MEET OUR HORSE MEAT
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ROTHFURY A TRAGIC TALE
THE FORGOTTEN 4-YEAR-OLDWhile the party vibes rolled across Australia on #MelbourneCup2025, a young horse named Rothfury was dying on a racetrack in Queensland after suffering a catastrophic injury to his near fore carpus. We first learned about Rothfury’s death...
WHY WAS HALF YOURS NOT DISQUALIFIED?
WHEN BLOOD DOESN'T MATTER THE DOUBLE STANDARD IN HORSE SPORTSAs the crowd roared and the cameras flashed, Half Yours surged across the finish line to win the 2025 Melbourne Cup wearing a barbaric tongue tie and cross-over noseband. A triumph, they said. A moment of...
WINNER OF MELBOURNE CUP BLOOD IN MOUTH
YET ANOTHER HORSE RACING DIRTY LITTLE SECRET Melbourne Cup 2025: The winner, Half Yours came back to the stand with blood dripping from his mouth... Not a great look for Racing Victoria. Half Yours wore a tongue tie and a cross-over noseband... Tongue Ties Are...
HIDDEN COST OF THE MELBOURNE CUP
GAMBLING & THE DREAM THAT DESTROYSEvery year, as the first Tuesday in November approaches, Australia prepares to “stop for the race.” The Melbourne Cup — celebrated as a national tradition — is sold as a day of glamour, excitement, and easy wins. But behind the...
NUP TO THE CUP
JOIN US IN SAYING #NUPTOTHECUPAs the Melbourne Cup approaches on Tuesday, November 4th, 2025, Australia prepares once again for “the race that stops a nation.” But for those who love horses, this day has become a painful reminder of the lives lost, the injuries...
A BILL TO SLAUGHTER EVERY SURVIVING BRUMBY?
BILL PASSES FIRST STEPA Bill to repeal the Kosciuszko Wild Horse Heritage Act passed the Lower House – now the Bill will be debated in the Upper House brought on by the Legalise Cannabis Party. The repeal removes all protections for wild horses. Prior to this, the...
MAXINE FRASER HORSES SEIZED
AFTER 22 WEEKS OF PROTESTSSeptember 25, 2025: After 22 weeks of protests by a group organized by Carly Wines and referred to on Facebook as... "Peaceful Protest Mt Eliza Horses".After the Farm Transparency Project stepped in last week and documented conditions on a Mt...
VIDEO: MOUNT ELIZA NEGLECTED HORSES?
ANOTHER DEAD HORSE FOUNDAs reported by Farm Transparency Project: In September 2025, investigators entered the property of disgraced ex-racehorse trainer Maxine Fraser after hearing reports that a mare and her foal had gone missing. They found and filmed two dead...
A GAMBLING ADDICT’S PLEA FROM PRISON
AUSTRALIA IS THE WORLD'S BIGGEST LOSERAustralia is the world’s biggest loser when it comes to gambling. Each year, Australians lose $31.5 billion—more than any other nation on earth. That’s $1,527 for every adult, more than double the US and four times New Zealand....
MP PETA MURPHY’S LEGACY & THE AMA’S WARNING
YOU WIN SOME - YOU LOSE MOREWhen Peta Murphy chaired the parliamentary inquiry into gambling, she called it what it is: a public health crisis. The late MP warned that gambling was destroying lives at a scale few Australians truly understand. Her report titled, 'You...
BY THE NUMBERS – AUSTRALIA’S GAMBLING SHAME
THE STAGGERING STATISTICSThe gambling industry loves to tell Australians it’s all just harmless fun. But the statistics paint a picture of devastation that can’t be ignored.Australians lose about AUD 31.5 billion per year to legal gambling. That amount is more than...
BELLA VITA EQUINE WELFARE AND HORSE SANCTUARY
AMANDA VELLA WEIGHS IN ON THE DARK SIDE OF HORSE RACINGAfter we published information about Melbourne Cup winning trainer Darren Weir including video of Weir using an illegal 'jigger' to shock multiple horses (read more here) -- Amanda Vella of Bella Vita Equine...
DARREN WEIR JIGGER VIDEO
SHOCKING FOOTAGE EXPOSES THE BRUTALITY OF HORSE RACINGThe ugly truth behind horse racing has once again been laid bare. The Victorian Racing Tribunal has released disturbing footage of disgraced Melbourne Cup-winning trainer Darren Weir electrocuting terrified horses...
UK RACING INDUSTRY STRIKE
HORSE RACING INDUSTRY STRIKES TO PROTECT GAMBLING PROFITS - NOT HORSES, NOT FAMILIESThe British racing industry is up in arms – not about the welfare of horses, not about the devastation gambling addiction wreaks on families, because the government may dare to tax...
RACE HORSES’ LIVES PUT AT RISK
CHAMPION TRAINER CHRIS WALLER SPEAKS OUT...Horse racing likes to dress itself up as “the sport of kings,” but the truth is far uglier. At its core, racing is not about horses, trainers, or even punters—it’s about gambling turnover. The animals who actually put their...
PACEMAKER TACTICS IN RACING
PACEMAKERS, TEAM TACTICS & THE GREY AREAS OF HORSE RACINGHorse racing is not always as straightforward as it looks. While most punters turn up expecting a fair contest of speed, stamina, and jockey skill, the reality can be far more complicated. Take the recent...
THE DARK SIDE OF DRESSAGE
ANDREAS HELGSTRAND, ROLLKUR & THE DARK SIDE OF DRESSAGEIn November 2023, Danish broadcaster TV 2 aired an undercover investigation, Operation X: The Secrets of the Horse Billionaire, which sent shockwaves through the horse world. The documentary revealed...
