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Three horses dead in a day
Sedgefield racecourse reinforced its reputation as Britain's deadliest racecourse - along with Cheltenham* - when three horses perished there on Monday 13 June.
Posted 14 Jun 2011
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A ban on the whip in horse racing is in sight!
In a move that could lead to the end of the use of the whip in horse racing, Towcester racecourse in Northamptonshire has announced that, from October, it will ban jockeys from beating horses in...
Posted 22 Apr 2011
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Two horses killed at Aintree: Grand National ‘equivalent to Spanish bullfighting’
The Grand National continued its tradition of killing horses today when Ornais broke his neck and Dooneys Gate broke his back in the gruelling 4 and a half mile event. Their deaths mean that 20...
Posted 09 Apr 2011
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Animal Aid brings Grand National protests to Liverpool and London
To mark Horse Racing Awareness Week, national campaign group Animal Aid has posted a street billboard in Liverpool city centre that reveals the lethal reality of the world-famous Aintree Grand National meeting.
Posted 08 Apr 2011
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A horse killed on first day of Grand National meeting 2011
The first day of the Grand National Meeting of 2011 claimed the life of 6-year-old bay gelding Inventor.
Posted 07 Apr 2011
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Anne the elephant free at last
Anne, the 59-year-old arthritic elephant, has been moved to her permanent new home at Longleat Safari Park.
Posted 04 Apr 2011
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New report exposes racing industry’s ‘dirty secret’
Eighty per cent of British racecourses saw at least one horse fatality over the last twelve months.
Posted 03 Apr 2011
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New Animal Aid investigation reveals horse racing whipping rules breached almost 900 times last year
In the same week that Animal Aid publishes the results of a damning investigation revealing widespread, repeated and flagrant breaches of the British Horseracing Authority’s (BHA) rules on whipping, racing’s regulatory body has shown its...
Posted 04 Mar 2011
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Newbury deaths: why did vets give the ok to race?
The sudden deaths of two horses at Newbury Racecourse on Saturday – apparently from electrocution – has been widely reported. The victims were Fenix Two and Marching Song. Fenix Two was about to run his...
Posted 14 Feb 2011
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Whipping race horses is not only cruel, it also does not make them run faster, says latest research
Animal Aid has campaigned for many years to abolish the use of the whip in horse racing. Our 2010 report, 'Beaten To The Line', shows the extent of the maltreatment that takes place on a...
Posted 02 Feb 2011