Horse deaths in the UK

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Horse deaths in the UK

8 years 7 months ago - 8 years 7 months ago

110 horses have lost their lives on UK tracks this year (flat and jumps)

1446 have lost their lives on UK tracks in the last 3502 days

Shocking.

www.horsedeathwatch.com/

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Re: Horse deaths in the UK

8 years 7 months ago

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Is it too much racing?

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Craig Pienaar wrote: Is it too much racing?

all shorts of reasons, mostly broken legs, heart attacks. Some have died when hitting their heads up against the starting stalls. Very disappointing to see these figures.

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8 years 7 months ago

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It's the ones you never hear about that I worry about, not the figures above

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Also I would only take my figures from official sources like the BHA , as there are sites out there like PETA and Horsedeath.com that fabricate figures

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took the figure of deathwatch which names the horses plus the date of death, the track and cause of death. So cant see that as a fabrication of the facts

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About 140 a year ? 3 a week

Seems quite low ?

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Bob Brogan wrote: About 140 a year ? 3 a week

Seems quite low ?

You can probably add a zero to the figures if they count the slow ones that are found a " good home "

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Bob Brogan wrote: About 140 a year ? 3 a week

Seems quite low ?

3 a week is 3 too many. Yes its a dangerous sport but surely these horses do not deserve to die on a race course.

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chicken n chips wrote:

Bob Brogan wrote: About 140 a year ? 3 a week

Seems quite low ?

3 a week is 3 too many. Yes its a dangerous sport but surely these horses do not deserve to die on a race course.

That is correct, the alternative is to never live

I think there is 20000 horses registered in the U.K.

3 a week is a tiny %

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chicken n chips wrote:

Bob Brogan wrote: About 140 a year ? 3 a week

Seems quite low ?

3 a week is 3 too many. Yes its a dangerous sport but surely these horses do not deserve to die on a race course.

I agree with you, let 3 jockeys die a week then shit will change

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