The
SPPHAV offers a placement program for Standardbred horses that are
seeking new homes after having retired from harness racing; failed
the grade as a harness racer; or, for some other reason, need a new
home. This program is for the placement of horses that otherwise could
end up at the knackery.
The SPPHAV will also act as a collector of information on pleasure
horses that are for sale, for $1,000 or less, but the emphasis of
our efforts will be concentrated on finding homes for horses off the
track.
The SPPHAV receives no payment for these services. Our reward is the
knowledge that horses securing a new home, with our assistance, receive
the opportunity of a second life - a life after racing.
Horses offered for placement, straight off the track, will have been
well handled; will float without problem; may have been ridden; but
will (usually) have little to no re-education. It is safe to say that
horses offered to this program are normally those with the easy going
temperament that those of us who know the breed, know and love so
much.
Sometimes horses off the track have a low price attached to them.
Owners will do this to ensure the horse is moving on to someone who
is going to look after it appropriately.
There are several members, within the SPPHAV, who offer re-education
services. Their names and contact information will be provided to
any person taking a horse, through this program, and who requires
their horse to be re-educated for them. There will be a cost - negotiated
between the two parties - attached to this.
Owners
and trainers wishing to place a horse through the SPPHAV are invited
to call our Secretary or you can print out the
"horse
available" form, from this site and send it in to us.
People
seeking a horse through the SPPHAV are invited to call our
Secretary or you can print out the
"person wanting a horse" form, from this site,
and send it in to us.
The SPPHAV maintains
listings of horses that are seeking a new home and of people
looking for a horse. Prospective new owners are put in contact with
current owners, to discuss the horse and make arrangements to see
the horse to determine if it is suitable. Negotiations remain between
current and prospective owners; the SPPHAV takes no part in this process.
Subject to the new owner joining the Standardbred Pleasure & Performance
Horse Association of Victoria Inc, as a full member (family, single
or junior), free horse registration - with the SPPHAV - is offered
to any person who provides a new home for a horse that has recently
retired from harness race training or racing.
People
who have a horse, that is not immediately retired from racing, for
sale (or lease, or other) and who wish to use the SPPHAV as an agency
for passing this information on to prospective new owners are invited
to call or email the Secretary or you can print out the "horses
available" form, from this site and send it in to us.
These horses are not eligible for free registration
with the SPPHAV and we recommend owners also advertise the horse through
normal channels, including Horse Deals and The Weekly Times.
To transfer ownership (on our books) of horses already registered
with the SPPHAV, a Horse Transfer fee - along with a full membership
fee - from the new owner, is required.
A
selection of horses awaiting placement are available from the link
below
"Horses
Available Listing"
Person
Wanting A Horse Form
Horse (Available) Wanting A Home Form
Horse
Placement Enquiries:Naomi
Phone: 03 5941 6006 (AH)
email: horseplacements@spphav.org
