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Aintree event claims another equine victim

The tradition of horse deaths at the notorious Grand National three-day meeting continued at this year's event when Lilium de Cotte died on Friday after suffering a massive haemorrhage while running in the 5.30 John Smith's Extra Cold Handicap Hurdle...

Horse experimenters win Mad Science awards

Animal Aid's Mad Science Awards (AAMSAs) - handed out each August for pointless and grotesque scientific research - this year go to research teams from 14 establishments who conducted invasive experiments on horses.

Aintree deaths

Desert Mountain and Anubis Quercus - first casualties of Aintree meet.

Aintree kills another horse

The following statement has been issued by Animal Aid today: The Grand National course has killed yet another horse. The Outback Way, running in the John Hughes Trophy Handicap Chase, is the latest in a long line of victims of this...

Protesters again turn spotlight on Aintree

This article appeared in The Independent, 30 March 2001 as a result of our Horse Racing Awareness Week campaign. After a stop-start season and the abandonment of the Cheltenham Festival, most racegoers and punters are eagerly anticipating the start of...