{"id":274919,"date":"2025-06-05T12:40:55","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T12:40:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/animal\/3000-horses-killed-due-to-racing-as-epsom-derby-festival-begins\/"},"modified":"2025-06-05T12:40:55","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T12:40:55","slug":"3000-horses-killed-due-to-racing-as-epsom-derby-festival-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=274919","title":{"rendered":"3,000 horses killed due to racing as Epsom Derby Festival begins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Animal Aid has named over three thousand race horses who have been killed as a result of racing on British racecourses. <\/p>\n<p>This Friday and Saturday (6th and 7th June) is the Epsom Derby Festival \u2013 a two-day flat-race meeting which sees horses running for their lives to the tune of gambling, fancy outfits and flowing alcohol. As the horses, known to the industry as world leading, are about to take part in this year\u2019s Derby, a sinister and opaque veil hangs over the racing industry \u2013 that of its dead. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 wysiwyg\">\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Outside of the Grand National and Cheltenham Festival, very little information is in the public domain relating to the deaths of horses in racing. The most reliable documentation is provided by Animal Aid on its <a href=\"http:\/\/horsedeathwatch.com\">dedicated website<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">In just over six and a half thousand days, th<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">ree thousand race horses have lost their lives approximating to one death nearly every two days. Behind this shocking statistic is suffering that has been largely ignored by politicians and a number of leading horse and animal welfare organisations. There is also a lack of information and effective action from racing\u2019s regulator, the British Horseracing Authority. This as a whole, is a default position that shamefully disregards innate cruelty to horses who race.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Last year, Tears Of A Clown collapsed and died during the Epsom Derby. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/racing\/2024\/06\/01\/epsom-derby-tears-of-a-clown-death-racegoers-cry\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Black sheets were reportedly placed around her<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> to hide her suffering from the watching crowds. This is symbolic of the greater deception by the racing industry. They hide animal suffering behind screens, fancy marketing, misleading statistics and empty rhetoric. But this fa\u00e7ade is starting to slip, and the social license is slowly expiring.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 wysiwyg\">\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Says Dene Stansall, Animal Aid\u2019s Horse Racing Consultant<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2018The racing industry led by the British Horseracing Authority has failed the only essential component to their existence \u2013 the horse. They\u2019ve treated horses in cruel and callus ways; disposable objects who come and go in vast numbers.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2018Animal grief is played out every week on racecourses and to the contrary, the racing industry feel comfortable in the support they have from politicians, World Horse Welfare, and the RSPCA. Hiding behind this shield has led to a stagnant situation that is, literally, a dead-end for horses.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2018Animal Aid has rebuked the industry with determination and resilience, but vital support is needed from the media to expose race horse cruelty that has led to three thousand equine victims.\u2019\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">How you can help horses and end horse racing:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Animal Aid has named over three thousand race horses who have been killed as a result of racing on British racecourses. 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