These are photographs the racing industry does not want the public to see. They show Wigmore Hall moments after breaking his leg at Doncaster Racecourse, and then being shot in the head by a vet....
Posted 19 Sep 2014
Two horses, both aged six-years-old, lost their lives at Plumpton Racecourse yesterday afternoon (Sunday 11 May).
Posted 13 May 2014
‘Thankfully, there were no horse fatalities in this year’s Grand National but the race was a stomach-churning, chaotic event, with just 18 of the 39 who took part able to complete the course. Eight horses...
Posted 05 Apr 2014
Four horses died at last week’s four-day Cheltenham Festival. This is an attrition rate four times higher than that found in racing as a whole, and twice the death rate when only jump racecourses are...
Posted 17 Mar 2014
Crowded races, long distances to run, the use in demanding events of novice horses, stiff fences and challenging racing ground … these are key factors that lead to more horses being killed at Cheltenham Racecourse...
Posted 03 Mar 2014
Four horses dead in just three days of racing
Posted 21 Jan 2014
As celebrity jockey AP McCoy approaches a landmark total of 4,000 wins in a career spanning more than 20 years, the unpalatable truth omitted from the growing hype is the shocking number of horses who...
Posted 01 Nov 2013
Animal Aid’s online database of horse deaths on British racecourses, which was launched in March 2007, has reached a dismal milestone with the recording of the one-thousandth fatality. He was seven-year-old Hired Hand, who ‘broke...
Posted 04 Aug 2013
National campaign group, Animal Aid, held a demonstration at the gates of Uttoxeter Racecourse on 19 June to highlight the shockingly high number of horses killed at the Staffordshire venue. At the heart of the...
Posted 13 Jun 2013
Following the deaths of three horses in a single day of racing at Wetherby Racecourse last week, Animal Aid’s Horseracing Consultant, Dene Stansall, will travel to the West Yorkshire course to remind those attending the...
Posted 29 May 2013