Horse Racing

Around 150 horses die each year in the UK horse-racing industry, so Animal Aid is urging the government to set up an independent regulatory body to protect horses from abuse.

Jockey Davy Russell was given a four-day ban by the Irish Turf Club following the incident in Tramore, County Waterford, in August 2017.

The 10-year-old gelding was euthanised after falling at the Canal Turn fence.

RIP Mossback, Report to Base, Sandsend, Dresden, Some Plan and North Hill Harvey.

Horses bred for greed and speed are pushed beyond their natural abilities and forced to run at breakneck pace on this deliberately hazardous course.

The model, TV star, and former wife of footballer George Best urges sports fans to stay away from ‘this most unsporting of events’.

ITV is set to broadcast the Grand National for the first time this April, despite the large number of deaths at last year’s race.

Four horses have lost their lives at Cheltenham this year.

Elaborate hats and fancy dresses can’t distract from the massacre on the track.

This year’s Grand National horse racing event has claimed four horses’ lives before the biggest race has even begun.