Microchip reveals emaciated horse entered in race six months before rescue

A racehorse found abandoned in the Midlands in November had been entered in a race just six months earlier, the animal’s microchip has revealed.

The horse was withdrawn from a race at a well-known racetrack last May, and had run at English race meetings in 2010, 2011, and 2012.

The ISPCA discovered a microchip and contacted the last registered owner, only to be informed the horse had been sold at a Midland horse fair in September.