The Cheltenham Festival takes place between 11th-14th March - and will be surrounded by the inevitable ‘welfare propaganda’ pushed by the racing industry. We know this to be nothing more than empty marketing rhetoric, peddled by the industry to convince...
It is shocking that in 2024, there were 557 breaches of whip regulations. Currently, the whip may be used six times in a flat race and seven times in a jump race. These limits are arbitrary and mean nothing for the horses...
It is horrifying that in 2024, 214 horses were killed as a result of racing on British racecourses. Horses died from excruciating injury including broken legs, necks, or heart attacks. Despite a new marketing campaign by the racing industry, Horse...
A week tomorrow heralds the beginning of the four-day Cheltenham Festival, an event which has taken the lives of 76 horses since 2000. It is hard to imagine any human-sport with such a disturbing – and growing – death toll.
From horses and greyhounds to those imprisoned in zoos and festive displays, there's nothing entertaining about exploiting animals - yet the entertainment industry works hard to convince us otherwise.
Three horses lost their lives at Cheltenham Racecourse in distressing and visible incidents (Sun 17 Nov). Two horses, Abuffalosoldier and Bangers And Cash collapsed and died of suspected heart attacks in the same race – a demanding three-and-a-half mile contest...
A newly released government report has shed light on the alarming number of animals used in experiments across Great Britain last year, with the total reaching a shocking 2,605,528. This figure includes a wide variety of species, many of which...
National Racehorse Week kicks off today: a week-long marketing campaign in which the racing industry attempts to portray horse racing as an idyll and race horses as willing, cherished participants. This is a fairytale, as recently obtained figures from the...
Charlotte Dujardin, a dressage champion for Team GB, has withdrawn from the 2024 Paris Olympics. This is due to recently-surfaced footage, taken four years ago of her whipping a horse repeatedly around the legs.
Shocking figures obtained by Animal Aid show that 112 horses were killed on British racecourses from January – June 2024, and there were 299 abuses of the whip.
