The Review of the 2012 Grand National by the industry’s regulatory body, the British Horseracing Authority (BHA), has utterly failed to address the core problems that have made the event such a prolific killer of...
Posted 20 Sep 2012
With the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) having this week completed an almost total retreat from the strengthened whip rules it introduced four months ago, the case for an outright whip ban is stronger than ever....
Posted 23 Feb 2012
Despite having forced racing’s regulator to twice dilute the new whipping rules introduced on 10 October 2011, jockeys’ representatives meet tomorrow (Friday, 20 January) with the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) in what appears to be...
Posted 19 Jan 2012
Animal Aid supporter, Dr Steve Jones, shares his views on the use of the whip in racing
Posted 01 Dec 2011
To mark 100 years of Cheltenham's National Hunt Festival, the Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum organised an exhibition, entitled Horse Parade, featuring 10 sculptures of horses by national artists.
Posted 17 Nov 2011
Thirty-one days into the new whip rules being implemented, the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) has for a second time succumbed to pressure from whip-happy and abusive jockeys.
Posted 11 Nov 2011
Following public outrage at the death of two horses in the 2011 Grand National, the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) undertook a review of the event that was ‘designed to continue enhancing the safety and welfare...
Posted 02 Nov 2011
By giving in to the petulant complaints by jockeys about the new whip rules, the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) has again demonstrated that it doesn’t have the courage, competence or strategic intelligence to act as...
Posted 21 Oct 2011
Animal Aid’s Response to the BHA’s Review of the Whip
Posted 27 Sep 2011
Public support for Aintree’s historic Grand National race has declined significantly over the last eight years, according to the results of a new NOP opinion poll, commissioned by national campaign group Animal Aid.
Posted 01 Sep 2011