MAJOR HORSE RACING EXPOSE
USA: November 2023 — 60 Minutes
“The Justice Department winds down one of the biggest horse doping investigations in U.S. history, Cecilia Vega examines the wiretaps that helped solve the case and convict dozens of veterinarians, horse trainers and drug distributors.”
“A horse racing watchdog is trying to clean up the sport, which for years has grappled with drugs and cheating. Then, multiple horse deaths since last spring have added to questions about the sport’s future.”
HORSE RACING IN AUSTRALIA IS NOT ANY BETTER
As usual, the big bosses of horse racing want the little people to complain and defend racing even when outside pressure has to be brought to bear when racing authorities are not doing their job.
Racing gets brought into disrepute and the social licence is threatened by people taking advantage of the system and cheating, despite the racing authorities not stopping this, the racing industry is encouraging those involved with racing to complain to CBS 60 Minutes…
In Australia it is no different, the racing people who do the right thing by horses are expected to defend racing while activists are drawing attention to the horrors of racing.
MOHM knows that the horse racing and breeding industry needs a big overhaul and we are joining the fight to raise awareness.
Gambling is embedded in the entire system.
It’s not just the average punter who is gambling.
Owners buy a horse and they hope to get a winner – that’s a gamble.
Breeders overbreed horses hoping to get big prices at the yearling sales, again a gamble.
The system is known as the CHURN model because one is encouraged to keep trying.
The horse racing system encourages a high turnover of horses. Owners are enticed by the prospect of large purses to discard horses and replace them.
Did you know that horses are referred to as “wastage” in the horse racing industry?
There is no way that the thousands of horses bred and born each year for the racing industry in Australia can be re-homed and retrained if they don’t make it to the track or after a racing career.
On top of that, at the moment people are asking how the 1.5% of prize money — that is meant to be set aside and used to support horses as they are retired from the track — is actually being spent.
EXPOSING THE CRUELTIES OF HORSE RACING
We’ve archived just a few of the many articles in the Australian press featuring the corruption, drugs and animal abuse of the horse racing industry in Australia here and here.
CONTACT THE PM
Use the button above and fill out the form to let the Prime Minister of Australia, The Hon Anthony Albanese MP, know exactly how you feel about horses being slaughtered in Australia. Your note can be as simple as "I oppose the slaughter of horses in Australia, for...
ONE YEAR ON
October of 2020, Horse Racing Kills writes: In October 2019 ABC's 7:30 program highlighted the routine slaughter of racehorses once they are disposed of, creating shockwaves across Australia and the world. Their brutal retirement plan for horses had finally been...
TOXIC AUSTRALIAN HORSE MEAT
European Union Licence and food safetyThe European Union has strict standards for animal welfare and food safety and does regular audits. Horse Identification When horses are purchased for human consumption by a dogger, they need to be identified by a tag around their...
AFTER THE DOCUMENTARY
In October 2019, Australians were horrified to see The Final Race on the 7.30 Report (scroll down). It showed in graphic detail the fate of unwanted horses in Australia. It particularly focussed on the large amount of racehorses that were being disposed of with the...
BOYCOTT HORSE RACING
7 horses died in 8 Melbourne Cups. Do we need to say anymore? You can learn more about the horrors of the racing industry at: https://meetourhorsemeat.com/horse-racing-wastage/Join us on social media and become a keyboard warrior.
ABC NEWS THE FINAL RACE
I think they [the Australian racing industry] are purposely hiding this from the general public because if they were to know I don't think we would be getting 100,000 people going to the Melbourne Cup.This is the sort of material that will shake [the Australian horse...
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