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Forcing horses to race has been cleverly marketed as ‘the sport of kings’ but behind this glossy veneer is a dark and disturbing reality.

We've spent over twenty years exposing the reality of this heavily romanticised ‘sport’, successfully changing both public perception and media coverage.

New information obtained from the Food Standards Agency by Animal Aid (through a Freedom of Information request) reveals the truth behind the smokescreen of ‘glamour’ at Ascot this week. Statistics show that 317 horses from the racing industry were sent...

Animal Aid has named over three thousand race horses who have been killed as a result of racing on British racecourses.

Just a week after the Aintree Grand National claimed the life of Celebre d’Allen, the Scottish Grand National at Ayr, has seen two 7-year-old horses, The Kniphand and Macdermott, lose their lives. Persian Time has died after a falling in...

Animal Aid is heartbroken and disgusted that yet another horse has been killed at The Cheltenham Festival. Springwell Bay was killed this afternoon after falling at a fence - and became the 77th victim of this barbaric event since the...

Today is the first day of the 2025 Cheltenham Festival – a four-day event which has claimed the lives of 76 race horses since 2000.  

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...