Image by Coco - pictured from Left to Right: (Horse) Sonny, (Dog) Raphael, Rhett, (Horse) Fonix, Theresa, (Dogs) Jasmine, Bronco, Denver
about us
Savvy Racing was incorporated in 2018 and is located in Bee Branch, Arkansas.
Savvy Racing has two different kinds of programs that have been recently started and now being built. Both programs are based on a foundation of principles that puts the horses' needs first by developing a connection with the horse, mentally, emotionally, and physically with the long-term welfare of the horse in mind.
Hence our mission is to race our horses with no whips, chains, or performance-enhancing drugs while always keeping the horse's dignity intact.
The overuse of drugs in the horse racing industry has weakened the breed because drug-assisted horses are winning over others that are not on enhancement drugs. Those winners are named Champions and passing those genes onto the next generation. You don't see this kind of overuse of drugs in any other sport other than horse racing in North America. The North America Horse Racing industry requires a minimal amount of horsemanship knowledge to get the results with the horse. Unfortunately, the horse pays for it in the wear and tear on the horse's system, causing break downs (deaths) across the country. We believe Lasix is causing the expedited deterioration of the muscular-skeletal system along with the central nervous system.
A horse, just as a human, is not designed to endure excessive and continual stress such as the use of performance-enhancing drugs, 23 hour day captivity in a 10 x 10 stall, being whipped to go when he can't go due to injuries, soundness, or exhaustion; shanked by a nose chain to make them get from point A to point B. This does not even touch on the training deficiency as trainers rarely condition the horse to be able to simulate race distance and speed before competing at longer distances than is expected for them to run on race day.
An example of this is horses entered to race a mile for the first time, will probably NOT have ever been asked in training to have ever worked at race pace at that distance. Horses aren't human, but they are sentient creatures, so whipping them to stretch themselves physically to their limits without proper preparation is inhumane and most likely the culprit, which we believe causes the Exercise-induced pulmonary hemorrhage (EIPH), also known as "bleeding".
Ask yourself this question: Would I ever agree to run a distance of ground, competitively, without meaningful compensation while being physically coerced to run further and faster than I had ever run?
If a horse like a human undergoes chronic stress day in and day out, the body systems can eventually break down, and we propose this can be prevented.
Prevention is possible by building a partnership with rapport and respect, better preparation of the horse's physical fitness, and creating a stable, well-rounded foundation on the horses that address their mental and emotional state equal to their physical state.
By gaining the horses' trust and respect, creating emotional impulsion, and incorporating a proper exercise program, there is no use for chains, pulling on their mouth or whipping them, which will make a happy and more biomechanically sound horse.
We also believe in daily pasture time so they can just be a horse. All of this is counter to what most do in the horseracing industry, which focuses on the physical aspect only. The big difference is that you have to get trust and respect levels extraordinarily high and the relationship solid, over-preparing them, so that race day seems like a day off compared to their regular fitness regime. They have to believe that you are there for their best interests instead of your own. Trust and respect are hard to gain and extremely easy to lose.
Our first program is to start applying our principles as early as in utero. Building the right neural pathways is the beginning of a healthy horse. We are pleased that our first foals were born in April of 2020. Our process began by giving the mares as natural an environment as possible on pasture and grazing 24/7. The foals were born in the pasture and imprinted. Since minute one, the babies have had daily human interaction, building their overall confidence and desire to partner and take leadership from humans. We are starting with building a relationship, as we also teach a common language, and yielding to pressure. We are developing them equally mentally, emotionally, and physically.
Our second program is with our older racehorses that were given to us for one reason or another, and they were unable to perform. Our goal with them is to renaturalize them with our principles and see if they can perform under these different circumstances.
Savvy Racing has an eye on the bigger picture, which is the horses' overall welfare. If a horse doesn't have the skill or talent to run, he will be easier to be placed into a well-matched home because of the foundation that we put on every single horse in our program. They may be better suited for an environment such as hunter-jumper, trail, cross country, or dressage. Because they are safe and well balanced emotionally, physically, and mentally, they will make great long-term partners for a horse lover, or we will retire them at our affiliate's facility, Savvy Ridge Farms.
Savvy Racing has two different kinds of programs that have been recently started and now being built. Both programs are based on a foundation of principles that puts the horses' needs first by developing a connection with the horse, mentally, emotionally, and physically with the long-term welfare of the horse in mind.
Hence our mission is to race our horses with no whips, chains, or performance-enhancing drugs while always keeping the horse's dignity intact.
The overuse of drugs in the horse racing industry has weakened the breed because drug-assisted horses are winning over others that are not on enhancement drugs. Those winners are named Champions and passing those genes onto the next generation. You don't see this kind of overuse of drugs in any other sport other than horse racing in North America. The North America Horse Racing industry requires a minimal amount of horsemanship knowledge to get the results with the horse. Unfortunately, the horse pays for it in the wear and tear on the horse's system, causing break downs (deaths) across the country. We believe Lasix is causing the expedited deterioration of the muscular-skeletal system along with the central nervous system.
A horse, just as a human, is not designed to endure excessive and continual stress such as the use of performance-enhancing drugs, 23 hour day captivity in a 10 x 10 stall, being whipped to go when he can't go due to injuries, soundness, or exhaustion; shanked by a nose chain to make them get from point A to point B. This does not even touch on the training deficiency as trainers rarely condition the horse to be able to simulate race distance and speed before competing at longer distances than is expected for them to run on race day.
An example of this is horses entered to race a mile for the first time, will probably NOT have ever been asked in training to have ever worked at race pace at that distance. Horses aren't human, but they are sentient creatures, so whipping them to stretch themselves physically to their limits without proper preparation is inhumane and most likely the culprit, which we believe causes the Exercise-induced pulmonary hemorrhage (EIPH), also known as "bleeding".
Ask yourself this question: Would I ever agree to run a distance of ground, competitively, without meaningful compensation while being physically coerced to run further and faster than I had ever run?
If a horse like a human undergoes chronic stress day in and day out, the body systems can eventually break down, and we propose this can be prevented.
Prevention is possible by building a partnership with rapport and respect, better preparation of the horse's physical fitness, and creating a stable, well-rounded foundation on the horses that address their mental and emotional state equal to their physical state.
By gaining the horses' trust and respect, creating emotional impulsion, and incorporating a proper exercise program, there is no use for chains, pulling on their mouth or whipping them, which will make a happy and more biomechanically sound horse.
We also believe in daily pasture time so they can just be a horse. All of this is counter to what most do in the horseracing industry, which focuses on the physical aspect only. The big difference is that you have to get trust and respect levels extraordinarily high and the relationship solid, over-preparing them, so that race day seems like a day off compared to their regular fitness regime. They have to believe that you are there for their best interests instead of your own. Trust and respect are hard to gain and extremely easy to lose.
Our first program is to start applying our principles as early as in utero. Building the right neural pathways is the beginning of a healthy horse. We are pleased that our first foals were born in April of 2020. Our process began by giving the mares as natural an environment as possible on pasture and grazing 24/7. The foals were born in the pasture and imprinted. Since minute one, the babies have had daily human interaction, building their overall confidence and desire to partner and take leadership from humans. We are starting with building a relationship, as we also teach a common language, and yielding to pressure. We are developing them equally mentally, emotionally, and physically.
Our second program is with our older racehorses that were given to us for one reason or another, and they were unable to perform. Our goal with them is to renaturalize them with our principles and see if they can perform under these different circumstances.
Savvy Racing has an eye on the bigger picture, which is the horses' overall welfare. If a horse doesn't have the skill or talent to run, he will be easier to be placed into a well-matched home because of the foundation that we put on every single horse in our program. They may be better suited for an environment such as hunter-jumper, trail, cross country, or dressage. Because they are safe and well balanced emotionally, physically, and mentally, they will make great long-term partners for a horse lover, or we will retire them at our affiliate's facility, Savvy Ridge Farms.
