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Scenes of carnage at the 2018 Grand National
There were scenes of carnage at the 2018 Grand National which left just twelve exhausted finishers from a field of 40 runners.
Posted 14 Apr 2018
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So called ‘safer’ Grand National Course claims Lilbitluso’s life
On the first day of the 2018 Grand National Race Meeting at Aintree, Liverpool, 10-year-old gelding Lilbitluso (IRE) lost his life at the notorious Canal Turn Fence.
Posted 12 Apr 2018
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Ricky Gervais, Sara Pascoe and 40,000 other people call on the government to act over race horse deaths
Animal Aid's campaign to urge the government to take action over the shockingly high death rate in British horse racing is going from strength to strength. Our petition has passed the 40,000 mark and we...
Posted 05 Apr 2018
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Racing’s carnage continues as two horses are killed at Wetherby
In the wake of six horse deaths at Cheltenham this month, the carnage has continued at racecourses up and down the country.
Posted 29 Mar 2018
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Celebrities call for urgent action over horse deaths at Cheltenham
12 celebrities have signed an open letter calling for urgent action over horse deaths at Cheltenham. Six horses died at this year’s Festival, including four on the final day of racing.
Posted 23 Mar 2018
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Take action to help race horses: 7-14 April
For those horrified by the horse deaths at the 2018 Cheltenham Festival, please make a pledge to help with Animal Aid's Horse Racing Awareness Week, which takes place in the days leading up to the...
Posted 19 Mar 2018
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Horrific scenes in the final race of the Cheltenham Festival
Three horses lost their lives in what was one of the ugliest races in the history of the Cheltenham Festival.
Posted 16 Mar 2018
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A distressing death for race horse Sandsend as he becomes the third victim at the 2018 Cheltenham Festival
Racing at full speed and close to the end of the 2-mile Randox Health County Hurdle, 5-year-old grey gelding Sandsend (FR) lost his footing on Cheltenham Racecourse’s atrociously heavy, poached ground.
Posted 16 Mar 2018
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Two horses dead on the first day of the 2018 Cheltenham Festival
Cheltenham, Britain’s most dangerous racecourse, claimed two equine victims on the first day of its 2018 Festival Meeting.
Posted 13 Mar 2018
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Take action for race horses!
Animal Aid has launched an e-petition urging the government to set up an independent regulatory body, with horse welfare as its only interest, which will take meaningful action to stop horses dying.
Posted 15 Feb 2018
