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"The Melbourne Cup, for reasons no one can entirely explain, has become Australia’s deadliest race."
- Sydney Morning Herald
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Congratulations horse advocates. The racing industry in Australia is doing its best to come after us on social media which tells us YOUR advocacy is working. As you will see as you scroll down we’ve documented more than a few cases proving that horse racing is NOT the sport of kings.
ABC NEWS 7:30: THE DARK SIDE OF THE RACING INDUSTRY
THE RESULTS OF A 2 YEAR INVESTIGATION
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.
We're talking about destroying [slaughtering] horses on an industrial level.
This is the sort of material that will shake the [Australian horse racing] industry to the core.
HORSE RACING SITE QUICKLY REMOVES FOOTAGE
40 SECONDS OF VIDEO REMOVED FROM RACING.COM COVERAGERacing.com is generally the best place to find horse racing replays and live streaming but earlier this week they very quickly edited three falls out of a replay. The edited replay? The first day of jumps racing...
A BIG “WHAT” BEHIND “WHY” RACING KILLS HORSES
MOMENTUM IS A HUGE KILLER IN RACINGThe following blog post is thanks to one of our favourite, long time advocates for horses - someone who prefers to remain anonymous. Even so, we thank you for all you do for so many.Racehorses' legs and bodies remain in motion even...
BEN YOLE GUILTY OF ANIMAL ABUSE AND FIXING RACES
BEN YOLE FOUND GUILTY OF FIXING RACES & ANIMAL ABUSEEarly in 2023, Harness Racing in Tasmania made headlines on national and international news agencies when it was revealed that Ben Yole was found guilty of "team driving".ABC NEWS REPORTSIn short: A report into...
THOROUGBRED HORSE RACING STUDY
THE HORSE RACING "CHURN" MODEL01 AUGUST 2012: A study profiling the careers of thoroughbred horses racing in Australia between 2000 and 2010 stated... "Currently little whole population data exists for horses racing in Australia." This study was cited internationally...
YOU BET THEY DIE
THE BIG PICTUREThe You Bet They Die hashtag has a meaning that is much bigger than many if not most, people realize. First, we hope by now that most people "get" that "they" refers to horses, and not just those who make it to the track. We want to start using a...
60 MINUTES: HORSE RACING REFORM?
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...
ANOTHER JOCKEY DIES
THE FACT THAT WE CARE -- ACCORDING TO HORSE RACING "SPOKESPERSON" GAI WATERHOUSE -- MAKES US "WEAK & PRISSY"!"Accidents happen in any sport". "People have become so weak and prissy nowadays".FROM RACENET:From the article: Newmarket Handicap-winning jockey and...
GAI WATERHOUSE STRIKES AGAIN
SO-CALLED RACING INDUSTRY BIG-SHOTS MAKE RECRUITING ANTI-RACING ADVOCATES EASIER THAN EVERFollowing along with us recently? You'll likely remember this..."Accidents happen in any sport". "People have become so weak and prissy nowadays".Thoroughbred horse trainer Gai...
JOCKEYS FATIQUED FROM UNPAID TRACK WORK
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...
JOCKEY KILLED
CHIEF VET OF NSW RACING QUITS - SITES FAILURE OF ORGANISATION TO INVESTIGAGE CLUSTER OF HORSE FATALITIESThere 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...
HORSES AND JOCKEYS DIE IN AUSTRALIA
YES, JOCKEYS HAVE A CHOICE & HORSES DO NOT...NOTE: THIS IS A REPOST OF AN OLDER POST FROM 2019 - BUT WE THOUGHT IT WAS TIME TO REPOST IT AGAIN!There are some who advocate for improvements or even the banning of horse racing who do not feel sorry for jockeys...
HORSE DIES JOCKEY PLEADS GUILTY
TOO MANY HORSES DIE ON THE TRACK TO KEEP UP...All one has to do is Google to see just how many horses have died on or at the track so far in 2023. We don't have enough hours in the day to post them all. We spend a great deal of time and energy educating racing fans...
VIDEO: ACCIDENTS HAPPEN
ACCIDENTS HAPPEN IN ANY SPORT..."Accidents happen in any sport". "People have become so weak and prissy nowadays".Thoroughbred horse trainer Gai Waterhouse - see video below - states "Accidents happen in any sport". She also states "People have become so weak and...
2 JOCKEYS DIE WITHIN 2 DAYS
WORTH A REPOST AFTER RECENT FINE ANNOUNCEDOn March 29th, 2023 it was announced that Melbourne Racecourse was fined $250,000 over the death of jockey Mikaela Claridge -- so we thought it was important to remind people that within 2 days of Mikaela's death, yet another...
THOROUGHBRED RACEHORSE TEMPLE OF ARTEMIS DIES
RACENET REPORTS YET ANOTHER DEATHActing chief steward Tom Moxon reported Temple Of Artemis was taken to Warwick Farm Equine “for further assessment” but was subsequently euthanased due to a fracture to his near fore sesamoid.This poor boy was in so much pain he...
BETTING AND HORSE WELFARE CHARGES LAID
IT'S HAPPENING YET AGAINOh, and we're wondering if sites and Facebook Groups set up to put a shiny spit polish on the horse racing industry's tarnished image are going to be covering this story. Likely not - right? #KickUpForRacing what do YOU think?BUT other...
JOCKEYS DIE TOO
IF WE BET AT THE RACES -- HORSES & JOCKEYS DIEWe 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...
BARBARIC TONGUE TIES RAMPANT
TARANAKI ANIMAL SAVE DOCUMENTS ABUSEPhotos this page courtesy of Taranaki Animal Save.March 24, 2023 Taranaki Animal Save posts: "When we bear witness at the races, we do so from outside the perimeter fence at the beginning of the 1200m and 1400m races. We are banned...
FLORESCENT STAR KILLED
FLORESCENT STAR DIES & HER JOCKEY FRACTURES HIS NECKVictorian racing has been rocked by the third fall in as many weeks on a Saturday metropolitan race card in Melbourne, which claimed the life of racehorse Florescent Star and hospitalised jockey Teo Nugent....
RACEHORSE TESTS POSITIVE FOR COCAINE
HORSERACING IS NOT A SPORTWe've said it before and we'll say it again, horse racing is not a sport. Sport implies that all participants are willing - and do so by their own free will. Horses do NOT have a choice in the matter. Horse racing is a spectacle of abuse -...
COGNITIVE DISSONANCE
First, let's be clear about what "cognitive dissonance" is. The simplest way to define it is... Cognitive dissonance is a mental conflict that occurs when your beliefs don’t line up with your actions. Psychiatrist Grant H. Brenner MD, FAPA, co-founder of Neighborhood...
DOGGERS
AN OPEN LETTER TO THOSE DEFENDING DOGGERSThis is directed at those who defend "doggers". But first, there may be those who don't know what a dogger is. In Australia, a person who collects, buys or is given horses and takes them to slaughter is known as a dogger....
HORSE MEAT TRAFFICKING
EUROPE-WIDE HORSEMEAT FRAUD INVESTIGATION RFI JANUARY 11, 2023Decker was described by the prosecution as the “central element” of a vast fraud, having slaughtered a thousand horses at a municipal slaughterhouse in the southern French city of Alès, whose identification...
BARBARIC TONGUE TIE PROUDLY DISPLAYED
EVEN HORSE RACING FANS HORRIFIED AT CHOICE OF PICTUREDOES THIS HORSE LOOK COMFORTABLE TO YOU?Recently we were shocked to see the picture below published in a wide variety of publications in Australia INCLUDING but not limited to... NEWS.com.au | Herald Sun and on a...
Whistleblowers are invited to contact MOHM regarding violations occurring during horse slaughter or transport to slaughter. Are you an ex-slaughterhouse employee, a transport driver or a feedlot operator with knowledge of animal abuse, or other violations? Are you a track veterinarian who has evidence of horses “run” on phenylbutazone or other drugs, and then being shipped to slaughter? Do you have pictures/video of horses in transit to slaughter?
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