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Posted on the 14th June 2011
Sedgefield racecourse reinforced its reputation as Britain's deadliest racecourse - along with Cheltenham* - when three horses perished there on Monday 13 June.
In the 4.30 pm Handicap Chase, 9-year-old gelding Best Horse and 10-year-old Troodos Jet both fell at the fifth fence and broke their necks within seconds of each other. Half an hour later, in the handicap hurdle, Provost fell and was fatally injured.
This means that six horses have been killed in the past few weeks at Sedgefield. Thirty-three have perished at the County Durham venue since March 2007 when Animal Aid established Race Horse Deathwatch, its online database of equine fatalities on Britain’s 60 racecourses.
Says Animal Aid Horse Racing Consultant, Dene Stansall:
‘Sedgefield’s record of race horse deaths is second to none. Neither the racecourse, its owners Northern Racing, nor the welfare regulator, the British Horseracing Authority, seem willing or able to deal with what is a major welfare problem. There should be no second chances with this racecourse. There is only one logical course of action to stop further horse deaths, and that is to shut the place down.’
*Race Horse Deathwatch also records 33 deaths at Cheltenham Racecourse since March 2007.
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