In the wake of three horse deaths at the recent Cheltenham Festival and ahead of the Grand National meeting which starts on 4 April, national campaigning group, Animal Aid, has renewed its call for a...
Posted 25 Mar 2019
On the last day of the Cheltenham Festival, two more horses have lost their lives, one of whom died in the Cheltenham Gold Cup.
Posted 15 Mar 2019
National animal campaign group, Animal Aid, is calling for racing at Cheltenham to be immediately suspended after the death of race horse Ballyward on the first day of the 2019 meeting.
Posted 12 Mar 2019
In the lead-up to the 2019 Cheltenham Festival, Animal Aid is calling for punters to boycott the Festival following an horrific death toll in 2018.
Posted 11 Mar 2019
The British Horseracing Authority (BHA) has confirmed that racing will resume from tomorrow (Wednesday 13th February), following the outbreak of equine flu.
Posted 12 Feb 2019
According to the racing regulator, the British Horseracing Authority (BHA), more horses died in 2018 than the previous year, with 202 recorded fatalities. In fact, 2018 was the worst year for horse deaths since 2014....
Posted 06 Feb 2019
For the last three years the number of breaches of the whip regulations in British racing has risen – as has the number of jockeys breaking the rules, the number of jockeys being referred to...
Posted 30 Jan 2019
Two six-year-old horses were killed in the same race at Doncaster (9 January).
Posted 10 Jan 2019
Horse racing has claimed its first victims of 2019 at Hereford Racecourse (2 January) where two horses were killed in the same race.
Posted 02 Jan 2019
The British Horseracing Authority has released its review of an investigation into the multiple horse deaths at the March 2018 Cheltenham Festival.
Posted 17 Dec 2018
