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In the summer of 2018 we received an urgent and desperate plea to help 23 Thoroughbreds who were facing immediate eviction after bailiffs had moved in to foreclose on a failing Newmarket stud. The horses, including pregnant mares and a three month old foal, had to be removed within a couple of days. With their owner already evicted from the premises, the outlook for the horses was looking extremely bleak as no-one had come forward to give them a home. We knew thatwhenapreviousstudhadgone bankrupt, the horses had simply been taken to Beeston Horse Sale and disposed of for meat.

With time fast running out, we sprang into action, and with the relieved cooperation of the stud owner, brought all the horses, including some elderly mares, back to the safety of the Sanctuary. As our driver left with the last of the horses, the bailiff explained that we had rescued them just in time as they were booked in to be destroyed the next day. After the horses safely arrived at Hillside, some of our supporters expressed surprise that no one in the racing industry had come forward to help. Shockingly, although there is a lot of wealth in horse racing, it is a callous industry that does little to help the horses when they are no longer ‘of use’.