Jump racing suspended at British track after 8 deaths
An Animal Rights Article from All-Creatures.org

FROM Fund For Horses
September 2020

The British Horseracing Authority already was working with the owners of Southwell racecourse to look into the circumstances behind six equine fatalities there from July 1 to August 24.

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SOUTHWELL, Notts., England (Sept. 3) — Jump racing was suspended at a British racecourse on Thursday following the death of eight horses at the venue since July 1.

The British Horseracing Authority already was working with the owners of Southwell racecourse to look into the circumstances behind six equine fatalities there from July 1 to Aug. 24.

The death of two more horses at the track in central England on Thursday led to racing being suspended at Southwell.

“This is to allow a comprehensive investigation to take place,” the BHA and Arena Racing Company said in a joint statement. “This involves the racecourse and the BHA’s veterinary team, racecourse department and course inspectors looking into the specific circumstances to understand if there are any common factors.”

In its own statement, the ARC (Arena Racing Company) said there would be a full review into all possible factors, “including (but not limited to) fence and hurdle design, track layout and configuration and going as well as GPS speed and timing data.”

None of the writers named the dead, but we can and will, thanks to Animal Aid and their Race Horse Death Watch.

Names of the Dead:

  • Day of Roses (IRE) Sept 3 Fell, Dead
  • Cillians Well (IRE) Sept 3 Fell, Injured, Destroyed
  • Avarchie (FR) Aug 24 Fell, Broke Near Foreleg, Destroyed
  • Swaurez (IRE) Aug 24 Fell, Dead
  • Booyakasha (IRE) Aug 24 Severed Tendon, Destroyed
  • Lost on You Aug 10 Broke Hind Leg, Destroyed
  • Croco Bay (IRE) Aug 10 Hit Fence, Broke Near Foreleg, Destroyed
  • Elysian Prince Jul 30 Fell, Injured, Destroyed

Source: Animal Aid’s Race Horse Death Watch was launched during the 2007 Cheltenham Festival. Its purpose is to expose and record every on-course Thoroughbred fatality in Britain.

Article Source: ESPN via the Associated Press, 3 Sept 2020.

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