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Horses galloping onwards after their racing careers end
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THERE is a life after the finish life for racehorses. No fewer than 14, including Aintree Grand National winners Numbersixvalverde (2006) and Silver Birch (2007), were still in action at the Discover Ireland Dublin Horse Show last month.

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Racehorse to riding horse classes at the big shows are bringing stars of the tracks out of retirement — andproving the durability of Irish thoroughbreds.

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The Robert Tyner-trained Embracing Change is virtually unbeatable at Dromahane and the seven-year-old recorded his fifth victory at the popular north Cork venue at yesterday’s Kanturk – Duhallow meeting by destroying the opposition in a vintage renewal of the open.

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