YES, JOCKEYS HAVE A CHOICE & HORSES DO NOT…
There are some who advocate for improvements or even the banning of horse racing who do not feel sorry for jockeys because they freely choose to race — and horses do NOT have a choice, they are forced to race. BUT we DO feel bad for jockeys because any injury or loss of life is tragic.
‘Fatigue kills’:
Jockeys warn of dangerous workloads after serious falls
MARCH 19, 2023 by Peter Ryan
Jockey fatigue from unpaid track work is contributing to serious falls, according to group one-winning silk Ben Melham, after a third rider in as many weeks was injured and a horse destroyed on Saturday.
Melham’s partner, Jamie Kah, was still recovering from a major fall that landed her in hospital when Teo Nugent was taken to hospital after his mount, Florescent Star, fell in race six at Moonee Valley on Saturday. Nugent suffered concussion and a fractured C1 vertebra, but may be released on Sunday. Florescent Star was euthanised.
August 2019:
Australian horse racing industry figures show 20 jockeys have been killed in the country since 2000, 17 of them during races and three during track work. In February, a Victoria state trainer died, also after falling from a horse during a training run.
We spend a great deal of time and energy educating racing fans that when they bet, either on or off the track or support racing in any way, they contribute to the death of horses. Deaths on the track and even those horses who never make it to the track die too.
AND if they don’t die on the track, or during their racing career, there is a high probability that they will end up on a truck and shipped to be slaughtered for human consumption.
The racing industry has a word for their discards, they use the word “wastage“. Yes, really. The gorgeous horses they claim to love and respect are referred to as wastage when they are no longer wanted or needed.
Having said that, horses are not the only ones who suffer horrendous life-altering injuries or death — jockeys are killed too.
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
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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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