Living Legends horse retirement home
- Living Legends horse retirement home
Living Legends is an international home of rest for champion horses located on Oaklands Road at Woodlands Historic Park in Greenvale near Melbourne, Australia. Opened in 2006, the organization's primary activity is the care of older horses; but it also supports equine research, education and training to benefit horses of any age or breed.
Modelled on the Home of Rest for Horses in Speen, Buckinghamshire, England, Living Legends is a charitable organisation which relies on private and corporate donations and sponsorships.
Open to the public, horses that can be seen at Living Legends as of June 2007 are:
*Better Loosen Up
*Bomber Bill
*Brew
*Doriemus
*Fields of Omagh
*Might and Power
*Paris Lane
*Regal Roller
*Rogan Josh
*Silent Witness
*Sky Heights
External links
* [http://www.livinglegends.org.au/index.html Living Legends official website]
* [http://tuesdayshorse.wordpress.com/2007/11/06/where-the-champions-go-au/ "Where the Champions Go"]
* [http://www.starnewsgroup.com.au/story/27082 "Horse Heaven"]
* [http://www.abc.net.au/sport/columns/200610/s1778066.htm?racing "Paddock of Legends Enough to Restore Faith"]
ee also
* Old Friends, Inc.
* Home of Rest for Horses
* Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation
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