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
Cheltenham, Britain’s most dangerous racecourse, claimed two equine victims on the first day of its 2018 Festival Meeting.
Posted 13 Mar 2018
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
The 2019 Cheltenham Festival starts on 12 March.
Posted 31 Jan 2018
A year on since the death of race horse Many Clouds at Cheltenham, the racecourse is, at this weekend’s race meeting, screening a film about the horse, whilst his trainer, Oliver Sherwood, is taking a...
Posted 25 Jan 2018
In the space of just over thirteen weeks, seven horses have perished as a result of racing at Lingfield’s All-Weather racecourse.
Posted 24 Jan 2018
Race Horse Deathwatch Review 2017 Animal Aid was able to find out about 159* horses who died as a result of racing on British racecourses in 2017. The number of fatalities is well above the 2016...
Posted 22 Jan 2018
In 2017, there was a shocking rise (11.5%) in the number of times that jockeys broke the whip rules. Compared with 2016, 7% more jockeys broke the rules at least once, and there was a...
Posted 15 Jan 2018
Just weeks after four horses were killed at Cheltenham racecourse, a horrendous scene emerged again this weekend (16 December 2017) at the Gloucestershire course, as a young race horse shattered a hind leg.
Posted 18 Dec 2017
The innate cruelty of National Hunt (jump) racing was evident this week at Ludlow Racecourse which saw seven-year-old gelding Gayebury take an horrific fall and suffer fatal spinal injuries.
Posted 07 Dec 2017
