Cheltenham Horse Racing Festival: Take Action!
The notorious Cheltenham Festival, which has killed so many innocent horses, will take place 14-17 March 2023.
Posted 12 Mar 2023
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New film and adverts announce the launch of Animal Aid’s campaign to Ban Jump Racing
Today – 1 March 2023 – As the horse racing industry gears up for the major jump events of the year, Animal Aid reveals a brand-new campaign which calls for a total ban on the...
Posted 01 Mar 2023
Airbrushing out the painful truth
Racing’s new promotional poster reveals that the whip is unacceptable
Posted 20 Feb 2023
Horses will still suffer beatings as new whip rules implemented
Today (Monday 13 February 2023), the British Horseracing Authority’s (BHA) new whip rules will be implemented for Jumps racing, following a ‘bedding in’ period of a month, and a further delay of a week for...
Posted 13 Feb 2023
Horse Racing Cruelty – 2022 Summary
• 178 horses killed on courses in Great Britain • 84 horses killed on courses in Ireland • 429 whip offences were committed by jockeys • 100 jockeys committed two or more whip offences
Posted 23 Jan 2023
U-turn on the use of the whip means race horses will continue to be beaten
Posted 04 Jan 2023
National Racehorse Week: An industry that is still sending its horses to slaughter
As the racing industry gears up to its self-promoting initiative, National Racehorse Week (10-18 September 2022), Animal Aid can reveal that race horses are still being slaughtered for their meat.
Posted 05 Sep 2022
Race Horse deaths continue at an alarming rate
The unrelenting rate of horses killed in racing continues, with 95 horses losing their lives between 1 January and 30 June 2022.
Posted 08 Aug 2022
Huge disappointment as British Horseracing Authority fails to ban the whip 
Animal Aid, along with other animal protection groups, have expressed anger and disappointment at the results of the long awaited, and delayed, review of the use of the whip in horse racing.
Posted 12 Jul 2022
Animal Aid statement on Royal Ascot: heat wave created unacceptable risk to horse’s lives
Royal Ascot ends the life of at least one horse, with multiple whip offences also seen at this year’s event.
Posted 20 Jun 2022