Animal Aid has called for a ban on the three-day Grand National Meeting after Houx Gris and The Long Mile were killed, bringing the death total for the three-day event to 55 horses since the...
Posted 12 Apr 2021
Several animal protection groups and animal sanctuaries have joined together to speak out for race horses.
Posted 19 Mar 2021
Following the publication of shocking images of Grand National winning trainer, Gordon Elliott, and amateur jockey, Rob James, sitting on newly dead horses, Animal Aid has written to racing’s regulators to ask how many horses...
Posted 03 Mar 2021
Animal Aid’s detailed research into race horse deaths found that 186 horses died in 2019 as a direct result of racing. This alarming figure shows no sign of improvement in comparison to the fatality records...
Posted 06 Feb 2020
Animal Aid’s website Race Horse Deathwatch was launched in 2007 to expose the deaths of horses on British racecourses.
Posted 03 Dec 2019
Amid pitiful scenes of suffering on racing’s most notorious racecourse, campaign group, Animal Aid, is calling on the public to not bet on tomorrow’s Grand National.
Posted 05 Apr 2019
In the wake of three horse deaths at the recent Cheltenham Festival and ahead of the Grand National meeting which starts on 4 April, national campaigning group, Animal Aid, has renewed its call for a...
Posted 25 Mar 2019
On the last day of the Cheltenham Festival, two more horses have lost their lives, one of whom died in the Cheltenham Gold Cup.
Posted 15 Mar 2019
Two six-year-old horses were killed in the same race at Doncaster (9 January).
Posted 10 Jan 2019
Harrowing scenes of race horse suffering were witnessed yesterday afternoon (3 Dec) at Musselburgh Racecourse in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Posted 04 Dec 2018