HORSE RACING
Horse Racing News Archive
Friday's BHA whip meeting: The not so innocent jockey victims (19-01-2012)
Whipping for Profit: how horseracing rewards the cheat (09-01-2012)
Animal Aid in Oxford to oppose carriage transport scheme that threatens horse welfare and public safety (19-12-2011)
Fixing the propaganda race: how the pro-whip lobby suppresses debate and misrepresents truth (01-12-2011)
A Trojan Horse Arrives at Cheltenham (17-11-2011)
New whip rules in disarray after the British Horseracing Authority fears a beating by jockeys (11-11-2011)
Grand National Review: BHA's Feeble Package of 'Reforms' (02-11-2011)
British Horseracing Authority beaten into submission by rebel jockeys (21-10-2011)
The BHA must stand firm on new whipping rules (14-10-2011)
L'Ancresse Racecourse - not fit for purpose (06-10-2011)
The BHA says that the whipping of race horses must go on (27-09-2011)
New poll shows slump in support for Grand National (01-09-2011)
Changes to the Grand National course will still leave horses at a high risk of fatal injury (15-08-2011)
Jockeys breach whipping rules more than 450 times in just six months (03-08-2011)
Whip-Abused Race Horse Rewilding Killed On His Return To Ascot (23-07-2011)
RSPCA members vote to ban the whip in racing (29-06-2011)
Playboy model Victoria Eisermann offers Royal Ascot punters a whipping (17-06-2011)
Three horses dead in a day (14-06-2011)
Playboy model Victoria Eisermann offers Royal Ascot punters a whipping (13-06-2011)
700 horse deaths in four years cast shadow over royal Derby celebrations (03-06-2011)
A ban on the whip in horse racing is in sight! (22-04-2011)
Two horses dead in the Scottish Grand National (16-04-2011)
Two horses killed at Aintree: Grand National 'equivalent to Spanish bullfighting' (09-04-2011)
Animal Aid brings Grand National protests to Liverpool & London (08-04-2011)
A Horse Killed on First Day of Grand National Meeting 2011 (07-04-2011)
City Centre Billboard Labels Aintree Horse Deaths a 'National Disgrace' (06-04-2011)
New report exposes racing industry's 'dirty secret' (03-04-2011)
Cheltenham Claims its First Victim: Lush Life (17-03-2011)
Race Death Horror on Eve of the Cheltenham Festival (15-03-2011)
Tombstone Ceremony for Horses Killed at Cheltenham (11-03-2011)
New Animal Aid investigation reveals horseracing whipping rules breached almost 900 times last year (04-03-2011)
Join Animal Aid's Memorial Ceremony at Cheltenham Racecourse on 17 March (28-02-2011)
Newbury deaths: why did vets give the OK to race? (14-02-2011)
Latest figure show shocking rise in horse slaughter figures (08-02-2011)
Whipping race horses is not only cruel, it also does not make them run faster, says latest research (02-02-2011)
Twist Magic's death is just one of hundreds each year in racing (16-12-2010)
Say 'NO!' to Jockey AP McCoy as BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award. (10-12-2010)
Horseracing whipping rules breached more than 450 times in just six months (06-09-2010)
Cheltenham's Notorious Killer Fence to be moved (26-07-2010)
Ask Your MP to Back Early Day Motion for Racehorses (07-07-2010)
News of a Fifth Horse Death at the 2010 Grand National Meeting (20-05-2010)
Race industry regulator attacked for leniency in horse abuse case (17-05-2010)
Abusive horse trader, James Gray, loses appeal (06-05-2010)
BBC UNDER ATTACK OVER FOUR GRAND NATIONAL DEATHS (09-04-2010)
The 2010 Grand National Meeting - The Killing Continues (09-04-2010)
Grand National protest outside BBC HQ in London (07-04-2010)
Animal Aid brings Grand National protest to the people of Liverpool (31-03-2010)
One Thoroughbred Death Every Other Day on a British Racecourse (26-03-2010)
Graphic Billboard Spells Out Deadly Reality of the Grand National (24-03-2010)
Cheltenham 2010 - The Horse Racing Festival of Death (20-03-2010)
Cheltenham's 2010 Festival of Death Claims a Second Victim (17-03-2010)
Cheltenham 2010: One horse dead after just 75 minutes (16-03-2010)
Animal Aid Commemorates a Decade of Death at Cheltenham Festival (08-03-2010)
A weekend of racing in atrocious conditions leaves three horses dead (01-03-2010)
Call for Public Boycott at Doncaster Racecourse (14-12-2009)
Last Chance to Ask Your MP to Back EDM 285 for Racehorses (12-11-2009)
Wetherby Racecourse Death Toll Rises to Eleven (03-11-2009)
Animal Aid's Spectre of Death to Visit Lethal Wetherby Racecourse (30-10-2009)
Four Horses Die in One Day at Wetherby Racecourse (15-10-2009)
Leading Race Horse ‘Moonquake’ Dies of a Heart Attack (16-09-2009)
First horse death at Britain’s newest racecourse (09-09-2009)
Four horses are killed in a single weekend of racing (20-07-2009)
Capped For Victory: The story of a racing industry victim (03-07-2009)
Grand National star horse set for retirement after Animal Aid warns of potential court action (15-05-2009)
Course accused of 'cold-hearted complacency' as six horses die in one day at Killarney (11-05-2009)
Five Horses Killed at 2009 Grand National Meeting (04-04-2009)
Aintree 2009 Claims its Fourth Victim (03-04-2009)
The 'Best' and the 'Worst' Killed at Aintree (02-04-2009)
Threefold Increase in Horse Deaths on All-Weather Racecourses (02-04-2009)
Animal Aid brands the Grand National a 'sick oddity' (26-03-2009)
Race Horses Need Your Help (26-03-2009)
As Cheltenham Kills Another Horse, Animal Aid Fears for Denman (13-03-2009)
Animal Aid Protests at The 'Festival of Death' (05-03-2009)
MPs rally over horse welfare (27-02-2009)
MEDIA INVITATION TO A MEETING WITH MIKE HANCOCK MP REGARDING RACE HORSE WELFARE (23-02-2009)
Race Horse Welfare Under Commons Spotlight (18-12-2008)
Ask Your MP to Back Early Day Motion for Racehorses (17-12-2008)
The Trial of James Gray, Horse Dealer (10-12-2008)
‘Worst ever’ horse cruelty trial begins (09-12-2008)
Tears Of A Clown Killed at Royal Ascot 2008 (18-06-2008)
Ascot 2008: Horse death and suffering behind the glamour (17-06-2008)
Horse Killed on Opening Day at Great Leighs Racecourse (29-05-2008)
Great Leighs is visited by Animal Aid's Spectre of Death on its Grand Opening Day (21-05-2008)
Great Leighs Racecourse: First Horse Death on Third Day of Racing (15-05-2008)
Devastating assault on racing cruelty by top Fleet Street writer (14-04-2008)
Tell the BBC that the Death of McKelvey Was Avoidable (09-04-2008)
BBC1 ‘STAR’ HORSE KILLED AT THE GRAND NATIONAL (05-04-2008)
Grand National Meeting Kills Two More Horses (04-04-2008)
Spectre of Death Visits Ludlow Racecourse (04-04-2008)
As racing goes into crisis talks over jockeys' behaviour ... WHIP USE AT AINTREE UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT (31-03-2008)
UK-wide protests against the Grand National (28-03-2008)
Britain’s Most Lethal Course Claims Another Victim (26-03-2008)
Spectre of Death Visits Britain's Most Lethal Racecourse (25-03-2008)
RACED TO DEATH!! (19-03-2008)
Another Victim at Cheltenham's Festival of Death (14-03-2008)
The Spectre of Death Comes to the Cheltenham Festival (04-03-2008)
Four Deaths in Just One Day - Three at Ludlow Racecourse (08-02-2008)
MP joins Animal Aid in calling for a ban on use of whip (28-01-2008)
The Brutal Truth of the Horse Trade (10-01-2008)
Animal Aid Calls on Police to Prosecute Jockey (08-01-2008)
The Spectre of Death Comes to Plumpton Racecourse (12-12-2007)
Guardian Prints the Case Against Horse Racing (29-11-2007)
Notorious Cheltenham Racecourse Claims Two More Victims (19-11-2007)
One Hundred Horses Raced to Death Since Cheltenham Festival (15-11-2007)
More Racehorses Sacrificed (29-10-2007)
Secretly filmed in an English abattoir... HEALTHY HORSES AND PONIES BUTCHERED FOR MEAT EXPORTS (18-09-2007)
Race horse DeathWatch reaches a depressing milestone (04-07-2007)
Victory! Horse Slaughter Rules Tightened (15-06-2007)
Exposed - Race Horses Slaughtered For Meat (11-06-2007)
EXPOSED! Race Horse Vivisection (16-05-2007)
Cheltenham Racecourse angry over horsemeat stunt (15-05-2007)
Graphic Approach dies following Grand National injuries (14-05-2007)
Aintree 2007 kills two horses and leaves two more fighting for their lives (16-04-2007)
Aintree 2007 Claims its Second Victim (13-04-2007)
Aintree Kills Yet Another Horse (13-04-2007)
UK-wide protests against the Grand National (05-04-2007)
Animal Aid launches Horse Race Deathwatch (04-04-2007)
Racing Kills Four More Horses in a Single Day (27-03-2007)
BBC apologises for silencing horse racing industry critic (22-03-2007)
Racing in Crisis as Four Horses Killed in One Day’s Racing at Wincanton (20-03-2007)
Grand National : The two favourites are raced to death (20-03-2007)
Cheltenham’s Festival of Death claims another horse victim (16-03-2007)
Little Brick Falls Victim to Cheltenham's Festival of Death (14-03-2007)
The Spectre of Death Comes to the Cheltenham Festival (09-03-2007)
The Spectre of Death Comes to Wolverhampton Racecourse (01-02-2007)
Outrage over 'clean bill of health' for death-trap racecourse (24-01-2007)
Death toll rises to seven in 9 weeks on Wolverhampton's death-trap course (16-01-2007)
Call for immediate suspension of horse racing at Wolverhampton following fifth equine fatality (12-12-2006)
The Spectre of Death Comes to Market Rasen Racecourse (14-11-2006)
Three More Horses Killed on Cheltenham’s Notorious Racecourse (13-11-2006)
The Spectre of Death comes to Haydock Racecourse (17-10-2006)
EXPOSED! Racing industry's 'systematic horse exploitation, injury and destruction' (29-09-2006)
Dominatrix to surprise punters at Royal Ascot - Activists will invite punters for a whipping (21-06-2006)
Animal Aid's Commons Challenge to Race Industry (14-06-2006)
Horse race industry in turmoil after Derby death (05-06-2006)
Cheltenham horse death cover up: Alfred The Great became the tenth race horse victim of the disastrous Cheltenham Racing Festival of 2006. (10-04-2006)
Tyneandthyneagain becomes 32nd aintree victim in a decade of carnage (08-04-2006)
Grand National: Call for 2006 race to be the last (04-04-2006)
Tyneandthyneagain becomes 32nd aintree victim in a decade of carnage (08-04-2006)
New Horse Death Research Shows Odds Stacked Against Grand National Runners (29-03-2006)
With the Grand National imminent... Horse racing cruelty forced onto the political agenda (24-03-2006)
Call for Cheltenham Festival boss to resign as six horses die in one day (17-03-2006)
Cheltenham Racing Festival: Two horses dead in the first two days of racing at Britain's most lethal course (16-03-2006)
Cheltenham Racing Festival: Another horse dead at Britain's most lethal course (15-03-2006)
'The Lady in Black' Visits Cheltenham Race Course to Mourn Hundreds of Equine Victims (14-03-2006)
ANIMAL AID BACKGROUND NOTES ON THE HORSERACING INDUSTRY (05-03-2008)
Ascot dominatrix gives punters a whipping (01-06-2006)
Should the Grand National be axed for being too cruel? (01-04-2006)
Joan Smith: What kind of sport lets its finest athletes die on the track? (19-03-2006)
Does tinkering with bloodline increase equine mortality rate? (01-03-2006)
GEARING UP FOR THE GRAND NATIONAL (01-12-2001)
GEARING UP FOR THE GRAND NATIONAL (01-12-2001)
RACE-STARVED PUNTERS HAVE BIGGEST BET YET (01-04-2001)
LONG RIDE HOME FOR AN UNFALLEN HERO (01-04-2001)
YOU CAN WASH THE MUD OFF THE SILKS, BUT NOT THE STAIN OFF THE RACE (01-04-2001)
THE WORLD'S GREATEST STEEPLECHASE? (01-04-2001)
THE GRAND NATIONAL (01-04-2001)
BOOKIES TARGETED BY ANIMAL RIGHTS PROTESTERS (01-03-2001)
JOCKEY CLUB IS TARGETED BY ANIMAL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS IN BUILD-UP TO BIG RACE (01-03-2001)
AINTREE SABOTAGE FEAR AS ANIMAL RIGHTS HARDLINERS WAGE CYBER WAR ON NATIONAL (01-03-2001)
PROTESTERS AGAIN TURN SPOTLIGHT ON AINTREE (01-03-2001)
NATIONAL OUTRAGE AT MIGHTY FENCES (01-03-2001)
HUNT BAN STILL IN THE BALANCE (01-02-2001)
BBC SPORT - National disgrace (01-06-2002)
NATIONAL COMPLAINT - Letter to the BBC (01-06-2002)
NATIONAL FACING BIGGEST PROTEST (01-04-2002)
FOREIGN SUPPORT - For the National protest (01-03-2002)
NATIONAL DISGRACE - Aintree's shame (01-03-2002)
CHAIN EMAIL - Boycott the Grand National (01-03-2002)
BE PART OF IT! Saturday 6th April 2002 - The biggest demonstration Aintree has ever seen (01-03-2002)
THE JOCKEY CLUB - Letter to Animal Aid (01-02-2002)
THE JOCKEY CLUB - Letter from Animal Aid (01-02-2002)
JOCKEY CLUB - "In talks on animal rights" (01-02-2002)
HORSE RACING - The dark side exposed (01-06-2003)
PROTECTING HORSES - In league with the AHT? (01-06-2003)
THE ANIMAL HEALTH TRUST - Riding for a fall (01-06-2003)
NATIONAL DISGRACE? A culture of cruelty (01-04-2003)
DEAR MR DYKE - Letter to the BBC (01-04-2003)
ROLL OF HONOUR - National pledge (01-03-2003)
DAMNING REPORT - Campaign coverage (01-03-2003)
HORSES BUCKLING - 'Pressure is relentless' (01-03-2003)
Dominatrixes give jockeys a whipping (01-10-2004)
RACING DEBATE - Head to head with the lobbyist (01-04-2004)
WHIPPING SCANDAL EXPOSED - Horse Racing Awareness Week 2004 (01-03-2004)
PUBLIC AGREE - HORSE RACING IS CRUEL - Animal Aid wins Countryfile debate (01-03-2004)
Odds-on cruelty (01-03-2005)
Gold, the ex-racehorse (01-03-2005)
ACTION NOT TEARS ARE NEEDED FOR JUMPING'S BIGGEST CASUALTY SINCE ARKLE (01-11-2005)
Dominatrix Derby - Activists invite course officials for a whipping (03-06-2005)
The spectre of death comes to Ascot (17-06-2005)
Animal Aid slams Grand National (05-04-2005)
Aintree event claims another equine victim (11-04-2005)
More than 370 horses raced to death every year (15-03-2005)
For the fourth year running, three horses die at the Cheltenham Festival (19-03-2005)
CHELTENHAM FESTIVAL: Country's deadliest course claims two more victims (18-03-2005)
Call for whip ban at Jockey Club race (14-10-2004)
STATEMENT ON THE FAILURE OF PROFESSOR WILLIAM 'TWINK' ALLEN TO OBTAIN A HOME OFFICE LICENCE TO CONDUCT CLONING EXPERIMENTS ON HORSES (06-05-2004)
CALL FOR GRAND NATIONAL BAN AFTER ANOTHER YEAR OF 'CARNAGE' (03-04-2004)
A HIDING TO NOTHING (31-03-2004)
MEETING WITH THE ANIMAL HEALTH TRUST (01-09-2003)
HORSE EXPERIMENTERS WIN MAD SCIENCE AWARDS (14-08-2003)
NEW POLL SHOWS STRONG PUBLIC OPPOSITION TO GRAND NATIONAL (02-04-2003)
CALL FOR GRAND NATIONAL BAN AFTER ANOTHER TRAGIC DEATH (05-04-2003)
AINTREE MEET CLAIMS FIRST EQUINE VICTIM (04-04-2003)
RIDING FOR A FALL (26-03-2003)
CALL FOR QUEEN MOTHER HORSE FUND (02-04-2002)
GRAND NATIONAL - BBC CONDEMNED (06-04-2002)
AINTREE DEATHS (04-04-2002)
COUNTDOWN TO GRAND NATIONAL PROTEST (19-03-2002)
THE JOCKEY CLUB (21-02-2002)
RSPCA URGED TO PROSECUTE GRAND NATIONAL ORGANISERS FOR ANIMAL CRUELTY (7-04-2001)
AINTREE KILLS ANOTHER HORSE (6-04-2001)
BOBBYJO - YET ANOTHER VICTIM OF NATIONAL HUNT RACING (5-04-2001)
ONE IN 31 NATIONAL HUNT HORSES RACED TO DEATH LAST YEAR (30-03-2001)
FIVE HORSES DEAD IN THREE DAYS IS NO CAUSE FOR CELEBRATION (08-04-2000)
ANOTHER HORSE DEAD - BUT 'BUSINESS AS USUAL' AT THE GRAND NATIONAL MEET (07-04-2000)
ANIMAL AID CONDEMNS BLOODBATH AT OPENING OF GRAND NATIONAL MEET (06-04-2000)
BETTING SHOPS TARGET OF GRAND NATIONAL CAMPAIGN (25-03-2000)
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