{"id":144335,"date":"2025-03-19T20:11:11","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T20:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/animal\/214-race-horses-killed-in-2024-a-21-6-increase-in-deaths-from-the-previous-year\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T20:11:11","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T20:11:11","slug":"214-race-horses-killed-in-2024-a-21-6-increase-in-deaths-from-the-previous-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=144335","title":{"rendered":"214 race horses killed in 2024 \u2013 a 21.6% increase in deaths from the previous year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>It is horrifying that in 2024, 214 horses were killed as a result of racing on British racecourses. Horses died from excruciating injury including broken legs, necks, or heart attacks. Despite a new marketing campaign by the racing industry, Horse PWR, which claims that they are\u202freducing\u202ffatalities\u202fand that \u2018every horse matters\u2019 \u2013 the death toll actually\u202fincreased\u202fin the last year!<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 wysiwyg\">\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Two horses died at Cheltenham Festival (Highland Hunter and Ose\u202fPartir) and two horses died at the Grand National\u202fThree<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u2013<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Day\u202fMeeting (Giovinco and\u202fPikar). Four horses (Hallowed Rose, Bala Brook,\u202fCuzzicombe and Happy Helen) died in one day at Newton Abbot racecourse \u2013 racing\u2019s highest death toll for a single day in seventeen years.\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335559740&quot;:216}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">It is clear that\u202fthe\u202fBritish Horseracing Authority (BHA), the sport\u2019s <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">horse welfare and <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">governing body, is failing these horses on an extraordinary scale. It is shocking that\u202fthe\u202fBHA is self-governing, meaning they receive no external checks and balances to ensure they are sticking to their promises\u202fand protecting horses from harm. Clearly, this self-regulation is\u202fdetrimental to the wellbeing of horses, who are suffering on the BHA\u2019s watch.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335559740&quot;:216}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Furthermore, this news comes a week before Cheltenham Festival begins \u2013 a notorious killer of horses. You can find out more about this deadly event\u202f<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animalaid.org.uk\/the-issues\/our-campaigns\/horse-racing\/the-cheltenham-festival\/\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">here.<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335559740&quot;:216}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Says Nina Copleston-Hawkens, Animal Aid Campaign Manager:\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335559740&quot;:216}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u2018That 214 innocent animals were killed whilst trying their best in 2024 \u2013 all in the name of \u2018sport\u2019 \u2013 is heartbreaking\u202fand absurd. These are needless deaths, deaths which have been caused because of exploitation and greed and a total disregard for the sentience of animals. In this industry, the horse never wins. It\u2019s time for this barbaric excuse for a sport to be consigned to the history books, where it belongs.\u2019<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335559740&quot;:216}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Take action &amp; find out more<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><span class=\"TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW145304151 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW145304151 BCX0\">Our new report \u2018Victims of Abuse in British Horse Racing\u2019 will be published on Thursday 6<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW145304151 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun Superscript SCXW145304151 BCX0\" data-fontsize=\"12\">th<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW145304151 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW145304151 BCX0\">\u202fMarch \u2013 check back to our website then for a deep-dive into the reality of horse racing in Britain<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW145304151 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW145304151 BCX0\">.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW145304151 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335559740&quot;:216}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is horrifying that in 2024, 214 horses were killed as a result of racing on British racecourses. 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