What does CPR want to see as an alternative for horses than going to the knackery when retired?

CPR believes that the racing industry who is responsible for bringing these horses into the world owes a duty to provide an alternative for these horses when they can no longer race. As such, we are proposing to the racing industry that they adopt a national retirement plan, which uses 1% of betting turnover ($143 million annually) to rehabilitate, retrain and rehome ex-racehorses, while also reducing breeding to a more sustainable level.

Given that the racing industry would not exist without the racehorse, we believe that contributing just 1% back to the horse is the very least the industry can do.