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| Stephen Firth 2007-03-27, 5:25 pm |
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Racing Kills Four More Horses in a Single Day
http://www.animalaid.org.uk/h/n/NEW...orse/ALL/1545//
The deaths of four horses yesterday – at Plumpton and Stratford
racecourses – brings to 11 the number of Thoroughbreds killed by
racing in just two weeks.
Animal Aid research indicates that an average of 375 horses are raced
to death every year. One-third die on racecourses, while the others
are destroyed as a result of training injuries, or are killed because
they are no longer commercially viable. The on-course attrition rate
these past 14 days is more than twice the yearly average.
The current spate of deaths began with two fatalities at the
Cheltenham Festival in March. With the notorious three-day Aintree
meeting due to begin on 12 April, more horses are seriously at risk.
The four horses who died yesterday are:
At Plumpton – Crusset (tendon injury) and Paradise Valley (pelvic
injury) were both running in the 3.50 pm hurdle race. The state of the
going was variable – ranging from ‘good-to-soft’ to ‘good-to-firm’.
This meant that the surface was dangerously unpredictable.
At Stratford – Fill The Bunker fractured his pelvis while running in
the 4pm handicap chase. Thirty minutes later, Peerless Motion broke
his neck at the first fence while running in a chase event for
novices.
As well as the four fatalities, Animal Aid is concerned about two
horses who pulled up lame in the 2.50 pm Plumpton event – Private
Garcia and Rosita Bay. Thomas Hardy was also pulled up lame while
running in the 5.20 pm National Hunt flat event at Plumpton.
Says Animal Aid Director, Andrew Tyler
‘Deaths on British racecourses are as routine as they are
unpublicised. It is racing’s dirty, brutal secret. Under normal
circumstances one horse dies on course every 3 days. The period taking
in the Cheltenham Festival and the Aintree three-day event is the
industry’s Killing Season. In these last few days we are seeing the
evidence for that. We also see that the industry puts dangerous
spectacle first and horse welfare nowhere. We’re calling on the public
not to bet on horse racing, especially on Grand National day –
racing’s showcase and the bookmaker’s most lucrative day of the year.’
More information
Read Animal Aid’s report on breeding and slaughter.
http://www.animalaid.org.uk/h/n/CAM...horse/ALL/1350/
View our powerful 90-second web film on horse racing.
http://www.animalaid.org.uk/h/f/CAM...g//4//?be_id=11
Notes to editors
For full background and interviews, contact Andrew Tyler or Dene
Stansall on 01732 364546.
ISDN line available for broadcast-quality interviews.
Images are available on request.
Animal Aid campaigns peacefully against all animal abuse, and
promotes a cruelty-free lifestyle. You can support our work by
joining, making a donation, or using our online shop.
Contact Animal Aid at The Old Chapel, Bradford Street, Tonbridge,
Kent, TN9 1AW, UK, tel +44 (0)1732 364546, fax +44 (0)1732 366533,
email info@animalaid.org.uk.
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On Tue, 27 Mar 2007 20:59:22 +0100, in uk.politics.misc Stephen Firth
<steve@smalloc.co.uk>, wrote
>Racing Kills Four More Horses in a Single Day
>http://www.animalaid.org.uk/h/n/NEW...orse/ALL/1545//
>The deaths of four horses yesterday – at Plumpton and Stratford
>racecourses – brings to 11 the number of Thoroughbreds killed by
>racing in just two weeks.
>
You know a lot of peoples eat horsemeat. I hope it did not go to
waste.........
FACE
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| amacmil304@aol.com 2007-03-27, 5:25 pm |
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On Tue, 27 Mar 2007 20:59:22 +0100, Stephen Firth
<steve@smalloc.co.uk> wrote:
>Racing Kills Four More Horses in a Single Day
>http://www.animalaid.org.uk/h/n/NEW...orse/ALL/1545//
>The deaths of four horses yesterday – at Plumpton and Stratford
>racecourses – brings to 11 the number of Thoroughbreds killed by
>racing in just two weeks.
>
>Animal Aid research indicates that an average of 375 horses are raced
>to death every year. One-third die on racecourses, while the others
>are destroyed as a result of training injuries, or are killed because
>they are no longer commercially viable. The on-course attrition rate
>these past 14 days is more than twice the yearly average.
>
>The current spate of deaths began with two fatalities at the
>Cheltenham Festival in March. With the notorious three-day Aintree
>meeting due to begin on 12 April, more horses are seriously at risk.
>
>The four horses who died yesterday are:
>At Plumpton – Crusset (tendon injury) and Paradise Valley (pelvic
>injury) were both running in the 3.50 pm hurdle race. The state of the
>going was variable – ranging from ‘good-to-soft’ to ‘good-to-firm’.
>This meant that the surface was dangerously unpredictable.
>
>At Stratford – Fill The Bunker fractured his pelvis while running in
>the 4pm handicap chase. Thirty minutes later, Peerless Motion broke
>his neck at the first fence while running in a chase event for
>novices.
>
>As well as the four fatalities, Animal Aid is concerned about two
>horses who pulled up lame in the 2.50 pm Plumpton event – Private
>Garcia and Rosita Bay. Thomas Hardy was also pulled up lame while
>running in the 5.20 pm National Hunt flat event at Plumpton.
>
>Says Animal Aid Director, Andrew Tyler
>
>‘Deaths on British racecourses are as routine as they are
>unpublicised. It is racing’s dirty, brutal secret. Under normal
>circumstances one horse dies on course every 3 days. The period taking
>in the Cheltenham Festival and the Aintree three-day event is the
>industry’s Killing Season. In these last few days we are seeing the
>evidence for that. We also see that the industry puts dangerous
>spectacle first and horse welfare nowhere. We’re calling on the public
>not to bet on horse racing, especially on Grand National day –
>racing’s showcase and the bookmaker’s most lucrative day of the year.’
>
>More information
>Read Animal Aid’s report on breeding and slaughter.
>http://www.animalaid.org.uk/h/n/CAM...horse/ALL/1350/
>View our powerful 90-second web film on horse racing.
>http://www.animalaid.org.uk/h/f/CAM...g//4//?be_id=11
>
>Notes to editors
>For full background and interviews, contact Andrew Tyler or Dene
>Stansall on 01732 364546.
>ISDN line available for broadcast-quality interviews.
>Images are available on request.
>
>
> Animal Aid campaigns peacefully against all animal abuse, and
>promotes a cruelty-free lifestyle. You can support our work by
>joining, making a donation, or using our online shop.
>Contact Animal Aid at The Old Chapel, Bradford Street, Tonbridge,
>Kent, TN9 1AW, UK, tel +44 (0)1732 364546, fax +44 (0)1732 366533,
>email info@animalaid.org.uk.
Horse racing like all forms of gambling is a dirty and seedy pastime
and in my view should be stopped.
Stopping betting would hit it where it hurts.
Angus Macmillan
www.roots-of-blood.org.uk
www.killhunting.org
www.con-servation.org.uk
All truth passes through three stages:
First, it is ridiculed;
Second, it is violently opposed; and
Third, it is accepted as self-evident.
-- Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)
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