New Australian Regulations To Protect Thoroughbreds Effective May 1 Sponsored by:
Racing Australia will begin enforcing its new traceability rules on May 1. Created in an effort to ensure Thoroughbred health and welfare by tracing racehorses throughout their lives, officials hope the rules will result in positive equine welfare outcomes.
The new rules will require regular and detailed reporting of a horse s status and movements, providing transparency about where Australian Thoroughbreds are and what they are doing. The rules apply to breeding horses, unnamed horses not registered to race, named and registered racehorses and retired racehorses. Racing Australia must be made aware of a horse s change of ownership, location change, retirement from breeding or racing, and a status update must be provided if the horse hasn t raced for six months. Death of a horse is also reportable. Each of these events must be reported to Racing Australia within a specific timeframe.