Zara Tindall

Patron Zara Tindall opened the 2025 Retraining of Racehorses (RoR) Awards at Cheltenham Racecourse on Saturday in a ceremony which also celebrated RoR's 25th anniversary, honouring a quarter-century of transforming the lives of former racehorses. The event, which brought together over 200 attendees from the racing and equestrian communities, saw Grace Muir of HEROS Charity announced as the winner of the Sir Peter O'Sullevan Charitable Trust RoR Community Impact Award. Since it was founded in 2006, HEROS has played a pivotal role in retraining and rehoming former racehorses, while also...

The Retraining of Racehorses (RoR) Awards will take place during Festival Trials Day at Cheltenham Racecourse on Saturday, January 25. The event features two prestigious awards--The Jockey Club Horse of the Year Award and The Peter O'Sullevan Community Impact Award--along with recognition for winners of the RoR Elite Series across six equestrian disciplines (dressage, endurance, eventing, polo, showing and showjumping). Nominations for this year's awards were submitted from across the racing and equestrian communities, with an independent judging panel selecting the finalists. The winners will be announced at the RoR...

Zara Tindall MBE has been appointed patron of the charity Retraining of Racehorses (RoR), which is dedicated to the welfare and retraining of retired racehorses. A former three-day eventing world champion and Olympic silver medallist, Tindall, the daughter of the Princess Royal, has also had a long association with racing and is currently a director of Cheltenham Racecourse.  She said, "I am delighted to be joining Retraining of Racehorses as a patron. The charity's commitment to the wellbeing and retraining of retired racehorses resonates with my lifelong love for these...

'Equestrian Relief', a fundraising effort launched by the team behind Bolesworth and Liverpool International Horse Shows, has raised £250,000 for National Health Service charities. Among the equine-related celebrities assisting the cause, champion jockeys Sir Anthony McCoy and Frankie Dettori, eventing world champions Ros Canter and Zara Tindall, and Olympic gold medallists Carl Hester and Scott Brash. The drive surpassed the £100,000 goal in 10 days. "It has been an overwhelming fortnight--and we are delighted to be in a position to be donating over quarter of a millions pounds to the...