Stand Up For Racing Today we’ll be going behind the scenes again at Aintree Racecourse Below we have the British Horseracing Authority team who are behind the pre race checks. This includes microchip scan and then the pre race examination which includes listening trot up, listening to heartbeat

HORSE WELFARE BOARD Barry Johnson, Chair of British Racing’s Horse Welfare Board explains how they are constantly working with racing to continuously improve welfare in the sport #ThoroughbredTales #StandUpForRacing #HorsePWR

A little known but very important role Aintree Racecourse is that of the horse catchers and we got the chance to chat to Shirley and Patch about their job here at the Grand National meeting #ThoroughbredTales #HorsePWR #StandUpForRacing

Chief Executive of The Jockey Club Nevin Truesdale talks us through the changes that have been made to the Grand National fences Aintree Racecourse #ThoroughbredTales #StandUpForRacing #HorsePWR

Talking to Chris Proudman who is part of the Veterinary Team Aintree Racecourse about the preventative measures in place to protect horses and the facilities on site to look after them if they do get injured #HorsePWR #ThoroughbredTales #StandUpForRacing

Grand National day. For us that live and breathe horse racing, this day can be an emotional roller coaster. Excitement, nerves, elation, upset, frustration, relief. In amongst all of it, don't forget one key truth. The annual naysayers will fire their shots at our sport in

Racing works very closely with charities such as World Horse Welfare and RSPCA (England & Wales) when implementing measures for horse welfare and safety. We spoke more about this with World Horse Welfare Chief Executive Roly Owers

Thank you to talkSPORT rupert bell Liz Kelly for having me on this morning to talk all things #StandUpForRacing and #HorsePWR on Grand National day Aintree Racecourse … was worth the climb for the view!

So lovely to have the past Grand National Champions here to parade before racing Aintree Racecourse and loved catching up with Neptune Collonges (aka Nipper) again #HorsePWR #ThoroughbredTales #StandUpForRacing

Putting the finishing touches to some of the other champions parading today Aintree Racecourse #HorsePWR #StandUpForRacing #ThoroughbredTales

Gordon Elliott’s first Grand National winner Silver Birch and most recent winner Tiger Roll chilling before the parade! #HorsePWR #ThoroughbredTales #StandUpForRacing

A visit from Rachael Blackmore to her old friend Minella Times Aintree Racecourse with an apple as a little thank you for the memories of their historical success #HorsePWR #StandUpForRacing #ThoroughbredTales

Get your votes in racing fans and make sure your voice is heard. Odd timing to run a poll while people who are pro the race are actually watching racing! #StandUpForRacing

Sally ANN Grassick of #StandUpForRacing took part in this debate on LBC earlier today about the Grand National. For the real facts on horse racing visit HorsePWR.co.uk to inform yourself before you make up your mind #HorsePWR

"I know I've enjoyed watching that race, I think it was a great showpiece for the sport, its how we advertise the sport and if that doesn't convince people that this is a wonderful sport, I'm not sure what will." 🏆 👏 Ruby Walsh on the 2024 Grand National. #ITVRacing

Just look at what that meant to Paul Townend ,Rachel Robins and all the Willie Mullins team! #ThoroughbredTales #StandUpForRacing #HorsePWR

With more than 16,000 dedicated professionals in British racing and breeding working 365 days a year, the health, safety, and welfare of horses is in the safest of hands Get the facts: horsepwr.co.uk #HorsePWR

Worth checking out the Horse Welfare Board's newsletter - particularly this section as it is something I've spoken to a fair few people about recently. Sounds very promising. I look forward to reading the findings eventually. mailchi.mp/racehorsewelfa…

RTE Investigates was extremely grim viewing last night. Those caught red-handed engaging in such sickening cruelty, criminality and fraud involving horses must be punished to the full extent of the law and be made examples of. The programme also highlighted deeply concerning

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