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Stakeholder Perceptions of the Challenges to Racehorse Welfare.
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- A Systematic Narrative Review of Stable Staff and Trainers' Occupational Health and Well-Being in Thoroughbred Horse Racing: An International Perspective.Workplace health & safety · 2026Pooled it
- Risk factors for fatality in jump racing Thoroughbreds in Great Britain (2010-2023).Equine veterinary journal · 2025Article
- Racehorse welfare across a training season.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2023Article
- Social Licence to Operate: What Can Equestrian Sports Learn from Other Industries?Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022Review
- Champing at the Bit for Improvements: A Review of Equine Welfare in Equestrian Sports in the United Kingdom.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022Review
- Naturalness and the Legitimacy of Thoroughbred Racing: A Photo-Elicitation Study with Industry and Animal Advocacy Informants.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2020Article
- Determining a Welfare Prioritization for Horses Using a Delphi Method.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2020Article
- Horse Welfare During Equine Chorionic Gonadotropin (eCG) Production.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2019Review
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Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to highlight some of the key challenges to racehorse welfare as perceived by racing industry stakeholders. The paper draws upon statements and transcripts from 10 focus group discussions with 42 participants who were taking part in a larger study investigating stakeholders' perceptions of racehorse welfare, which participants recognised as maintaining the physical and mental well-being of a performance animal. Analysis of the 68 statements participants identified as challenges produced nine themes. Among these, 26% (18 statements) of the challenges were health related, whilst 41% (28 statements) focused on the effect staff shortages were having on the racing industry. Staff shortages were perceived as affecting standards of racehorse care and the opportunity to develop a human-horse relationship. Poor employee relations due to a lack of recognition, communication and respect were perceived as having a detrimental effect on employee attitudes, behaviour and staff retention which, in turn, can have a sequential effect on the welfare and health of horses in training. Although the number of challenges produced is small (68), they emphasise the perceptions of stakeholders closely associated with the racing industry.
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