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Festival heroes on parade8th March 2010
An impressive line-up of ex-racehorses is due to parade at the Cheltenham Festival on Tuesday, March 16. Organised by Retraining of Racehorses (RoR) in liaison with Cheltenham Racecourse, the parade will be held in the Parade Ring before the first race.
Ten horses are likely to parade, who between them won 16 races at The Festival. They include two Cheltenham Gold Cup winners, Kicking King, who last year finished second in a RoR/Tattersalls Show Series class to qualify for the final at Hickstead later this year and Master Oats, who now enjoys hunting and hacking.
Other Cheltenham heroes due to line-up include Champion Hurdle and Supreme Novice’s Hurdle winner Brave Inca and Moscow Flyer, winner of The Arkle Challenge Trophy and Queen Mother Champion Chase, both of whom are also doing well in the show ring.
Another Smurfit Kappa Champion Hurdle winner, Make A Stand, will return to Cheltenham for the day taking a break from his new life hunting and show jumping.
Di Arbuthnot, RoR director of operations, said: "We are delighted to have such an impressive line-up of former racehorses parading at this most prestigious race meeting, all of whom show that ex-racehorses can enjoy a long and successful second career after racing."
Retraining of Racehorses (RoR) is British Horseracing’s official charity for the welfare of horses who have retired from racing. For more information, please visit www.ror.org.uk
The horses due to parade are listed below, although the exact line-up is subject to change.
BRAVE INCA - Champion Hurdle winner now showing
BLOWING WIND - Cheltenham Festival winner now hunting and show jumping
EARTHMOVER - Christie’s Foxhunter winner now team chasing
HUSSARD COLLONGES - Royal & Sun Alliance Chase winner now showing
KICKING KING - Cheltenham Gold Cup winner now showing
MAKE A STAND - Champion Hurdle winner now hunting and show jumping
MASTER OATS - Cheltenham Gold Cup winner now hunting and hacking
MOSCOW FLYER - Arkle Challenge Trophy and Queen Mother Champion Chase winner now showing
ROYAL PREDICA - Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup winner now showing
STORMYFAIRWEATHER - Cathcart Challenge Cup winner now hunting
Brave Inca will return to the scene of his 2004 and 2006 triumphs