The Retired Racehorse Project has announced that 578 trainers have been accepted to compete for their share of $100,000 in prize money at the 2017 Thoroughbred Makeover at the Kentucky Horse Park on October 5-8.
The Thoroughbred Makeover is a racehorse retraining competition. Trainers are approved based on their skills in a primary discipline, but may compete at the Makeover in one or two of 10 sports (eventing, show hunter, show jumper, dressage, barrel racing, competitive trails, field hunters, polo, working ranch, and freestyle) depending on aptitude shown during the training process.
Each trainer must acquire a Thoroughbred that meets the competition's guidelines, which states that eligible horses may not have started second career training before the Dec. 1 opening date, and must have raced or had a published work after July 1, 2015.
“Many of the horses that compete in the Makeover each year don't begin their training or even retire from racing until well into the year. I encourage racehorse owners with any horses they are considering retiring this year to list them on our website,” said RRP President Steuart Pittman. “It's kind of cool to think about–the winner of this year's Thoroughbred Makeover may not yet have run his or her last race.”
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