As the curtain came down on Channels 4’s coverage of horse racing over the past 32 years, there was not one word of the suffering of horses who were used for betting and entertainment on...
Posted 29 Dec 2016
Harness Racing Australia has announced it will ban the use of the whip in racing from 1 September 2017.
Posted 12 Dec 2016
Within days of Animal Aid’s protest against horse deaths at Southwell Racecourse, another horse has fallen victim to one of the country’s most lethal racecourses.
Posted 29 Nov 2016
On 15 November, campaign group Animal Aid will visit Southwell Racecourse – one of the most deadly courses in Britain.
Posted 08 Nov 2016
So many horses are dying on Ascot Racecourse, the Queen’s favourite, that representatives of nearly 140,000 people who have signed a Care2 petition demanding action, will be calling on senior officials of the Berkshire course...
Posted 10 Oct 2016
Anyone who saw Animal Aid's footage of Mukaynis getting caught up in the starting stalls and snapping his leg while waiting for the start of a race at Doncaster on Saturday could have felt nothing...
Posted 13 Sep 2016
In September 2014 Animal Aid caught on camera the shooting of race horse Wigmore Hall after he broke a leg while racing in the Doncaster St Leger meeting. At this year’s meeting, Animal Aid again...
Posted 12 Sep 2016
One of the most lethal in the country On Thursday, 21 July, campaign group Animal Aid’s Battle Bus will be at Doncaster Racecourse to tell punters about the shocking number of race horses who have...
Posted 13 Jul 2016
One of the most lethal racecourses in the country On Wednesday, 20 July, campaign group Animal Aid’s Battle Bus will be at Catterick Bridge racecourse to tell punters about the shocking number of race horses...
Posted 13 Jul 2016
... the Queen's horse, Guy Fawkes, is killed
Posted 16 Jun 2016