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  • Thorough Care SA November Sponsorship Results

    November Sponsorship Results: November is often one of the busiest times on the event calendar. With events of all disciplines spread over each weekend, it was another month highlighting thoroughbreds in their careers after racing. Mountain Pony Club One Day Event – 4th & 5th of November The Mountain Pony...

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  • Thorough Care SA Sponsorship Wrap up - October 2023

    October was truly a jam packed month with shows and events of all disciplines being held across the state. From Dressage to Barrel Racing and everything in between, the thoroughbreds were on full display showing their versatility in their careers post racing.   For more details and results from each event...

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  • Thorough Care partner with HorsemedSA

    Thorough Care SA has joined forces with Horsemed SA – Morphettville Equine Clinic and Horsemed SA Hills Equine Clinic. The new partnership with Horsemed SA will allow Thorough Care SA Assistance Pack recipients access to selected services and procedures at a 25% discount in the first year following retirement from...

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  • #ThoroughCareMonth: Fulton Street settles in at 'David Jolly’s Living Legends'

    When Fulton Street retired there was never any doubt the much loved journeyman would end up under the care of apprentice jockey Caitlyn Munro. She shared her first race ride with the eight-year-old gelding and has known him since he was a young buck. “What isn’t there to love,” gushed...

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  • #ThoroughCareMonth: Assistance pack milestone for Thorough Care SA

    Thorough Care SA has distributed its 500th Retired Thoroughbred Racehorse Assistance Package. Five-year-old gelding Arthur which raced under the name Friendly Ghost, and his new owner Bella Masters, received the pack at his new home in Mylor. Prolific show jumper Bella has grand plans for her much loved ex-racehorse. “He’s...

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  • #ThoroughCareMonth: Jolly & Toeroek couldn’t part with Kemalpasa

    Trainer Chantelle Jolly, and her partner jockey Jake Toeroek, both shared milestone wins with popular South Australian sprinter Kemalpasa, and couldn’t bear to part with him when he retired. The multiple Stakes winner, who collected close to $1.2 million in prizemoney, is loving his new life at Chris and Owen...

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  • #ThoroughCareMonth: Gregorace plays key role in growth

    Mel Gregorace is an unsung hero when it comes to Thorough Care SA. Gregorace has been a key component in the growth of Thorough Care SA, which focus on thoroughbreds before, during and after their racing careers. “Initially I think it was back in 2019 I approached Thorough Care SA...

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  • #ThoroughCareMonth: The story keeps on going for Flow Meter

    It’s been almost a year since Flow Meter last raced and he’s “happy as Larry” in retirement on co-trainer Carrina Riggs' Murray Bridge farm. The timeless warrior has formed an inseparable bond with his paddock mate, and looks like he’s fit enough to still race. “He probably does (miss racing),”...

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  • Welcome to Thorough Care Month!

    Following a highly successful debut in 2022, Racing SA is excited to launch Thorough Care Month in July 2023. Thorough Care Month celebrates all racehorses in South Australia, and features Racing SA’s continued commitment to thoroughbreds before, during and after their careers on the track. Thorough Care Month will highlight...

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  • Racing SA expands support of Adelaide Equestrian Festival

    Racing SA has extended and expanded its sponsorship of Australia’s premier equestrian competition - the Adelaide Equestrian Festival (formerly known as the Australian International 3 Day Event). The event is being held in April for the first time, just before four consecutive weeks of Group 1 racing in Adelaide.  “The...

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  • Thorough Care partners with Hallmark Farms Series

    Thorough Care SA are pleased to announce a partnership with Woodside’s Hallmark Farms for the 2023 Hallmark Farms Derby Championship Series. In a move aimed to help attract more retired thoroughbreds competing Off The Track, Thorough Care SA will provide more than $4000 in sponsorship. The highest placed thoroughbred from...

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  • Halliday's happy place: Libby's passion for re-homing grows

    Former apprentice jockey Libby Halliday has found her happy place, rehoming off the track thoroughbreds on her Mount Gambier property. Some of the thoroughbreds she’s retrained have gone on to be much loved pony club and show jumping horses, and there’s a special few that she’s kept to compete on...

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  • Growth continues for HorseRecords platform

    What started as a tool to help his wife Kim manage her stock horse business has escalated quickly for Andy Ide’s HorseRecords. HorseRecords offers users an all-in-one tool to manage and record horse information and is proving a must use for a variety of horse associations. The platform has the...

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  • Jess Holt claims 300th Thorough Care assistance pack

    A bond formed at the stable has continued off the track for Sitting Bull and his owner Jess Holt. It was love at first sight when Sitting Bull came into the Sam Burford stable, Holt forming an instant connection that’s been strengthened in life after racing for the six-year-old who...

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  • Thoroughbreds impress at Equestrian events

    Retired thoroughbred racehorses excelled at the Equestrian SA Horse of the Year events held last month at Strathalbyn and Mount Pleasant. The events were supported by Through Care SA, the welfare arm of Racing SA, as part of its commitment to caring for thoroughbreds before, during and beyond their racetrack...

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  • OTT Profile: Dark Assassin

    The last 12 months have been memorable for former Bill Bogarts galloper Dark Assassin, who has competed in a number of off the track events.  Dark Assassin (Ryder) had 26 starts for four wins between 2011 and 2014, but now the 14-year-old gelding is partnered with Alana and has competed...

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  • Pack provides Thorough Care for horses on their birthday

    Whether they’re young, a current racehorse, retired or in a completely different pursuit, all horses in the Southern Hemisphere will be celebrated on the official Horses’ Birthday this Sunday, August 1. To mark the occasion and as part of a commitment to caring for thoroughbreds before, during and beyond their...

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