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In 2018, Animal Aid’s government e-petition signed by over 105,000 people, demanded the removal of the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) from its role as race horse welfare regulator. This was due to the shocking record...
Posted 15 Oct 2019
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A list of the horses who have died running at the Grand National Meeting between 2000 and 2022.
Posted 10 Jun 2019
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Exploitation at its worst in horse racing was exposed yesterday evening (21 May) at Hexham Racecourse. Eleven year-old mare, Beyondtemptation, was forced to race for the third time in just 17 days and was subsequently...
Posted 22 May 2019
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Chaos at the first fence in the Grand National resulted in race horse Up For Review being brought down by a fallen horse.
Posted 06 Apr 2019
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Amid pitiful scenes of suffering on racing’s most notorious racecourse, campaign group, Animal Aid, is calling on the public to not bet on tomorrow’s Grand National.
Posted 05 Apr 2019
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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