter house, frequented by some big name trainers, that killed 2000 racehorses a year. Youngsters and older horses alike huddled in pens, shaking as the gun shots rattled through the barn.
Most were healthy horses there to be exploited for the last pounds that the racing industry could squeeze out of them. Their fate? A French dinner plate. WRITE A LETTER TO GORDON BROWN ASKING THIS CRUEL TRADE TO STOP
Midland Racehorse Care Centre Upper Heath Stables, Heath, Nr Ludlow, Shropshire, SY7 9DS. Donations rehoming and welfare: 07790 833671/01584 823275
or email us: info@midlandracehorsecarecentre.org.uk
MRCC, Upper Heath Farm, Heath, Craven Arms, SY79DS (01584) 823275 or (07790) 833671, info@midlandracehorsecarecentre.org.uk