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Saturday, March 22 saw Off the Track WA and retired racehorses return to Ascot Racecourse to showcase retired Thoroughbreds in their off the track careers. Joined by Claremont Therapeutic Riding Centers (CTRC), Bill (Alago Yeneos) and Dexter (One More Run), retired racehorses received plenty of pats and carrots from Ascot patrons.  Bill and Dexter were […]

Competitors ventured back to Capel on the weekend of the 15/16th of March to compete at the Kingsfield Equestrian Capel HPC CCI-s 4*. With classes from 50cm to 4* heights, the weekend was jam-packed with off the track competitors pursuing success. 105 retired racehorses were entered to compete at this event. With three OTT exclusive […]

Awesome Rock filly, Baby Charge, raced twice before retiring in September of 2024. After a handful of trials and unsuccessful racing starts with trainers, Stefan Vahala and Mitchell Pateman, Baby Charge retired and began the transition into an off the track career. Rehomed through breeder and equestrian, Georgie Siciliano, Baby Charge was purchased by Lisa […]

Kings Meadow Polo Grounds was transformed on the weekend of March 8-9, with the Standardbred Pleasure and Performance Horse Association of WA hosting their annual Scorecard Showdown. Exclusive to Standardbreds, this event promotes Standardbreds in show horse homes through a competition to find the best example of the breed. With points given based on conformation, […]

With the conclusion of our race naming competition, we are thrilled to have finalized our off the track race names. With so many retired racehorses to honour, we are proud to announce that there will be two races named by the Off the Track WA community. We look forward to cheering home the following races: […]

This 2004 Standardbred gelding was born December 31st. Almost born in 2005, Classy Candidate began his racing career in 2007 with Chris Robinson. Racing for seven years, Classy Candidate retired from racing in 2014 with 191 starts and 13 wins. At 20 years old, Classy Candidate has lived a long off the track career. Purchased […]

Off the Track WA, in partnership with Perth Racing, are excited to announce that we will be at Ascot Racecourse on Saturday, March 22nd. Join us in celebrating retired racehorses by submitting a horse you believe showcases versatility, trainability and talent off the track to have a race named in their honour. This may be […]

So You Think gelding, Deliberation, entered into the world in September of 2017. Deliberation began his race career in Queensland with Matthew Dunn, before moving to Western Australia into the training stable of Neville Newton. Kalgoorlie based, Deliberation raced in WA from 2022 to 2024, before retiring into the home of Kellie Gammage. After 46 […]

League of Nations is a Medaglia D’oro gelding bred by Robrick Lodge Thoroughbreds in 2014. League of Nations (Leroy) began his race career in late 2016, and went on to race in 17 starts for a total of eight placings and one win, earning fifty thousand on the track before retiring in 2019. Leroy was […]

Major Times, a son of Art Major USA, was born in October of 2014. A handsome Victorian bred gelding, Major Times raced from 2017 to 2020 under the guidance of trainer, Emma Stewart, before making the move over to Western Australia. Trained then on by Ross Olivieri, Major Times continued on for another year or […]