After a year's hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, The Jockey Club Retraining of Racehorses National Championships will return to the Aintree International Equestrian Centre. The four-day event will take place from Aug. 26 through Aug. 29, and 2021 is the first year with The Jockey Club as the title sponsor. Events including dressage, jumping and showing, with the RoR Northern Dressage Championships on Thursday, while there is a Saturday evening gala performance of showing classes culminating with the crowning of The Jockey Club Supreme Champion. Currently there are 276 former racehorses entered across the championships, with those horses credited with earning over £5.3 million in prizemoney and competing in 3,981 races either under Rules or in point-to-points. Some of the star entrants include Cheltenham Grade 1 winners Don Poli (Ire) (Poliglote {GB}) and Yorkhill (Ire) (Presenting {GB}) competing in newcomer and in-hand showing classes, respectively.
North West Head of Racing and Clerk of the Course at Aintree Racecourse, Sulekha Varma, said, “We are delighted to welcome back The Jockey Club RoR National Championships to the Aintree International Equine Centre in 2021 and it is fantastic that The Jockey Club is now extending its support to become the headline sponsor of the event. Retraining of Racehorses plays an absolutely vital role in the racing industry and it is a great honour for Aintree to stage its flagship event and publicise the outstanding work it undertakes.”
Coverage of the championships from Aintree will be live-streamed on Friday and Saturday via ClipMyHorse.TV, providing an opportunity to further increase awareness of the versatility of the thoroughbred and the high standards achieved by competitors and their former racehorses.
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