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‘Thankfully, there were no horse fatalities in this year’s Grand National but the race was a stomach-churning, chaotic event, with just 18 of the 39 who took part able to complete the course...

Four horses died at last week’s four-day Cheltenham Festival. This is an attrition rate four times higher than that found in racing as a whole, and twice the death rate when only jump racecourses are considered.

Crowded races, long distances to run, the use in demanding events of novice horses, stiff fences and challenging racing ground … these are key factors that lead to more horses being killed at Cheltenham Racecourse than at any other track...

Animal Aid has obtained an official document revealing that the pregnant sheep experiment recently featured on our Victims of Charity website – and which was financially supported by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) – was part of a vast research...

Four horses dead in just three days of racing. Animal Aid is calling for the immediate closure of Southwell Racecourse, following the third horse death in just two days of racing. Two of the victims died violently in starting stall...

As celebrity jockey AP McCoy approaches a landmark total of 4,000 wins in a career spanning more than 20 years, the unpalatable truth omitted from the growing hype is the shocking number of horses who have died under him on...

The Guardian’s Felicity Lawrence has conducted a thorough and eye-opening investigation into the horsemeat scandal, which has uncovered a ‘labyrinth of murky meat brokerage that stretches across borders and takes in drug and horse smuggling, animal welfare abuses, and one...

Animal Aid’s online database of horse deaths on British racecourses, which was launched in March 2007, has reached a dismal milestone with the recording of the one-thousandth fatality.

National campaign group, Animal Aid, held a demonstration at the gates of Uttoxeter Racecourse on 19 June to highlight the shockingly high number of horses killed at the Staffordshire venue.

Following the deaths of three horses in a single day of racing at Wetherby Racecourse last week, Animal Aid’s Horseracing Consultant, Dene Stansall, will travel to the West Yorkshire course to remind those attending the Yorkshire Post Ladies' Evening event...