THIS UNSPORTING LIFE Race Horse Deaths in British Racing

An Animal Aid Investigation Researched, compiled and written by Dene Stansall Edited by Andrew Tyler www.animalaid.org.uk/racing Published: March 2005 ISBN 0-9545115-8-1 Contents

Summary and Sources...... 1

Introduction ...... 3

Jockey Club - Welfare ...... 5 Deaths on JC Courses

Breeding Industry...... 7 Number of horses bred

Physiology ...... 8

The Race Horse – An Athlete from an Early Age ...... 8

Structure and Objectives of the Racing Calendar...... 9 Races Unequal distribution of prize money

Common Fatal Injuries Relating to Racing...... 10

National Hunt Racing...... 11 Ill-equipped for the task The obstacles and the hazards they present

Ground Conditions ...... 14

Falls Do Not Just Affect the Fallen ...... 14 A welfare and financial problem for the industry

Form Book Comments ...... 14

Conclusion - All facts on death, injury and sickness must be made public ...... 15

Tables...... 16 Data relating to horse deaths between 2000 and 2004 This entire report is available online. THIS UNSPO Summary

The horse racing industry has always concealed from the public, and even from racing correspondents, the number of horses raced to death every year. Information on mortality is becoming more, rather than less, difficult to obtain.

Animal Aid has conducted a study of available evidence – including 15,000 pages of race results – to produce the most comprehensive survey of Thoroughbred racing fatalities ever to have been made public.

Previous estimates – even by animal protection groups such as Animal Aid – have suggested a maximum figure of 300 annual equine deaths. Our new investigation shows that around 375 horses who are entered into races each season die from their injuries; or they are killed because they are considered of no further commercial value, even though they are young enough to continue racing. However, this total is almost certainly short of the true figure. This is because our data is drawn from the Official Form Book, which does not list all deaths.

Reasons for horses being destroyed include broken legs, back, neck and pelvis; fatal spinal injuries, exhaustion, heart attack, and burst blood vessels in the lungs.

To the 375 racing casualties must be added the far larger, but unrecorded, number of ‘inferior specimens’ who are disposed of annually before they ever get to race – and the animals who are killed at the end of their racing careers, instead of receiving a properly-funded retirement. These victims probably total several thousand annually.

This report concentrates on the racing casualties. About 30% of the 375 annual victims die on the racecourse itself. This is an extraordinarily high figure given that the 59 British courses each stage, on average, a mere 12 racing days every year.

While some 30% of annual fatalities occur during, or immediately after a race, the remainder are killed because of injuries received in training, or after being assessed by their owners as no-hopers.

The four most hazardous of all the country’s courses are run by racing’s own governing body, the Jockey Club. These are Cheltenham, Aintree, Warwick and Carlisle. From just 54 days racing at Cheltenham, there were no fewer than 21 on-course deaths.

Every year, many more Thoroughbred foals are produced than the racing calendar can accommodate. But such is the number of animals rated in the bottom third of the ability range that their owners often enter them into poorly-organised, under-funded events, where the going might be dangerously firm. This is in a desperate attempt to recoup their costs. Equine deaths come frequently on such occasions.

It is not unusual for two horses to die in a single race. Three fatalities at a single meeting is also common. 16 horses died on-course during just 16 days (from March 9 to March 24, 2004) – yet no formal action was taken. Nor was there any official response to10 on-course dead in just 8 days – from March 30 to April 6, 2002.

The majority of fatalities occur in jump racing. Horses used to be selectively bred for this sector. They were heavier-boned and more robust than the faster animals racing on the flat. Because of the increasing emphasis on speed in all racing sectors, horses entered into jump races are now more often ‘cast-offs’ from the flat. Deaths, as a consequence, are more common. ORTING LIFE1 Downhill fences are especially dangerous because of the difficulty in resisting the immense gravitational pressures.

Another acute hazard are fences positioned too close to the start.

Subjecting novice horses to the same testing jumping conditions as experienced animals, will inevitably result in high rates of injury and death.

Aintree’s Grand National course remains uniquely challenging and horses continue routinely to die on it.

Source Material • Raceform Official Form Books: NH Chaseforms & Flat Annuals1999 to 2004 • Raceform Horses In Training 1999 to 2004 • Raceform Update • Racing Post • Racing Post Website • Racing Post Weekender • Running For Their Lives – Animal Aid Report • Riding For A Fall – Animal Aid Report • A Hiding to Nothing – Animal Aid Report • Stud Adventures In Breeding – Kevin Conley • Summerhays’ Encyclopaedia for Horsemen revised edition • The Racegoers’ Encyclopedia – John White • The Racehorse Conformation and Action – Lt.Col. P.E. Ricketts DSO., MVO. • The Rider’s Handbook – Angela Sayer • Jockey Club Website • Weatherbys © PA PHOTOS © PA

THIS2 UNSPO Introduction

Among the best kept secrets in British sport is the scandalously high number of racing-age Thoroughbred horses who die every year. They die as a result of injury, heart attack or some other performance-related condition – or they are killed simply because they no longer make the commercial grade. Previous estimates – even by animal protection groups such as Animal Aid – have suggested a maximum figure of 300 annual casualties. This was based on the limited information available through official and unofficial industry sources. In the five years since Animal Aid has been compiling an ongoing audit of racing’s animal victims, published data has become even more scarce.

Undeterred, we have spent more than six months conducting an analysis of literally thousands of racing results going back four seasons. We have also scrutinised thousands of races broadcast on television. What emerges is a far more depressing picture than was previously imagined. Around 375 horses who are entered into races each season die, or are killed by the end of it. This is in addition to the far larger, but unknown, number of ‘inferior specimens’ who are disposed of annually before they ever get to race - and the animals who receive a bullet through the head at the end of their racing careers, instead of a properly-funded retirement. These victims probably total several thousand per year.

This report concentrates on the racing casualties. Of the 375 who perish annually, about 115 – or 30% of the total – die on the racecourse itself. This is an extraordinarily high figure given that the 59 British racecourses each stage, on average, a mere 12 racing days every year.

Incredibly, our survey indicates that the four most hazardous of all the country’s courses are run by racing’s governing body, the Jockey Club. These are Cheltenham, Aintree, Warwick and Carlisle. From just 54 days’ racing at Cheltenham, there were no fewer than 21 on-course deaths.

While some 30% of annual fatalities occur during, or immediately after a race, the remainder are killed because of injuries received in training, or after being assessed by their owners as no-hopers.

The image of the race horse that the industry wishes to promote is of a cherished and cosseted animal. What is concealed from the public – whether they be armchair television viewers or champagne-sipping habitués of the growing number of on-course hospitality tents – is that the life of a Thoroughbred racer is a series of unremitting challenges.

It starts in the sale ring; followed by the demands of a strict training regime; the race course debut; the requirement to perform for years at a consistent level; the uncertainty of retirement; and, eventually, a date with the knackerman or slaughterer – that is if the horse has not already met a premature end somewhere along the line. Animals selected for breeding face another daunting set of challenges. At the top end of the business, the reproductive potential of both males and females is ruthlessly exploited. This is done, typically, through the use of drugs, oppressive artificial daylight regimes and, for the ‘high quality’ males, punishing trips to the other side of the world to impregnate females who are hormonally receptive when mares in the northern hemisphere are ‘idling’. ORTING LIFE3 The industry has never been keen on chronicling these depredations. Since 2001, it has been even less forthcoming on the subject of horse mortality. This was the year that Animal Aid published a report called ‘Running For Their Lives’, which revealed that 247 horses had been raced to death during the 1999/2000 jump (National Hunt) season. Each horse victim was named and a breakdown was given as to whether he or she died on course (91 victims), or off. (For more information, see ‘Running For Their Lives’ www.animalaid.org.uk/racing)

Information on horse casualties is no longer available through official ‘Scratchings – Dead’ reports that were regularly published in the racing press. These identified animals who had died on the racecourse. They also included animals who died or were destroyed off course due to a persisting race injury, a training accident, or because they were no longer viable racing machines.

One of the few remaining sources of information about racecourse deaths is the The Official Form Book (incorporating the Racing Post Form Book). This annual volume, however, is primarily produced as a betting tool for horse racing punters. The structure and layout are designed to identify future prospective winners. It is written by a dozen race readers, each with his or her own perspective on the merits of individual horses, and it is for them to decide whether or not the fate of an injured or fallen horse is reported. While their reports are accurate assessments on the running of the races, the writers are not charged with investigating and recounting the fate of every horse. That responsibility must lie with the racecourses, the vets and the stewards of the Jockey Club, and with racing’s promoting body, the British Horseracing Board (BHB).

Weatherbys is the industry body that supplies bloodstock information to breeders, through its publication, The General Stud Book. It also keeps information on dead horses under a contract with the BHB. It is understood that these records are comprehensive – covering both on and off course deaths of all horses ‘in training’. Animal Aid has made repeated requests for this information from Weatherbys but, promises of assistance notwithstanding, no data had been provided at the time of writing.

What becomes clear from Animal Aid’s comprehensive analysis of racing is that it is today thoroughly ‘breeder driven’. A hunger for profits has resulted in a mass output of foals that, in Britain and Ireland alone, totals some 16,000 animals annually. Of these, somewhere between one third and one half may ultimately make a racecourse debut. The remainder are essentially a waste by-product. They are killed for pet food, fed to hunting hounds, used for other equestrian events, or sold from owner to owner in a downward spiral of neglect.

On the back of the breeding industry ride a number of financially powerful, multi-national companies. In Britain, the ‘big three’ bookmakers – Ladbrokes, Coral and William Hill – control the punters’ money. However, the new kid on the block, Betting Exchanges, now terrifies the big three, not least because it has torn up the rulebook by taking bets on horses to lose races. Press and television companies also often have a major financial stake in racing, with the line between editorial and advertising frequently difficult to detect, especially in relation to the promotion of the major events.

Most racecourses themselves are today owned by a small number of big businesses. The exceptions are the smaller courses – particularly National Hunt (jump) tracks in the far-flung corners of Britain. These are maintained on a shoestring and offer basic facilities for both horse and human.

At the centre of the whole edifice is the 250-year-old ruling body, The Jockey Club, whose stated function is to oversee key aspects of the business and deal with problems such as race-fixing and the use of performance-enhancing drugs and horse welfare. Such is its inability to maintain control of a fast-evolving industry that – sometime in 2005 - its official functions will be given over to a new body called the Horseracing Regulatory Authority (HRA). However, the HRA will employ many of the same Jockey Club staff in similar positions. Little looks set to change in regard to horse welfare. THIS4 UNSPO The Jockey Club – Welfare

It is not uncommon to see two or three deaths in one day at courses around the country, or even multiple fatalities at a single course. Injuries – some of which subsequently prove fatal – are also daily occurrences.

While researching this report, Animal Aid made a formal request to the Jockey Club for data on horse deaths. At the time of writing – several weeks after asking – no response has been forthcoming. This tight-lipped approach extends to racing correspondents. They are provided with no data on the nature of injuries suffered by horses who die or are destroyed on racecourses – let alone details about deaths during training.

Animal Aid searched the JC website during February 2005 and found confident claims about the organisation’s alleged proactive welfare role. The pronouncements appear not to have been updated since the year 2000 – a matter of some significance given that Animal Aid’s research shows that there has been no improvement in the lamentable rate of death and injury to racehorses since we first began our detailed research some five years ago.

Taken from the Jockey Club Website (www.thejockeyclub.co.uk) are the following comments:

‘No issue has a higher priority for the Jockey Club than the safety and welfare of the horse.’

‘An invaluable tool in expanding the welfare role has been the introduction of a veterinary database. The lameness and injury data collection scheme improves racehorse safety because it monitors the return to racing by horses who have been off the course through injury. The database also allows structured analysis of all injury data to help identify possible factors increasing the risk of injury. Jockey Club Veterinary Officers are responsible for all data recording to maintain consistency.’

The website goes on to refer to a number of ongoing studies of risk factors associated with horse injury and death. It also boasts of having devised improved specifications for horse ambulances. Structured analyses, ongoing studies and better ways to carry off the dead and injured are all very well but what is missing from the JC’s approach is any meaningful effort to address known, avoidable causes of injury and death. Some obvious ways would be to remove downhill fences and to prevent novice horses from being subjected to the same testing racing conditions as experienced animals. The implementation of just these two steps would produce a dramatic reduction in injuries and deaths. ORTING LIFE5 Among the most deceptive statements on the JC website is the following:

‘Fatal injuries in racing are relatively uncommon but, as in any sport, there is an element of risk for the participants.’

As this report highlights, one racing-age horse dies, on average, every day of the year. The Jockey Club knows this. It also knows that the equine participants have no choice but to race, and that their riders will invariably lash them en route to the finishing line with a narrow plastic rod, the ‘whip’. (For further information, see ‘A Hiding To Nothing’, a 2004 Animal Aid report on use of the whip in racing. www.animalaid.org.uk/racing)

Deaths on Jockey Club courses

The Jockey Club is well-placed to know all about on-course equine fatalities, given the number of animals who perish at the 13 racecourses it operates through the Racecourse Holdings Trust. Its estate is as shown left.

7 large courses: 6 smaller courses: This report demonstrates that – Aintree NH Carlisle NH/Flat during our study period – not only Cheltenham NH Huntingdon NH were the most dangerous of Britain’s Epsom Flat Market Rasen NH 59 racecourses all JC-owned, but that Haydock Park NH/Flat Nottingham Flat Jockey Club courses scooped more Kempton Park NH/Flat Warwick NH/Flat than one top place in the mortality Newmarket Flat Wincanton NH leagues – particularly where jump Sandown Park NH/Flat racing is concerned. During the 2001/2002 NH season, Aintree and Haydock were first and third on the list. The following year, Carlisle, Cheltenham and Aintree filled the top three spots. In NH season 2003/2004, Cheltenham, Warwick and Carlisle were the deadliest. Cheltenham alone, saw 21 deaths in just 54 days’ racing.

Market Rasen and Huntingdon also had depressingly high numbers of dead horses on their consciences. In all, 104 fatalities occurred on JC courses over the study period. THIS6 UNSPO Breeding Industry Number of Horses Bred The British and Irish breeding industries are closely linked and together produce thousands of foals annually.

The steady annual increase prompts an important question: Is the racing industry in the 21st Century, ‘Breeding to Race’, or ‘Racing to Breed’. The latter formulation would be hot favourite with any bookie.

If you have a Classic-winning three-year-old Foals Registered at Weatherbys Thoroughbred, the temptation is to rush off to 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 stud – and most do. 16,003 15,368 14,177 13,985 13,480 The world’s current most fashionable – and highly lucrative – stallions are all descendants from the late 20th Century sire Northern Dancer. They are Saddlers Wells, Storm Cat and, more recently, Giant’s Causeway. In a single season, one sire can be used to impregnate 100 mares. The offspring are themselves then nurtured as prospective breeders, with the owners looking to get a result from them in a Classic or other Group race so that the animal’s status is assured and the money-driven breeding cycle can start again.

The new progeny are soon in the Foal and Yearling Sale Rings, where the big money is to be earned. Tattersalls, Goffs, Doncaster and Ascot are some of the high-status salerooms in Europe, whilst Keeneland in Kentucky is the world market leader. Storm Cat’s offspring averaged $1.68 million at the 2001 yearling sales. © BRIAN MOODY

ORTING LIFE7 Physiology

A horse’s development takes five years from birth to maturity. The shape and structure of the body go through many changes during this period, with animals more or less vulnerable at different times in terms of their bone and cartilage development. Among the problems faced by modern race horses is that no proper account is taken of these vulnerabilities. To require four year olds, for instance, to jump stiff 4ft 6in. chase fences is to expose them to an unacceptable risk. Our report bears out this point with depressing clarity.

Equally, the close bloodlines of the breeding industry have given rise to equine health problems that are increasing over time. The loss of bone strength in favour of speed is all too apparent in the number of casualties that are highlighted in this report. (See also Animal Aid’s ‘Riding For A Fall – The Genetic Time Bomb at the Heart of Racing’ www.animalaid.org.uk/racing)

The Race Horse An Athlete from an Early Age

The majority of Thoroughbred race horses are born between January and June but all are given an official first birthday of January 1 of the following

© BRIAN MOODY year. They can start to race from the March of their second birthday, even though, as individuals, horses develop at different rates.

Requiring horses to perform to constant standards during their growth years is unreasonable. The harsh training regime and the demands of race-day will sooner or later adversely affect their well-being. Top-rated young colts and fillies can burn out very quickly – failing to procure for their ‘connections’ the anticipated ‘Classic’ win by the age of three. A recent example of stress-related early burn-out – compounded by extreme in-breeding – is the top rated two year old Irish-trained, American-bred colt, called One Cool Cat. Another is the French-trained, American-bred, Denebola. Both highly-inbred animals displayed performance setbacks and One Cool Cat retired to stud, aged three, before he even reached maturity. It is not uncommon to see a 100,000 guineas saleroom star fallen by the wayside, trying to jump hurdles on a windswept National Hunt racecourse instead of racing on the usually more lucrative flat.

Animal Aid has found that of the 127 on and off course fatalities that occurred during the 2000 flat season, no fewer than 76 of the horses (nearly 60% of the total) were younger than five years. Heart failure, bone breaks and fractures were the common causes. THIS8 UNSPO Structure and Objectives of the Racing Calendar Races The calendar of annual racing events is orchestrated by the British Horseracing Board. The programme is based on established races and meetings, and new initiatives that the BHB believes will benefit racing as a whole. However, with an escalating number of horses being bred every year, owners and trainers are often so desperate to enter their animals for a run that they will opt for events where the race conditions are ill-suited to their horse’s needs. It is animals with the lowest rating – i.e. those with the least running ability – who suffer most. In the hope of picking up small amounts of prize money, such horses, in one year, might be entered into a stressful combination of All Weather, Turf Flat, Hurdles, Chase fences or even in Point-to-Points.

In an effort to provide races for these horses at the bottom of the handicap, ‘Banded’ races were introduced in January 2004 on All Weather courses. However, such are the numbers of animals rated in the bottom third of the ability range that hundreds still cannot be accommodated. These poorly-organised and grossly under-funded races have been crudely described by television pundit, James Willoughby, as ‘meatball racing’, such is the respect accorded to horses in this category.

National Hunt (jump) racing also tries to accommodate low-ability horses – by staging events in which only unpromising prospects can take part. They are known as ‘selling’ races and, as the name suggests, the equine participants are offered for sale at the end of the proceedings, even though, in reality, only those who perform well are likely to attract a bid. The problem with ‘sellers’ is that owners – who may simply have entered a horse hoping to win a little prize money and who do not wish to part with their animal - have to respond to bids. Either they sell or attempt to outbid any competition and retain their own horse. Through this process, horses can pass from owner to owner, with serious welfare problems resulting.

Unequal Distribution of Prize Money The amounts of money to be won by owners of winning animals vary dramatically. Flat racing takes the dominant share, with Group and Listed races offering huge sums to the winners. More significantly, post-retirement stud fees accruing to the winners of such races provide even greater rewards to owners. At the other end of the scale, Selling and Banded races offer one or two thousand pounds to the winner and a couple of hundred for a placed horse. This means that less able horses must run more races in often extremely challenging conditions in order to try to cover training and vet costs. Towards the same end, the owners and trainers of such horses will often place bets on their animals – a situation that gives rise to suspicions of race-fixing when betting odds change dramatically as a result of sudden influxes of money.

Two extreme examples of the variable value of horses are as follows:

• 2003 Epsom Derby £852,600 went to the winner. Even the third place horse won £161,700. Potential Stud Fees are £50,000 for each mare ‘covered’. If 150 such coverings are made in a year, total stud earnings would be £7.5 million.

• 2003 a Market Rasen Selling Hurdle Win Prize Money: £1,810 – 3rd Place: £259. There was no bid for the winner – 9 year old Count Tony. Hopefully, his owners will give him a decent retirement in the not-too-distant future.

ORTING LIFE9 Common Fatal Injuries Related to Racing

Horses are destroyed due to: • Broken legs from the shoulder to the coronet • Tendon and ligament injuries • Deep tissue damage, after being ‘struck-into’ by another horse • Damage caused by back hooves striking front legs – known as over-reach • Broken necks • Broken backs • Broken pelvis • Fatal spinal injuries • Exhaustion • Heart attacks • Internal injuries – e.g. burst blood vessels in the lungs

THIS10 UNSPO National Hunt Racing Ill-equipped for the task

Until 30 or so years ago, horses destined for jumps were given time to mature – typically, in an Irish field – ready to begin racing at the age of five. No longer is such growing time commonly allowed. And there are other important recent changes in the shape of the National Hunt sector. These specialist animals were once ‘custom-made’ for the task. They were selectively bred to be larger, more robust and with greater bone strength than their faster, sleeker counterparts racing on the flat. Notable sires of the jumping breed included Deep Run, Strong Gale, Menelek and Pongee. Today, with the emphasis in every part of the industry on speed, a large percentage of NH horses are simply cast-offs from the flat – animals who failed to make the top grade in that more profitable discipline. The planet is scoured for horses just below ‘Group’ ability who may give their owners an edge. French and German horses are popular. Horses from Australia, New Zealand and Argentina are also seen on British jumping courses.

The Obstacles There is a formidable range of obstacles confronting animals racing over jumps:

• Hurdles Hurdles are 3 ft 6 in. high when slanted, and have a relatively small spread compared with a fence. Their comparatively modest size belies the danger. Hurdles are jumped at greater speed than fences. Fallers are frequently killed, while other horses who are unable to react quickly enough in order to escape the falling animal, are brought down, with often fatal consequences.

• Fixed Brush Hurdle Based on the French hurdle design, these obstacles are similar to plain fences but lower in height. Unlike the traditional hurdle they are very rigid in construction.

• Chase (Or Plain) Fences The plain fence is made from compacted birch cuttings, bound and placed in a rigid frame. The density of the birch governs the fence’s ‘give’ and ‘stiffness’. Many courses, such as Cheltenham, Aintree and Warwick, have stiff fences, which means horses cannot brush through the top and are very likely to fall if they make contact with it. The fence has a standard height of 4 ft 6 in. with a spread of 8ft.

• Open Ditch Fence The open ditch is similar to a plain fence but its spread is 11ft. This extra spread is due to an open ditch on the take-off side.

• Water Jump The fence itself is 3 ft high and it has a 2 ft spread. It also features a shallow water pool, giving a total spread of 11 ft. Though comparatively small, water jumps kill two or three horses each season.

Two courses present a set of obstacles that break with the traditional format: Aintree’s Grand National Fences and Cheltenham’s Cross-country course.

The Grand National Course The Grand National’s fences are of variable height, with the most imposing being an open ditch known as The Chair. It is some 5 ft 2in. high and has a huge ditch and spread unmatched on any other racecourse around the world. However, there are other daunting fences to be jumped, including the infamous Becher’s Brook that has claimed many horses’ lives. On approach, Becher’s ORTING LIFE11 seems like a typical National fence but the catch is on the landing side. Here, not only does the ground drop away so that it is lower than the point from which the horse takes off, but it drops lower on the side nearest the rail – the territory some jockeys would try to claim for the shortest route round. In addition, a water filled ditch lies at the foot of the fence, into which fallen horses have sometimes rolled back. Alterations over recent years have reduced the chances of ‘roll- back’ and the ditch is itself more shallow than in the past. These changes were made after a fatally injured horse, called Brown Trix, had to have his head held out of the water to save him from drowning, in a year when another horse was killed at the fence. But Becher’s remains a very dangerous obstacle. The Canal Turn is another major hazard. On its other side, the course turns 90 degrees. This leads to most jockeys opting for an inside berth, causing horses to bunch and many to fall. The outstanding ‘Roll A Joint’ died at this fence.

Cheltenham’s Cross-Country Course Cheltenham’s Cross-country course is a relatively new innovation. Inspired by equestrian events and the more variable layout of European courses, it is, in parts, without the standard running rail to guide the riders around. In fact, many riders have been suspended for taking the wrong route! It is relatively unsuccessful in racing terms due to its lack of pace. It serves purely as an eye-catching, incident-packed feature for specialist horses that has little appeal to owners and trainers other than the decent prize money on offer.

Positioning of Obstacles Favourable positioning of fences and hurdles is crucial to the safety of the race horse. There are many obstacles, however, that are deliberately set to catch out horse and jockey. These are described as ‘trappy’.

Downhill fences Downhill obstacles are particularly nasty and cause many equine fatalities. This is due chiefly to the momentum gained as the animals approach the jumps and the difficulty they have of resisting the gravitational pull that makes jumping itself difficult. Even if they clear the fence rather than running into it, gravity can tend to bring them headfirst to the ground upon landing. The schooling of horses for such obstacles must be difficult, if not impossible, for many trainers – the high number of novice deaths at downhill jumps bears testimony to this. Cheltenham’s downhills are notorious and over many decades have killed seasoned and novice horses alike. There was no sadder sight than that of Tardar, at the 2004 Festival meeting, who lay fatally injured, trying to lift his head, his ears twitching, as the other horses galloped away. His death was unseen by the roaring, excited crowds, having happened out in the ‘country’, and it received barely any mention by race commentators. Tardar’s jockey was also seriously injured, and could have easily suffered the same fate as the horse.

Jumping too young Another unpalatable feature of the racing calendar is the staging of chase events for four year olds. There is an argument that says the younger a horse starts jumping the better he or she will be. This is based on studies of European race horses. The Europeans, however, have brush-through THIS12 UNSPO fences and a mix of obstacles that ‘school’ the horse. They do not just drop animals in at the deep end.

The worst example of four year olds coming to grief during this report’s study period, was at Warwick on November 23, 2003, in the Highflyer Bloodstock Four Year Old Novice Chase. The event was over two miles on fast ground. Six horses started, one was killed at the first fence; one blundered badly at the second, unshipping his experienced jockey; and a third horse took a very nasty fall at the last fence. Only three completed the course – the last horse trailing some distance behind the winner.

Too close too the start Fences positioned too close to the start of a race can also be a problem. The Thoroughbred is known for nervousness and can take time to settle. If a novice is not settled at the first obstacle, and is fighting the bit, taking a pull, or if his eye is not in on the short approach, then danger looms quickly. Deaths are common at first flights. Red Halo at Warwick and Great Oaks at Plumpton are two examples from our study period.

Too close together Similarly, if fences come quickly after each other - particularly in the home straight when the race is on, and exhausted horses are being pushed to their limit – then disaster is almost inevitable. From our study, Ludlow must be highlighted for its four fences in the straight after the home turn. The fourth last fence - known to jockeys as ‘Tricky Trevor’ – was moved off the bend because of complaints by the riders that it was a seriously dangerous obstacle. However, instead of being removed altogether, it has been squeezed into the straight, giving a daunting line of four for the horses to face. The consequences of this realignment were all too apparent with the death of two horses in a three horse race. The novices Sharp Steel and Occam were killed at these Ludlow fences on November 13, 2003.

Sanded roads over courses also frequently serve as obstacles, and at least one such fatality occurred during the study period. The victim was a young horse who tried to jump the road and broke a leg in the process.

The problem with visors The use of visors may also have contributed to the annual death toll in jump racing. Animals wearing them for the first time are particularly vulnerable. Horses with visors run at increased pace, maybe through fear of not being able to see what is behind them. They may also have an obstructed view from the visor as they approach the obstacle. A fatal fall from increased speed and poor visibility can be the result.

Stiff fences Horses also pay with their lives when falling at stiff fences. Many race professionals would argue against this comment, but the facts speak for themselves. The highly talented Behrajan suffered awful neck injuries and died at the same stiff fence at Warwick racecourse that killed the novice Red Halo.

The Grand National course at Aintree with its stiff fences has killed many, many horses over the years. Less well known to the public are the Mildmay fences situated inside the National course. These too are stiff. The great Desert Orchid was brought down to the ground here, and the top horse of the 1990s, One Man, died at a Mildmay fence that crashed him into the Aintree turf. ORTING LIFE13 Stiffness of fences is variable. Fences are usually rebuilt every two seasons. When first constructed, the birch is compact and, if little leaf is left on the twigs, then there is hardly any ‘give’. With time, the birch gets kicked out during races and the fence becomes a little ‘easier’, though repair is often required to maintain shape and size. Some racecourses, such as Doncaster, have fences that are portable and can be moved to better ground to suit the prevailing conditions.

Ground Conditions

Many trainers are reluctant to run their horses on Firm, or Good to Firm ground because of the hazards such conditions present. Where horses are required to race on such ground, many will hold back, since jarring can give rise to injuries. Horses who fall on this ground commonly die. Thus, while small fields of horses line up on firm ground, there is a greater than average opportunity for their owners and trainers to earn prize money. If just three horses start, providing they jump all the way round on NH courses, or pass the finishing post on the flat, they are guaranteed a financial return. The Ludlow race mentioned earlier, where Sharp Steel and Occam both died in a three horse race, was a typical example of horses of limited ability being forced to take chances and paying with their lives. Owners, trainers, jockeys, the racecourse, the veterinary profession and the Jockey Club are all answerable.

Falls Do Not Just Affect the Fallen A Welfare & Financial Problem

The falls of horses can cause chaos in a race and hamper other runners. Frequently, other horses are brought down and some are fatally injured.

Welfare problems aside, injuries are financially extremely costly to race horse owners and trainers. Our study has found that, in the 2003/2004 NH Season, no fewer than 454 horses who fell, or were brought down, did not race again that season.

Form Book Comments

The Form Book race readers sometimes register their own reaction to the pain and suffering of race horses, through the terms they use to describe falls. They include: Horrific, Heavy, Nasty, Ugly, Awful, Awkward, Crashing. On the result of the fall, they write of the potential ‘loss of confidence’ and ‘mental scarring’ that will affect performance in future races. THIS14 UNSPO Conclusion All facts on death, injury and sickness must be made public Through painstaking research of available data, Animal Aid demonstrates in this report that around 375 horses are raced to death every year. Most die young from broken necks, legs, backs, or from heart attacks. Even larger numbers are killed because they fail to make the commercial grade or because they have come to the end of their exhausting racing careers. All these victims are individuals in their own right. We name many of them in our tables. Earlier Animal Aid reports revealed extremely high levels of stress-related equine injury and disease – notably, gastric ulcers and bleeding lungs. Collectively, our evidence points to an inherently exploitative industry that has little regard for the Thoroughbred workhorse on whom profits and glory depend. Animal Aid argue that it is an industry undeserving of the massive public support that comes its way through betting and racecourse attendance revenues. Nor should the industry, in our view, be allowed to regulate itself through the Jockey Club, or what looks set to be an equally unaccountable successor body, the Horseracing Regulatory Authority.

Are we right to argue that racing is intrinsically exploitative? How can the public make a judgement if the full facts about equine disease, neglect, injury, death and abandonment are concealed from them? We have worked hard to assemble and reveal what exists in the public domain. We call upon the Jockey Club to offer up for public consumption the complete truth. If the JC is so confident that racing can defend its reputation on the basis of proper disclosure, then, we say, put that confidence to the test.

In response to a written request for hard mortality data, Animal Aid received no answer. In fact, not even racing commentators are given such information. This is despite the JC’s fondness for spinning out fine-sounding rhetoric: ‘No issue’, it likes to declare, ‘has a higher priority for the Jockey Club than the safety and welfare of the horse.’

The truth has a way of leaking out. We have revealed a good deal of it in this report. The JC knows more. We say: it’s time to come clean and let the public decide. ORTING LIFE15

The RA MOODY BRIAN © , which does not list all equine fatalities. The true figures will therefore , which does not list all equine fatalities. This report into race horse deaths was compiled during 2004/2005. The principle source was compiled during 2004/2005.This report horse was The principle source deaths was race into OfficialRaceform Book Form be higher. covered: disciplines were All three British horse racing Hunt (NH) and National together) (grouped Flat & All Weather 2002; 2003 2000; 2001; Seasons’ races: Flat & All Weather cover to collected Data was 2002/2003; 2003/2004 2001/2002; 2000/2001; Hunt Seasons’ races: and National were Horse They Deaths, horses named with age given. For Flat and All Weather were and sex then totalled. Hurdles; Chases; Hurdles; Novice included: Chases; Novice were Hunt races All National NH Flat Races horses foreign killed in Britain. as were British horses noted, were killed abroad Hunt Racecourses Where HorseIndividual ‘National Deaths Occurred’ charts highlight each NH that particular the number of horse for deaths at each racecourse display They Season of the study. Total that season at racecourse. racing alongside, the number of days season and show, of the table specifying number at the foot and a mean figure is given figures are shown comparisons. season-to-season for This allows racing. horse deaths per hundred days studyA chart combining the overall period of NH deaths at individual a mean figure that displays racecourses the number of horsegives deaths per This allows racing. hundred days be compared, to individual racecourses than just comparing the total rather number of horses killed on a year-by- a more accurate basis. This gives year and reliable assessment of the a number of record over racecourse’s seasons. The tally includes the total at all courses – days number of racing not just those courses that suffered deaths. Lingfield is not included, as it over NH racing consistent did not have NH days seasons, with only seven four in total. racing the same period of NH horse the deaths for deaths. The first totals cover graph graphs The two racing the mean number of horse shows deaths per hundred days each season. The second graph courses a more accurate from where deaths occurred. This gives racing days the total assessed from and reliable assessment of each season, particularly and mouth of the six month foot in view meetings being cancelled. This, in turn, reduced NH race in many that resulted outbreak in 2001 was days when the reduced number of racing the number of horse deaths that season. However, studied. with the other seasons that were consistent was account, the death toll into taken Report Scope, Terms and Criteria Report Scope, Terms 17 17 16 18 24 ’ Running for Their Lives for Running

Tables Data Relating to Horse Deaths 2000 - 2004 Report Scope, Terms and CriteriaReport Scope, Terms ...... and Abbreviations...... to Layout Key Number of Horses Killed...... * the report by including NH 1999/2000 all seasons covered for Totals report previous Animal Aid’s ‘ from * taken Names and Numbers of Horses Killed...... On & Off Season 2000 Course Horse Race Deaths Flat/AW Season 2001 On Course Horse Race Deaths Flat/AW Season 2002 On Course Horse Race Deaths Flat/AW Season 2003 On Course Horse Race Deaths Flat/AW On Course Horse Hunt 2000/2001 Race Deaths National On Course Horse Hunt 2001/2002 Race Deaths National On Course Horse Hunt 2002/2003 Race Deaths National On Course Horse Hunt 2003/2004 Race Deaths National Types/Seasons of Race Hunt Deaths – Breakdown National National Hunt Racecourses Where Deaths Occurred...... NH Season 2000/2001 NH Season 2001/2002 NH Season 2002/2003 NH Season 2003/2004 Racing Horse Days Death Numbers;Graphs: Mean Deaths to Racing Combined List Days of Seasons/Racecourses with Mean Deaths to RA MOODY BRIAN © THIS16 UNSPO . Running For Their Lives For Running 481. The projected figures in the tables above are arrived at as follows: An Animal Aid survey of at as follows: are arrived figures in the tables above The projected Number of Horses Killed Flat & All Weather Season 2000 Horse 127 Deaths exposed: Total Horse Deaths on Racecourses: 23 Total Flat & All Weather Season 2001 106 Horse Deaths: projected Total Horse Deaths on Racecourses: 19 Total Flat & All Weather Season 2002 139 Horse Deaths: projected Total Horse Deaths on Racecourses: 25 Total Flat & All Weather Season 2003 100 Horse Deaths: projected Total Horse Deaths on Racecourses: 18 Total National Hunt Season 1999/2000 Animal Aid: 247 Horse by Deaths exposed Total Horse Deaths on Racecourses: 91 Total National Hunt Season 2000/2001 132 Horse Deaths: projected Total Horse Deaths on Racecourses: 49 Total National Hunt Season 2001/2002 259 Horse Deaths: projected Total Horse Deaths on Racecourses: 96 Total National Hunt Season 2002/2003 205 Horse Deaths: projected Total Horse Deaths on Racecourses: 76 Total National Hunt Season 2003/2004 227 Horse Deaths: projected Total Horse Deaths on Racecourses: 84 Total Horse Deaths On Racecourses: Total All Years in the Animal Aid report, deaths, as revealed includes NH 1999/2000 This total N.B. on and off a total NH season and of the 2000 Flat found course death tally the 1999/2000 Thirty on the courses while the remainder per cent of these casualties arose themselves, of 374. injuries, or because killed subsequently during those seasons as a result of training died or were Because on course deaths have be of no further considered to the animals were utility. commercial can reasonably assume that the off since 2000, we been consistent course death tally also are above, death figures, as shown total By these calculations, the projected remained consistent. is This annual total death figure of 375. total at an annual average also arrive we deduced. Equally, The reduced figures above total. suggesting yearly a lower some of the data above reliable, despite courses number of waterlogged the extensive and mouth outbreak from the foot result from curtailed during 2001. that severely racing Number of Obstacles Horse’s OfficialHorse’s BHB • • Number of Horses in Race • Trainer Trainer • *Horses Killed on a Racecourse. Distance of Race • • = Unseated the Rider (Jockey) = Unseated Jockey Jockey Reason for Death. for Reason = Jockey remounted horse after remounted falling = Jockey Weight Carried by Horse Carried by Weight • UR • • = Mistake at a fence or hurdle; at a fence = Mistake = furlong (eight to a mile) = furlong (eight to rmt = mare (female horse= mare (female aged 5 years or older); f Sex of HorseSex = horse (male horse aged 5 years or older); m = Novice • h Mistk Nov = hurdles Cause of Injury Age of HorseAge = distance of the race in miles to the nearest half mile. in miles to = distance of the race • • m Type of Race & Class of Race & Class of Race Type of Race of HorseAge Date Date • • • hdls or hdl = Horse himself (back legs struck struck legs) front into = the fence or hurdle at which the horse = the fence fell = ‘A’ top rated race though to ‘H’ lowest rated race rated ‘H’ lowest though to race rated top = ‘A’ S.I.H. = Hampered by another horse;= Hampered by = fences; = fences; Racecourse = Age of Horse – Weight Carried by Horse Official Carried by / Horse’s of Horse (Ability= Age – Weight Rating) BHB Rating Position in Race when Injury in Race Position Occurred • Name of HorseName of HorseName • = Blundered at a fence or hurdle; = Blundered at a fence = Distance of the Race; = miles and furlongs re: NH Flat Races; = miles and furlongs re: NH Flat Races; • • = Total Number of Obstacles to be Jumped in the Race either fences or hurdles either fences be Jumped in the Race Number of Obstacles to = Total = Injured; = National Hunt (Jump Racing); Hunt (Jump Racing); = National = Horse was Brought Down by a fallen horse; a fallen by Down Brought = Horse was = Horse was Pulled Up and stops racing and stops Pulled Up = Horse was Ground Conditions (Going) Ground = gelding (castrated male horse age) = gelding that can be of any (castrated = colt (male horse under 5 years old); = filly (female horse= filly (female under 5 years old); Key to Layout and Abbreviations Rating Rating Jumped PU Blnd National Hunt Layout Tally • National Hunt Abbreviations NH fncs or fnc BD Layout (All Weather) Flat / AW Tally Abbreviations Flat / AW c A-W / OR Class of Race Dist. m f Ob. etc.) (1st, Fell Hmpd or Hp f g Inj. 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News Euro Givre Glowing Guest Happy Honduras Park Houston Age/Sex In Disguise Landrfun Killed On Racecourse Data Only – Total Season Deaths Unavailable Killed On Racecourse Data Only – Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Killed On Racecourse Data Only – Total Season Deaths Unavailable Killed On Racecourse Data Only – Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Season Deaths Unavailable Killed On Racecourse Data Only – Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Race Horse Deaths Flat/AW Season 2001 Race Horse Deaths Flat/AW Race Horse Deaths Flat/AW Season 2003 Race Horse Deaths Flat/AW Race Horse Deaths Flat/AW Season 2002 Race Horse Deaths Flat/AW * 23 Total Racecourse 2f 2c 3f 3c 6g 3c 2f 3c 4g * 5m 3g 2c 6g 6g * 10g * 7g 7g * 5g 6g 2f * 2c 5g * 5g 2f 5g 6h 2f * 7m * 2f 4g 9g 3g 3c 8g 4f 3c 2f 8g * 3c 3f * 3f 11g * 10g 3g 3f 11g * 5g 6g 3c * 3g 4c 4c * 8g 6g 4f 3c 3c 4g * 3g 6g 7g * 3f 5m Sand Bankes Lullaby Scotty Guest Makati Service Star Margarita Shapour Markellis Shotley Marie Shotley Marshall St. Cyr Marshall St. Sign the Truce Sign the Truce Mephitis Space Race Midyan Blue Midyan Spartan Heartbeat Mukhlles Spring AnchorSpring Natural Eight Natural Sticks Neervam Star Neervam Striding King Striding Netta Rufina Netta Sunset Shore Ollie's Chuckle Supreme Maimoon Onka Paringa Onka Sure To Dream Sure To Oregon Flight Swagger Palacegate Jack Palacegate Tambourinaire Peaceful Promise Peaceful Tiler Pearl Button Pearl Toposhees Penny Lass Penny To The Roof To Perpetual Pride Perpetual Touch The Sky Touch Perugino Pearl Perugino Vanborough Lad Vanborough Pine Ridge Lad Vannucci Pips Star Venture Capitalist Venture Polo Venture Polo Warrior King Warrior Portland Wild Flight Present Laughter Wild Thing Prince Danzig Prince Woody's Boy Woody's Princess Kali Princess Wurzel Principle Account Principle Royal Fusilier Royal Rule Of Thumb Running Bear Russian Music Horse Age/Sex *Killed On Lite A Candle Saligo Love Lady Love 67 101 68 102 69 103 70 104 71 105 72 106 73 107 74 108 75 109 76 110 77 111 78 112 79 113 80 114 81 115 82 116 83 117 84 118 85 119 86 120 87 121 88 122 89 123 90 124 91 125 92 126 93 127 94 95 96 97 98 65 99 66 100 Racecourse 4g 3c 6g 8g 3g 3c 3c 4g 2g 5g 3c * 6h 3g 5g 4f 2c 3c 4g * 6g 3f 2g 6m 4g 4c 4c 2f 3c 2f 4g 4f 5g 10g 3c 3c 4c * 3g 2c 5m 6m 2c 7g 3c 5h 3c 7g * 3g * 7g 9g 3g 5m 5g 8g * 8g 6g 5m 2g 12g 3c 3g 3c 2f 8h 2f * 3g Double Banger Horse Age/Sex *Killed On Adirpour Double Rush Agua Caballo Agua Double Vision Aiwin Eastern Rainbow Eastern Albaneck Eastwell Minstrel Eastwell Alfini Eshtiaal All Mine Eurolink Moussaka Eurolink Alright Pops Alright Fast Buck Fast Aristocrat Flying Officer At Large At Forest Friendly Forest Baillieston Frisky Fox Frisky Big Al Full Circuit Full Bonifacio Get It Sorted Boulder Gibney's Flyer Gibney's Bread Winner Groesfaen Capercaillie Gutteridge Centre Stage Happy Hooligan Happy Central Coast Central Heritage Park Changing Scene High Carry Cheek To Cheek Cheek To Importune Chemcast Inca Star Chist Inch Pincher Civil Liberty Insightful Chocolate Ice I Recall Condor Hero Jonathan's Girl Da Boss Katiymann Dark Menace Dark Keen Dancer Keen Daunting Assembly King Of Truth Days Of Thunder Days Krantor Desert North Lanntansa Diamond Murphy Legal Issue Distinctly Chic Distinctly Dive Dobaandi 34 Combining Horses That Died On And Off The Racecourse 1 35 2 36 3 37 4 38 5 39 6 40 7 41 8 42 9 43 10 44 11 45 12 46 13 47 14 48 15 49 16 50 17 51 18 52 19 53 20 54 21 55 22 56 23 57 24 58 25 59 26 60 27 61 28 62 29 63 30 64 31 32 33 Race Horse Deaths Flat/AW Season 2000 Race Horse Deaths Flat/AW Names and Number of Horses Killed THIS18 UNSPO cont PU after 5th PU after 7 f TauntonTaunton 20-Apr-01 20-Apr-01 NovHurdle ENovHurdle 2.5m / 10hdl ENovChase DoncasterChase H fnc 2.5m / 17 LudlowChase A 21-Feb-01 3.5m / 20 fnc DNovHurdle 3rd Fell Warwick 21-Feb-01 hdl 2.5m / 12 3.5m / 22 fncChase F Uttoxeter Haydock ENovChase 14th Fell 23-Feb-01 24-Feb-01 fncNH Flat H 2.5m / 15 fnc 2.5m / 16 24-Feb-01 15th Fell Leicester HuntingdonChase B PU after10th PU after12th 2m 1f 14-Mar-01 DNovChase 27-Feb-01 Collapsed fnc 2.5m / 18 DNovHurdle fncs 2m / 12 Aintree GN PU after14th Musselburgh Huntingdon hdl 2.5m / 10 3-Apr-01 6-Apr-01 16-Apr-01 PU after10th PU 3f Out HpUR/BD7th NH Flat H 2m 1f R GreeneGolden Eagle R WidgerCavalero Mr A Charles-Jones Kenny Young HJ Manners BrookhouseR Garritty Pop Corporation ran 12 PR ChamingsG Lee ran 14 Dixie River ran 10 A ThorntonBuckside P BeaumontMA Fitzgerald Soft Good Spring Tundra ran 18 GoodP Niven RH AlnerThe Outback Way J Jefferson HendersonN Williamson / -Carraignamon 4-10-12 / - 12-12-8 SoftR Thornton 6 ran ran 9 ran 10 / - 9-11-2 Sporting Way ? Challenging V Williams M Reveley Mid-Division Fall Fatal Soft Bailey Soft (Heavy) KC ran 24 Soft 10-11-10/150 ran 13 Destroyed Prominent / - 7-11-7 7 ran Fall Fatal Soft (Heavy) Lame G/F (Good) Leading / - 9-11-2 / 96 7-11-6 /147 11-12-0 / - 4-10-12 Prominent Weakening Soft 5th Finished Injury Pelvic Mid-Division Hind Leg Heart Br. Attack ? Leg Broke / 92 8-10-8 Behind ? High Topper S Curran Crisis Cashew Mr A Honeyball PF Nicholls KM George ran 10 ran 12 Good / Firm Good / Firm / - 6-10-11 / 80 6-10-5 Prominent Leading Leg Broke Leg Broke

39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 38 49 meetings in the National and mouth disease outbreak. Many the foot affected by severely was NB. The Season 2000/2001 in death figures. the drop This accounts for Festival. cancelled including the Cheltenham Calendar were Hunt Racing with other seasons. consistent was held, the toll racing the amount of days in relation to However, Race Horse Deaths National Hunt NH Season 2000/2001 RA MOODY BRIAN © UR 12th Fell 4th Fell Last UR 4th Warwick 13-Jan-01 Warwick 13-Jan-01 WorcesterWorcester 11-Jun-00 11-Jun-00 are where more than one horse was killed on the same day or at the same meeting killed on the same day are where more than one horse was Hurdle BNH Flat H hdls 3m / 11 Hurdle G 2mHurdle G 2m / 9 hdls 2m / 9hdls Taunton Musselburgh Fakenham 14-Feb-01 15-Feb-01 16-Feb-01 1f out Fell Lame Finish AlwaysRear NovChase ENovChase ENovChase fncs 2m / 12 FakenhamChase A fncs 3m / 19 MarketRasen ENovChase 18-Dec-00 26-Dec-00 3.5m / 22 fncChase G fncs 3m / 19 Chepstow PU after10th Ayr HmpdFell14th DNovChase 27-Dec-00 fnc 2.5m / 15 DNovHurdle fncs 3m / 17 Folkestone Haydock 2m / 8 hdls CNovChase HmpdFell13th 2-Jan-01 2-Jan-01 Kempton fnc 2.5m / 17 6-Jan-01 10-Jan-01 Blnd. Fell 5th PU after15th 8th Fell PU after 5th NovChase DNovChase ENovChase fnc 2.5m / 16 NewtonAbb. ENovHurdle fncs 2m / 11 1-Jun-00 Folkestone 2m / 8 hdls Hurdle BHurdle G Fell 5th 7-Jun-00 2m / 8 hdls Hurdle F 2m / 8 hdls UR 3rd Chase F MarketRasen hdls 3m / 10 Chase F 24-Jun-00 NewtonAbb. E fncNovHurdle 2.5m / 15 1-Jul-00 Woverhamp. Inj. On Line hdl 2.5m / 10 fncsHurdle E 2m / 12 7-Jul-00 Sedgefield NewtonAbb.Chase F Collapsed 17-Jul-00 20-Jul-00 2.5m / 11hdlHurdle G Collapsed BangorHurdle G 3.5m / 20 fnc Fell 4th Fell after 7th NewtonAbb. 2m / 8 Hdls ENovHurdle 15-Aug-00 4-Aug-00 hdls Perth 3m / 11 hdl 2.5m / 10 ENovHurdle Sedgefield Cartmel PU Mistk14th hdls 3m / 12 Hurdle D Fell 7th Worcester 1-Sep-00NH Flat H 23-Aug-00 26-Aug-00 hdl 2.5m / 10 ENovHurdle 8-Sep-00 Sedgefield PU after 4th Lame 1m 5.5f Fell 5th hdls 3m / 12 Hurdle D 12-Sep-00 MarketRasen PU after 11th ENovHurdle MarketRasen 1-Oct-00 2m / 9 hdls 2.5m / 9 hdl PU after 7th Chase E 23-Sep-00 Southwell LudlowChase 0-110 PU after 2nd Inj.after Line fncsChase 3m / 19 3m / 17fncs 21-Oct-00 19-Oct-00 Cheltenham LeicesterChase E Collapsed7th 24-Oct-00 CNovChase Blnd 1st PU 2.5m / ?fncs 13-Nov-00 fnc 3.5m / 24 3m / 21fncs Fell 17th Royal Down Ayr Fell 2nd Cheltenham 18-Nov-00 8-Dec-00 PU bef 3 out 4-Dec-00 Fell 19th Fell 16th bold JP Byrne Rastus Master A ThorntonConlor L CooperJoli Flyers Mr A Honeyball PR Webber SD WillaimsPark Royal MurphyTJ ran 10 RJ Hodges ran 18 FP Murtagh ran 12 ran 14 Soft P Butler Soft (Soft) Heavy Good (G/S) ran 15 / 93 7-10-8 /107 8-10-11 / - 4-10-1 / 135 8-11-2 Prominent Won Prominent Soft Weakening ? Fall Fatal Leg Broke Destroyed / 68 6-10-11 Finished11th ? N Williamson Hour Lad Bright McCarthyJA Kharisma Papo R Bellamy V WilliamsHit The Canvas P Niven PR Webber Black Pot Royal 5 ranDr P Pritchard ran 10 Pas N’Insistez Hobbs PJ B StoreySilent Warning G/S (Soft) Dr PritchardMA Fitzgerald M ReveleyKaygebe ran Soft 19 (Heavy) 9 ran / - 7-11-1 / 91 6-11-2 6 ran Henderson A Parker Prominent Soft (Heavy) Prominent ran 18 Soft /129 10-10-5 Leg Broke 6 ran Soft (G/S) Injury Fatal Prominent Soft / 85 10-11-0 Fall Fatal / 67 10-10-2 Soft (Heavy) Weakening Held Up / 105 7-11-9 ? / - 6-10-12 Prominent Leg Broke Prominent Fall Fatal Pelvis Broke Star Of Dungannon Star HorseJockeyTappeto W MarstonFlying Gilda McCarthyJA Villa Aston Discipline TrainerJ TizzardCaptain Dee Cee Wintle DJ MurphyTJ Dist./Ob. Lady Herries Charlie Cherokee No.RunnersN Smith 7 ran 6 ran CourseCombe Springs GoingP Flynn NR Mitchell Peter Curragh S SherwoodS Wynne 20 ran Date Good (G/S)Fortynineplus Good A-W / OR ran 14 J Mogford R CraggsChoir Belle / - 8-11-0 G Lake in race Pos. G/F (Good) CR BarwellIvorian CauseDeath G/F (Good) / - 5-10-8 JP McNamara ran 12 P Bickerton Prominent / 80 6-10-7 Red Castle Wintle DJ ran 10 / 125 6-11-3 Dr P Pritchard 6 ran Venture Fall Polo ? Fatal Weakening Behind CN KellettB Harding Good / Firm 8 ran C GrantOur Joe Destroyed G/F (Good) Dr PritchardMA Fitzgerald / 90 5-12-0 7 ran Minstrel Eastwell G/S (Soft) / 80 7-10-11 Leg Broke J Crowley 6 ran 5th Finished 8 ranDoctor Rose Good / Firm M Hammond Won JJ O'Neill ? JR Kavanagh / 64 13-10-1 Leg Broke Appointed / 98Well 9-11-11 7 ran Good WonB Gibson Good (G/S) Prominent Mascot Royal ran 11 Firm A LockwoodL Corcoran RH Buckler / 67 Heart 9-11-3 Attack Makati Fall 6 ran Fatal Good (G/F)W Marston / 108 5-11-7 ranEshtiaal 11 Heart Attack Prominent Good (G/S) / 97M Batchelor 5-11-2 Mactaggart Prominent / 96 5-11-2 Impetus BG Powell / 76 6-11-0 Leg Broke L Cooper 9 ran Prominent Good Fall Fatal Dom Beltrano JGM O'Shea Good / Firm Leading Held UpMr F Windsor Clive ran 11 K MarksShopaholic / 72 6-10-6 Leg Broke 7 ran N Twiston-DH OliverNorthday / 67 Good Leg Broke 5-10-12 Prominent ran Fall 10 Fatal CaseyDJ JJ O'Neill G/F (Good) ran 10 2nd Finished Swanbister Good (G/F)A Dobbin ? / - 5-10-13 Tendon Sev. Anna Karnali ran 14 Good (G/F) /101 11-10-5 / -AP McCoy 6-10-12 S Sherwood G/F (Good) 9th Finished Off Tailed /107 8-10-12 D Wachman 7 ran Mid-Division / 99 6-10-8 Leg Broke Challenging Soft L Lungo 5 ran ? ? Prominent Destroyed MC Pipe Good / Soft 8 ran ? Good / Yeild / 94 6-10-9 / 106 6 ran 7-11-8 / - 5-10-13 ? Prominent Soft (Heavy) Off Tailed /105 10-12-0 Soft Heart Attack Leading ? Leg Broke Destroyed / - 7-11-1 Challenging Fall Fatal 34 35 36 37 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 Racecourses highlighted in Racecourses highlighted 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Race Horse Deaths National Hunt NH Season 2000/2001 ORTING LIFE19 cont Fell 15th PU 3f Out Fell 12th Fell Last Fell 5th PU after 5th PU after 5th PU after 6th PU after 4th LudlowLudlow 28-Feb-02 28-Feb-02 KemptonKempton 19-Jan-02 19-Jan-02 Huntingdon 12-Oct-01 Huntingdon 12-Oct-01 Huntingdon 12-Oct-01 PlumptonPlumpton 5-Nov-01 5-Nov-01 Hurdle DHurdle D hdl 2.5m / 10 ENovHurdle Wetherby 2.5m / 9 hdlsChase D 2.5m / 8 hdls Fontwell HNovChase Sedgefield 21-Jan-02 ENovHurdle fnc 2m / 12 fncs 3m / 15 23-Jan-02 22-Jan-02Hurdle E PUCollapsed hdl 2.5m / 11 MarketRasen Huntingdon ENovHurdle Newcastle 3rd Fence ? 5-Feb-02 Fell 8th 7-Feb-02 D 2m / 6 hdlsNovChase 2m / 6 hdls 16-Feb-02NH Flat H Fell 2nd fnc Sedgefield / 17 2.5m Collapsed Warwick CNovChase Fell 10th 19-Feb-02 2m Hurdle F fncs 22-Feb-02 2m / 11 DNovChase PU Run-In Sedgefield Fell 3rd 2.5m / 9 hdls fncs 3m / 16 5-Mar-02 Catterick Towcester Fell 7th 6-Mar-02 7-Mar-02 Fell 5th Fell 8th Hurdle G CNovChase 2m / 8 hdlsHurdle C fncs 3m / 17 NH Flat H NewtonAbb. Haydock 2m / 9 hdls DNovChase 7-Nov-01 2m 1f ENovChase 18-Nov-01 Ascot fnc / 16 2.5m Fell Last DNovHurdle Fakenham fncs 3m / 19 after PU 8th ENovHurdle Aintree 2m / 8 hdls Hereford 25-Nov-01 23-Nov-01Hurdle B 2m / 9 hdls Hexham DNovHurdle 7th Fell 4-Dec-01 Fell 3rd 25-Nov-01 Bangor 2m / 9 hdlsHurdle E hdl / 10 2.5m 12-Dec-01 Collapsed Haydock Collapsed ENovHurdle Ascot 19-Dec-01 Collapsed E 2m / 9 hdlsNovHurdle 2m / 8 hdls 28-Dec-01NH Flat H 2m / 8 hdls 7th Fell Fakenham Newbury 22-Dec-01 Huntingdon Fell 2nd 2m 7-Jan-02 9-Jan-02 Pelvis Fract. 16-Jan-02 PU after 8th Fell Last UR 2nd Ludlow 17-Jan-02 8f PU NH Flat H CNovChase 2m 1fChase B fncs 3m / 19 fnc Taunton / 17 2.5m 17-Jan-02 PU 1f out NovChase ENovChase Hurdle C fnc 2.5m / 15 Hurdle C 2m / 8 hdls DNovChase 2m / 8 hdls Hurdle D fncs 2m / 12 Chase E Exeter 2m / 9 hdlsChase D FNovHurdle fncs 3m / 19 Ludlow 23-Oct-01 DNovChase fncs 3m / 17 Cheltenham 2m / 9 hdls Kelso Fell 4th fnc 3.5m / 18 25-Oct-01 30-Oct-01 7th Fell Fell 18th 3-Nov-01 15th Fell R ThorntonSunshade T DoyleLittle Pippin F KeniryRomacyn Chance Noel B HardingRed Imp 7 ranRichard GuestCash Account G SwinbankMr P Hewitt GB BaldingSupreme Bramble ran 11 A Ross FP Murtagh NB Mason (G/S) Good Girl Fireside 8 ranRichard Guest ran 11 Appeal Trump R Harvey / 115 9-10-5 8 ranN Fehily Good / SoftArtist's Model ProminentM Bradburne / 94 DM Forster 6-10-11 Soft Path Misty 9 ran Soft (Heavy) M ReveleyG Lee Soft (Heavy) Behind Neck Broke Gesture Pat's / - ran 15 7-11-2 JP Byrne 22 ran HD Daly JG Portman / 109 6-11-8 Pur Tresor SoftR Garritty (Heavy) / 111 6-11-2 ?Knight Nite ? Heart Attack ran 19 Soft.Hy.runinL Cooper / - 9-11-7 Challenged 8 ran Soft (Heavy) / 91 Mccain D 8-11-0 F Murphy / - 6-10-11 Fall Fatal Up Held Heavy GM Moore In 3rd Place ran 16 Leg (Soft) G/S Broke Fall Fatal 8 ran Weakening JJ O'Neill ran 18 Injury Fatal Heart Attack / - 4-10-12 / - 7-10-10 Fall Fatal Good (G/S) 8 ran Soft (Heavy) (Good) G/S Up Held Behind / - 6-11-2 / 85 8-10-11 / 95 5-11-13 Soft (G/S) Behind Fall Fatal Mid-Division Behind Fall Fatal / - 6-11-0 ? Fall Fatal Fall Fatal Up Held Fall Fatal L CumminsSon Gancho Mr N HarrisThanks Keith AS SmithBlue Music EC LavelleR WakleyKaizen Miss D ColeG LeeHal Hoo Yaroom 8 ranR Thornton ran 18 FP MurtaghSmackwater Jack JP McNamara Frost RG Robzelda 6 ranG Lee (Good) G/S SoftIce JR Jenkins A TurnellL Cooper 8 ran RH Alner / 81 6-10-0 Pete Pedro M Foley Good 6 ran Seat Earls ? ran 21 M Bradburne / 66 5-10-12 6 ranJoking Aside Good (G/F) KA RyanMiss V Haigh S Kettlewell Prominent / 104Gold Statuette 6-11-9 / 118 Soft 6-11-4 / Soft Good R Thornton JIA Charlton HendersonRaise A Prince ran 12 Prominent Soft Fall ran Fatal 12 P Hide Leading vsp ? / - 4-11-4 Haigh MissV Bobstown ran 15 ran 16 L Barber ? Fall Fatal / - ran 10 8-10-12 T Mcgovern / Soft Good 8th Finished Soft (Heavy) / - 8-10-12 (Soft) Heavy / 110 5-11-9 ran 17 / - Good (G/S) Prominent 5-10-12 Heart Attack SPC Woods / - Soft 2nd Finished 6-10-12 Prominent F Murphy / 126 4-10-0 3rd Finished Fall Fatal Heart Attack ran 17 / Soft Good Up Held Finished12th Fall Fatal Heart Attack ran 18 / - 4-10-12 / 95 10-11-4 Day PD Next G/S (Soft) Fall Fatal Mid-Division Mid-Division Good (G/S) / 113 9-11-2 ? Fall Fatal / - 5-10-13 Leading Weakening Leg Broke Leg Broke Moonlight Invader Beggars Balm D PebodyPhil Sanders B HitchcottKurakka PR Webber B Sanders ran 14 5 ran Soft (G/S) Good / - 8-11-0 / - 6-11-0 Behind Off Tailed ? Fall Fatal R Wakley Settlement Final AP McCoyHariymi B FentonIlico Ii R Johnson JG Portman Star Polar JR JenkinsAP McCoyRelaxation 9 ranMr R Burton R RoweMinioso ran 5 Hobbs PJ D ElsworthSamba Sharply Pipe MC GoodC Llewellyn 5 ranLeila HD Daly ran 7 Good Mrs S Smith ran 10 / 76 7-10-0 ran 10 RM Flower Good 8 ran Good / 117 6-11-5 Held Up (Good) G/F ran 16 Prominent Good (G/F) / 119 6-11-7 / 97 4-11-2 Good / - 5-11-0 Fall Fatal / 123 9-12-0 Injury Fatal Prominent (Good) G/S Prominent On Staying Prominent / 91 10-11-0 Injury Fatal / 100 7-10-7 Leg Broke Fall Fatal Weakening Fall Fatal Prominent ? Fall Fatal 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 38 62 63 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 Race Horse Deaths National Hunt NH Season 2001/2002 Fell 5th Fell Last Fell Last Fell Last Fell 11th Fell 4th PU/Collapsed Br.LegFin.+ Fell 2f Out Struck-Self Fell 10th Fell 13th Fell 17th Fell 4th PU after 7th PU after 3rd Stratford 1-Jul-01 Stratford 1-Jul-01 Stratford 2-Jun-01 Stratford 2-Jun-01 Chepstow 6-Oct-01 Stratford 1-Jun-01 Perth 18-Aug-01 Chepstow 6-Oct-01 Folkestone 23-May-01 Perth 18-Aug-01 Plumpton 29-Sep-01 Folkestone 23-May-01 Stratford 11-Aug-01 Plumpton 29-Sep-01 Folkestone 23-May-01 Stratford 11-Aug-01 are where more than one horse was killed on the same day or at the same meeting killed on the same day are where more than one horse was NovHurdle FNovHurdle hdls 3m / 12 Hurdle G WorcesterNH Flat H hdl 2.5m / 10 11-Jul-01 Worcester 2m 1f 18-Jul-01 Collapsed Sedgefield PU after 4th 26-Jul-01 PU/Collapsed NovHurdle ENovHurdle 2m / 9 hdls NovHurdle FNovHurdle hdls 3m / 12 DNovHurdle Worcester 2m / 8 hdls DNovChase Hexham 2.5m / 16fnc 9-Jun-01 22-Jun-01 6th Fell PU after 4th Hurdle F hdl 2.5m / 10 NovHurdle ENovHurdle hdls 3m / 12 MarketRasen 7-Oct-01 StruckSelfPU Hurdle C 2m / 9 hdls Hurdle FHurdle F 2m / 7 hdls ENovHurdle hdl 2.5m / 11 NewtonAbb. hdl 2.5m / 10 ENovHurdle Southwell MarketRasen 27-Aug-01 2m / 8 hdls ENovHurdle 1-Sep-01 27-Aug-01 1st Fell 2.5m / 9 hdl SedgefieldHurdle E Worcester PU after 9th PU after 9th 7-Sep-01 hdl 2.5m / 10 14-Sep-01 MarketRasen PU after 5th 29-Sep-01 Blnd. PU 4th Collapsed NovChase CNovChase fnc 2.5m / 16 Chase FChase E fncsChase D 2m / 13 MarketRasen fnc 2.5m / 16 26-May-01 Huntingdon 3.5m / 21fnc 28-May-01 Fell 9th PU after14th E NovHurdle hdls 3m / 12 Hurdle B 2m / 8 hdls NH Flat H 2m 1.5f ENovChase Hurdle D fncs 3m / 19 Southwell ENovHurdle hdls 3m / 10 hdl 2.5m / 10 13-Aug-01 NewtonAbb. 14-Aug-01 Distressed Lame 7th NovChase ENovChase fncs 2m / 12 Chase D 2.5m / 15fnc Chase F fncs 3m / 18 Hurdle G hdl 2.5m / 12 Chase FHurdle AHurdle G 3.5m / 17fnc Sedgefield 2m / 8 hdlsChase H 2m / 9 hdls HaydockChase H 4-May-01 Hereford fncs 3m / 18 Hurdle E 5-May-01 Fell 11th Wetherby fncs 3m / 18 5-May-01 Stratford 2m / 8 hdls Fell 7th 9-May-01 PU after 4th 14-May-01 Fell 11th BD 9th Chase F fncs 3m / 18 bold A Maguire Gleeson General Collingridge ran 16 Good / Firm / 81 6-10-0 Leading Fall Fatal O McPhailEagle Canyon C LlewellynAlbright AP McCoy JF Panvert DM Lloyd ran 17 C Thornton ran 15 6 ran Good (G/F) Soft / 81 9-10-7 G/F (Firm) 3rd Finished Heart Attack / - 5-10-11 / 75 8-11-0 6f Reached Prominent Heart Attack Leg Broke D Elsworth Bell Lutine Mrs S Smith ran 10 Good / Firm / 96 8-10-11 Challenged Leg Broke B HitchcottLittle Notice J Neville ran 16 Good / Firm / 94 8-10-13 Weakening Fall Fatal R JohnsonChase Night I JardineAhraydoubleyou HD Daly Whillans DW ran 17 9 ran Good Good (G/F) / - 8-10-9 /94 10-11-10 Mid-Division ? Fall Fatal Leg Broke Anthony EvansAnthony Then Royal PD Evans ran 14 Good / Firm /116 5-10-11 Behind Fall Fatal R JohnsonSolitary Hobbs PJ 8 ran Good / - 6-11-0 Weakening Fall Fatal J Tizzard JG Given ran 11 G/S (Good) / - 4-10-11 Behind Injury Fatal D Gallagher Heights Pekan PR Webber ran 12 G/F (Good) / 90 8-10-0 Behind Fall Fatal J CrowleyBarton Heights MA Barnes 9 ran Good (G/F) / 72 8-10-5 Off Tailed Heart Attack PJ BrennanPJ Flight Frontier J Bosley Lad Lynton S FoxAllten Grazed MissM BraggC McCormack ran 15 Ascot Boy X Aizpuru PW HaittCommon Man C GrantG Lake Good / Firm MJ Gingell 6 ran 9-9-9 / 80 Roe Graeme ran 10 ran 16 9 ran ? Good / Firm O Brennan Good / Firm / 76 11-9-10 G/F (Firm) ran 12 / - 5-10-7 G/F (Good) WellPlaced? / - 9-10-12 / - ? 6-10-12 fall Fatal ? Soft Behind Held Up Leg Broke Leg Broke / 109 8-11-3 ? 9th Finished Heart Attack AP McCoyDoctor Goddard MC Pipe 9 ran Good / 119 4-11-1 2nd Finished Leg Broke R StudholmeSecond Helping M Bradstock ran 18 Good / Firm / - 5-10-10 Prominent Leg Broke A DobbinMr Bruno JJ O'Neill 7 ran Good (G/F) / - 5-10-12 Won Tendon Sev. R Forristal Peer Polar N FehilyOur Ghillie JR Best CJ Mann ran 16 5 ran Good G/F (Firm) / 93 7-11-4 / - 7-11-0 Prominent Leading Fall Fatal Off Hind Br. R GreeneMajor Lando JW Mullins 7 ran G/S (Good) / 87 6-11-1 Behind Leg Broke AP McCoyZolaran P Bowen 4 ran Good / Firm 10-11-11/117 Last Fall Fatal F Keniry Lad Raymond's GB Balding ran 11 Good (G/S) / 79 11-10-1 Behind Fall Fatal J TizzardMr Bombastique AP McCoy Charter Atlantic PF Nicholls P Bowen 9 ran 8 ran Good / Firm /116 10-11-6 G/F (Good) Won / 95 7-10-4 Prominent Died ? ? R ForristalMountain Flyer JR Best ran 17 G/S (Good) / 76 6-10-7 ? Fall Fatal T Scudamore Home Stately N Twiston-D ran 13 Good / Firm / - 4-10-2 Weakening Leg Broke R ThorntonSouthampton MJ Ryan ran 11 Good (G/S) / 75 9-10-0 Prominent Leg Broke Caledonian Express HorseJockeyDerrymore Mist Discipline Trainer Dist./Ob. No.Runners Course Going Date A-W / OR in race Pos. CauseDeath Chergale J Tizzard Sweets Bring VT KeaneSpontaneity EvansAnthony RockyMaster Mr M Clayton PF Nicholls A Break Have PD Evans B EllisonMr M Wall ran 13 Miss Alicia WT Reed ran 18 23 ran Good J White ran 24 Good (G/F) Good / 88 5-10-12 ran 16 Good (G/F) / 106 9-12-0 Mid-Division Prominent / - 9-11-7 / 141 5-11-5 ? Good / Firm Leading Fall Fatal Behind / - 6-11-7 Died Night Prominent Fall Fatal Injury Fatal 18 19 20 17 14 15 16 13 37 12 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 36 9 26 10 11 35 8 23 24 25 34 7 22 Racecourses highlighted in Racecourses highlighted 1 21 2 3 4 5 6 Race Horse Deaths National Hunt NH Season 2001/2002 THIS20 UNSPO Fell Last Fell 4th Fell bef.12th Fell 1st PU after 13th Fell 7th Fell 11th PU after 8th Southwell 13-Sep-02 Southwell 13-Sep-02 Perth 16-May-02 MrktRasen 12-Jun-02 MrktRasen 7-Jul-02 Perth 15-May-02 MrktRasen 12-Jun-02 MrktRasen 7-Jul-02 are where more than one horse was killed on the same day or at the same meeting killed on the same day are where more than one horse was NH Flat HHurdle F 2mChase D hdls 3m / 12 NH Flat H Worcester fncs 2m / 12 ENovHurdle Hexham 2m Hereford 2.5m / 9 hdls 15-Sep-02Hurdle C Fontwell DNovChase 15-Sep-02 3-Oct-02 PU after 6th 2.5m / 8 hdlsChase G fncs 2m / 12 6-Oct-02 Hexham Stratford PU 4f out Plumpton Fell 6th DNovChase fncs 2m / 13 Lame run-in DNovHurdle fnc 19-Oct-02 2.5m / 16 4-Oct-02 21-Oct-02 Carlisle Ludlow hdl 2.5m / 10 Chase B Bangor Fell 6th Fell 2nd PU 4f out Hurdle E 26-Oct-02 24-Oct-02 3m / 20 fncsChase A 28-Oct-02 Ascot hdls 3m / 11 UR 14th Fell 8th Sandown HpPUaft2nd fncs 3m / 21 Wincanton 9-Nov-02 2-Nov-02 9-Nov-02 Collapsed9th HpPUaft13th Fell 15th Chase E fnc 3.5m / 21 Chase C fncs 3m / 18 Stratford 17-May-02 PU after 16th Chase D 2.5m / 15fnc Hexham DNovChase 15-Jun-02Chase E fnc 2.5m / 15 Stratford Fell 12th fnc 2.5m / 15 7-Sep-02 Fell 7th NovChase HNovChase 2.5m / 15fnc NovHurdle ENovHurdle 2m / 8 hlds Chase E fncs 3m / 15 NovChase ENovChase Hurdle G fnc 3.5m/17 PlumptonHurdle B hdl 2.5m / 11 Hurdle E Bangor 29-Apr-02 hdls 3m / 11 Chase D Haydock Fell 12th hdls 3m / 12 Hurdle E 3-May-02 Chepstow fncs 3m / 18 4-May-02 Exeter PU after 5th hdl 2.5m / 10 8-May-02 Fell 5th Collapsed8th 15-May-02 Fell 13th Chase H ENovHurdle fnc hdls 3.5m / 18 3m / 12 CartmelHurdle D 5-Jun-02Chase E hdl 2.5m / 12 PU after 14th Uttoxeter fncs 3m / 15 30-Jun-02 PU after 7th Chase A DNovChase 2.5m /15fnc DNovHurdle fncs 2m / 12 Cheltenham Wetherby 2m / 9 hdls ENovHurdle 16-Nov-02 Fakenham 2m / 8 hdlsHurdle B 16-Nov-02 Exeter D Fell 13th NovHurdle 24-Nov-02 PU Blnd 11th hdl 2.5m / 11 hdls 3m / 12 Chepstow Blnd 6th PU Wetherby 6-Dec-02 7-Dec-02 7-Dec-02 PU after 5th Collapsed PU after 4th bold D GallagherSuper Gran K JohnsonWindy Valley F Keniry Ms K Milligan Tiger Storm A Thornton 4 ranRosidavis R JohnsonP AspellSpecial Present AP McCoy ran 12 Ham.Fairley CG Cox Good (G/F)Belle D'Orsini S Durack ran 16 Miner's Gamble / 79 7-11-1 T Doyle RF Fisher Good / FirmMutasarrif 8 ran Challenging L WellsD Flavin / - 4-10-13 GoodMy Baton Fall Fatal R Garritty ran 10 JJ O'Neill BehindSusan Wintour ran Good / Firm 10 M Bradburne AP JonesCharter Ridge / 93 / 95 9-11-2 9 ran 11-10-9 JR Kavanagh G/F (Good) Miss L DavisKirdford Destroyed Prominent P Beaumont ProminentA Honeyball Good (G/F) HD Daly 6 ran / - 4-10-13 8 ranBallygarvan ran 11 JM Maguire / - Fall 4-11-5 Fatal JJ O'Neill Good (G/F) Leg Broke Prominent ran 12 / 122 7-11-1 RH Buckler Good Won (G/F) Firm ? 9 ran Soft (Heavy) Challenging TR George 9 ran / 102 7-11-5 / 78 9-10-10 Soft Fall Fatal Challenging ran 12 / 77 5-10-0 Prominent Injury Fatal Good / Soft ? ? G/S (Good) /121 Fall Fatal 9-10-11 / - 5-10-12 Good / 87 Prominent 8-10-13 Behind ? ? / 122 7-10-3 Fall Fatal Prominent Heart Attack Fall ? Fatal R GreenePiccadilly Brookhouse 9 ran Good (G/F) / 69 7-11-0 Prominent Fall Fatal Miss T ClarkDream Of Nurmi J Crowley MissJ Fisher ran 10 Mrs S Smith 6 ran Good / Firm / - 7-11-5 Good / Firm Leading / 113 8-10-8 Weakening Br.Shoulder Leg Broke A EvansCootehill Boy G Lee RT PhillipsA ScholesMr Lamb W Storey ran 15 P FlynnMoor Hall Rock ran 10 G/F (Good) D Thomson / - 4-10-8 ran 13 S Dow Good (G/S) Prominent / 84 8-10-9 Good (G/F) 6 ran Prominent Fall Fatal / 73 10-10-0 Leg Broke Behind G/F (Good) / - 7-10-10 Leg Broke Held Up Fall Fatal A DobbinForty Love L Lungo ran 10 G/F (Good) / 103 8-11-2 Prominent Leg Broke G LeeMagical Knight EW TuerJ CrowleySunuvugun 5 ran J Wade G/F (Good) ran / 94 13 7-11-6 Prominent Good (G/F) Fall Fatal /84 13-10-11 Behind Leg Broke HorseJockeySilent Hunter E BabingtonColette C Honour Lizzie Just Discipline TrainerW Dowling MJ RyanPolydamas Dr P Pritchard Dist./Ob.Dandonell ST Lewis No.RunnersR Wakley 7 ran Course Affair Native R Nixon Going Dr Pritchard ran 18 ran 16 Date ran Good (G/F) 11 A-W / OR JC Tuck / 62 6-10-9 Good in race Pos. G/F (Good) CauseDeath Good Weakening 9 ran / 95 10-10-6 Fall Fatal Behind t/off / 84 5-10-11 / 128 9-9-11 Heart Attack Weakening Good (G/F) Prominent Leg Broke / 87 8-10-0 Fall Fatal Weakening Fall Fatal Fiftysevenchannels Knockfiarne Magic A Win Its Time For Miss A Armitage Of Love Spirit Ms Armitage ran 11 E Husband G/S (Heavy)Call The Shots / - 13-11-6 Weakening BP Baugh Leg Broke ran 13 G/F (Firm) / - 10-11-2 Behind Leg Broke R Walsh Socks Silver R McGrathLittleton Boreas JR Kavanagh Wellard Mister R Walsh WP MullinsBeethoven MW Easterb.S Durack T Naughton ran 15 Bneya 4 ranA Dempsey ran 12 PF Nicholls G/S (Good) Heavy Noel Chance Good / Soft M Reveley ran 12 /140 10-10-9 ran 10 / - 3-10-12 Mid-Division 8 ran /110 5-11-12 Injury Fatal Behind Soft (Heavy) Prominent Soft (Heavy) / - 5-11-0 / 123 6-11-3 Leg Broke G/S (Soft) ? 5th Finished Prominent / - 5-10-7 Heart Attack Leg Broke Prominent ? 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 18 8 9 12 13 16 17 7 11 15 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 14 33 34 35 36 37 Racecourses highlighted in Racecourses highlighted Race Horse Deaths National Hunt NH Season 2002/2003 cont Stb.after6th Slip?after3rd PU after 17th Fell 9th Fell 5th Fell 20th Fell 24th PU after10th Fell 18th Cheltenhm. 13-Mar-02 Cheltenhm. 13-Mar-02 AintreeAintree GN 4-Apr-02 4-Apr-02 Aintree GN 6-Apr-02 Aintree GN 6-Apr-02 AyrAyr 19-Apr-02 20-Apr-02 Cheltenhm. 12-Mar-02 Hurdle A BNovChase hdl 2.5m / 10 Hurdle D fncs 4m / 24 ENovHurdle hdls 3m / 11 hdl 2.5m / 11 Hurdle C Carlisle Exeter ENovChase hdls 3m / 12 Hurdle E 2m / 11fncs 30-Mar-02 Haydock 28-Mar-02Chase D Plumpton hdl 2.5m / 11 PU after 7th PU Lame 5th ENovHurdle 30-Mar-02 Fakenham 30-Mar-02 fncs 2m / 13 2.5m / 9 hdlsChase A PU after 9th Warwick 1-Apr-02 MarketRasen Fell 6th Chase B 1-Apr-02 fncs 2m / 12 Chase A 2-Apr-02 PU 10th fnc 2.5m / 18 Chase A Fell 5th Fell 4th 4.5m / 30 fnc Hurdle B 4.5m / 30 fnc Chase A hdls 3m / 12 Chase H 4m / 26 fncs ENovChase fncs 3m / 18 CNovChase fnc 2.5m / 15 Wetherby Bangor fncs 3m / 17 Perth 23-Apr-02 20-Apr-02 Fell 14th Fell 16th 24-Apr-02 Fell 8th NovHurdle ENovHurdle 3m / 11hdlsHurdle A Warwick 2m / 8 hdls 9-Mar-02 ? AP McCoyRouble L Aspell Tam Tapping Mr R BiddlecombeDancing Shiva MC Pipe Twiston-D.N Williamson Cool Too P Aspell JT Gifford 26 ranOrsuno ran 15 N Williamson Simon EarleSingle Currency ran 27 Mr R Lucey-Butler ran 16 Good / SoftBell Bird G/S (Good) McCarthyJA V Williams P Butler J H Johnson / 80 6-11-7 Herb Primitive / 167 6-12-0 Good / SoftA Ross ran Good (G/S) 15 On Air 6 ran Behind Prominent / - 6-11-7 DR Dennis 8 ran P Robeson / 95 7-10-0 Desert Mountain MA Fitzgerald Shoulder Br. Good / Soft BehindAnubis Quercus Prominent 9 ran ? GoodMr L Stephens 6-9-9 / 76 GoodG/FG/SManx Magic M Reveley Ian Williams PF Nicholls ? G Supple / - 6-10-7 Fling The Last Leg Broke ran 15 Off GC Evans Tailed ran Good (G/F) 10 R McGrath /118 ran 15 8-10-13 Buddy Marvel OutpacedP Carberry Prominent / 78 6-10-2 Struck-Into Wishbone 30 ran G/F (Good)Mr P Robeson MC Pipe Good (G/S) Leading Fall Fatal Good Tendon Sev. Pinouli Mrs S Smith / - 6-11-0 Mr JR Barlow / 90 6-10-6 Desert Teen Good (G/S) M Reveley 40 ran 40 ran Twiston-D.A Dempsey Leg Broke Mid-Division Native Stormin’ Leading /149 / - 9-12-0 9-11-10 A Thornton DE Nicholls 8 ran ran 18 Fall Fatal Prominent Good Good In Touch ran 12 Fall Fatal J Wade Fall Fatal Good A Crook Good Fall Fatal /138 12-10-6 / 139 9-10-7 Good (G/F) 7 ran Weakening Off Tailed ran 11 / - 8-11-2 9-9-7 / 134 / 122 8-10-0 Fall Fatal Fall Prominent Fatal ? Mid-Div. Good / Firm Leading Good (G/S) / - 6-10-12 Leg Broke Fall Fatal /125 7-11-11 Fall Fatal Mid-Division Prominent Fall Fatal Knee Broke Leonato J GoldsteinValiramix JG Given ran 10 G/S (Soft) / - 10-11-1 7th Finished Leg Broke

79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 77 78 Race Horse Deaths National Hunt NH Season 2001/2002 RA MOODY BRIAN © ORTING LIFE21 Collasped Fell 6th Fell 12th Fell 13th PU 3rd PU Run-In Worcester 8-Aug-03 HexhamHexham 14-Jun-03 14-Jun-03 CartmelCartmel 17-Jul-03 17-Jul-03 Worcester 8-Aug-03 are where more than one horse was killed on the same day or at the same meeting killed on the same day are where more than one horse was Hurdle E 2m / 8 hdls Chase F ENovHurdle 2.5m / 10hdlHurdle F 2.5m / 13fnc Sedgefield Fontwell FNovChase 2m / 8 hdls 5-Sep-03Hurdle E fncs 2m / 13 22-Aug-03 Worcester SouthwellChase A PU 4th Fell 2nd 2m / 8 hdlsHurdle D 7-Sep-03 12-Sep-03 Worcester 3m / ?fncsChase E Fell 11th 2m / 7 hdls Fell 4th ENovChase Listowel 13-Sep-03 Plumpton fncHurdle E 2.5m / 14 2.5m / 17fnc Huntingdon Fell Last Ludlow 17-Sep-03 ENovHurdle 27-Sep-03 9-Oct-03 2m / 9 hdls 2m / 8 hdls CNovHurdle Fell 3 Out PU 2nd 9-Oct-03 Carlisle hdl 2.5m / 10 KelsoHurdle B Fell 7th Cheltenham ENovHurdle 29-Oct-03 Blnd UR 12th hdls 3m / 11 10-Oct-03 2m / 8 hdls 18-Oct-03 Wincanton PU 8th Huntingdon PU 3rd 8-Nov-03 Slipped Up 11-Nov-03 Collasped3rd Fell Last Chase F ENovChase H fncsNovChase 2m / 12 fncs 2m / 12 Worcester Kelso ENovHurdle fncs 3m / 17 Huntingdon 2m / 8 hdlsHurdle B 2-May-03 10-May-03 WorcesterChase E 7-May-03 PU 7th 3m / 9 hdls UR 8th DNovHurdle 21-May-03 Fell 2nd Kelso 2.5m / 10hdls fncs ENovHurdle 2m / 12 Wetherby Slipped up Huntingdon hdls 3m / 12 Chase E MarketRasen 26-May-03 29-May-03 22-May-03 11-Jun-03 Fell 1st Blnd 7th PU 2.5m / 15fnc Fell 7th Blnd 8th PU Chase EHurdle EHurdle D 2.5m / 15fnc 2.5m / 10hdlsHurdle G Worcester 2.5m / 10hdlsNH Flat H Perth 18-Jun-03 hdls 3m / 12 Hurdle G Uttoxeter 2mChase F Slipped Up 22-Jun-03 hdls 3m / 12 29-Jun-03Hurdle E MarketRasen fncsHurdle E 2m / 13 PU 8th 6-Jul-03 Perth Fell 7th NewtonAbb. 2m / 8 hdlsChase E 14-Jul-03 2m / 8 hdls Worcester ENovChase Last Stumble 3-Jul-03Chase E 3.5m / 16fnc 3.5m / 15fnc 7th Stumble 16-Jul-03 Sedgefield FNovHurdle Fell 1f out Blnd 5th PU fncs 2.5m / 10hdl 2m / 11 22-Jul-03 NewtonAbb. 4-Aug-03 PU 12th Fell 3rd bold n Extremis Li Mr R Stephens Gold Carroll's SM Johnson 7 ran Good / Firm / 75 7-10-1 3rd Finished Heart Attack D CrosseSmetherds Tom Mr O NelmesRed Square Man A ThorntonGondola H Oliver EL James NR MitchellMegazine A Thornton 8 ran M WilliamsonAlpha Noble ran 10 AP McCoy 6 ranPutsometnby* L Cooper S Sherwood JD Frost Card** Trump G/F (Firm) Good / FirmN Fehily ran 18 Shahboor G/F (Good) V Williams / - 5-10-13 9-9-7 / 64J Tizzard ran 10 Beedulup / 73 8-10-12 W Marston JJ O'Neill Mid-Divison ran 13 Behind Good / Firm ?B Orde-Powlett Leg CJ Mann Broke / - 7-11-2 G/F (Good)Picquet Officer ran 17 A Dobbin P Robeson G/F (Good)Acamani*** / 76 P Wegmann BrokeHindleg 9-10-10 GM Moore ProminentAP McCoy ran 14 / - 6-11-2 Challenging 9 ranDizzy Tart 5 ran Good (G/F) ? 6 ranP Holley Fall Fatal Tareno Fall Fatal Weakening SE Forster / 125 7-10-1 P Moloney Good / Firm VDer Recke Prominent G/F (Good) Good / Firm Elbow Broke /103 6-10-11 Good / Firm 6 ran / 75 Held Up 8-11-0 / 110 9-11-12 9 ran / 95 Fall 7-10-12 Fatal PN Dutfield Prominent BJ Curley Prominent Leading 8 ran Down Broke G/F (Firm) Leg Broke Good / Firm ran ? 14 ? / - 5-10-12 / - 6-10-12 Good / Firm Challenging G/F (Good) Mid-Division / 110 4-10-1 / - Lame Destroyed 5-10-12 Challenging Fall Fatal Leading Heart Attack HorseJockeyThe Kings Doctor H OliverMarabout B Harding Express State Discipline TrainerMr M WalfordSalgrado L Cooper Dist./Ob. JD Frost Sun Nickel Sir J Barlow H Oxendale No.RunnersD Elsworth Course Win To Four Going 7 ran 7 ranM Ahern 9 ranNo Fear W Marston JJ O'Neill DateScottish Song Mrs S Smith A-W / ORF King Good / Firm Good Plain Solway Good (G/S) 9 ran ran 17 in race Pos. JS Doyle / - 12-11-2 Mrs S Smith / 84 9-11-2 CauseDeath Challenging 4 ran / - 6-11-0 Prominent Good (G/F) ran 11 Good M Reveley Injury Fatal / - 7-11-0 Leg Broke Start of race Good (G/F) Good (G/F) 8 ran Fall Fatal / 121 7-10-6 Behind / - 7-11-0 / 86 7-10-7 Prominent Start of race Good Injury Prominent Fatal Fall Fatal Fall Fatal Leg Broke / 85 10-10-9 Prominent Injury Fatal B HardingBit O Magic DN RussellKymberlya AP McCoy Out Nice Turned L HarrisonR GarrittyTheicecreamman F MurphyMr M Smith 8 ranMini Stir MC PipeB Gibson 8 ran The Hill Over P BeaumontT Siddall ProdromouNorth Of Kala ran G/F (Good) 13 ran 12 P HideRoller ran 15 G/F (Good) / 80 9-10-0 V Slattery JB Walton Oscar Johnny / 100 G/F (Good) 11-11-6 Leading Good (G/F)BJ Crowley Pickering JA ChallengingBlue Irish 9 ran Firm / 110 5-11-12 / 91DN Russell 5-10-11 ran 10 Challenging Fall Fatal Anson Frankie GL Moore Fall Fatal JM Bradley ProminentK RenwickQueensway Br.Shoulder V Williams GoodD Crosse 8 ran ran 13 / 86 Leg Good 6-10-9 Broke Henbridge F Murphy ran 14 Prominent M Hammond / - 5-10-7 Good ran 12 Good / Firm 9 ran / 94 11-11-9 Leg Broke RM Carson G/F (Good) / 94 10-11-12 On Staying Behind Leading / - 6-10-12 G/F (Good) 6 ran / 81 7-11-2 Injury Fatal Good / Firm / 96 12-11-5 Lead Track / 81 Weakening 6-11-1 BrokeFetlock Leg Broke Challenging G/F (Good) Lame Prominent Leg Broke Hind Leg Inj. / 74 11-9-11 Leg Broke Prominent Fall Fatal 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 I 34 35 36 37 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Racecourses highlighted in Racecourses highlighted Race Horse Deaths National Hunt NH Season 2003/2004 cont BD 6th Fell 8th Fell Last Collapsed PU 4th Fell 14th PU after 2nd Fell 5th Fell 7th Fell 6th Fell 2nd Fell 3rd Fell 9th UR 19th TauntonTaunton 16-Jan-03 16-Jan-03 DoncasterDoncaster 25-Jan-03 25-Jan-03 CarlisleCarlisle 2-Mar-03 Carlisle 2-Mar-03 Fontwell 2-Mar-03 Fontwell 2-Mar-03 3-Mar-03 Cheltenhm. 13-Mar-03 Cheltenhm. 13-Mar-03 Cheltenhm. 13-Mar-03 AintreeAintree GN 3-Apr-03 5-Apr-03 Hurdle E ENovHurdle hdl 2.5m / 11 2m / 9 hdls ENovHurdle Ludlow 2m / 9 hdls NH Flat HHurdle D 16-Jan-03 2m ENovChase hdls 3m / 11 Hmpd Fell7th Chase A fncs 2m / 12 Wincanton Warwick CNovHurdle Catterick 18-Jan-03 fncs 2m / 8 hdls 3m / 21 ANovHurdle 23-Jan-03 Cheltenham 3m / 11hdls NH Flat H 18-Jan-03 PU after 9th 25-Jan-03 ENovChase PU after 5th PU 2f out 2m DNovHurdle Fell 8th fnc 3.5m / 19 Fontwell hdls 3m / 11 DNovHurdle Wincanton 2m / 8 hdlsHurdle G Newcastle 3-Feb-03 6-Feb-03 Sandown ENovHurdle hdl 29-Jan-03 2.5m / 10 2m / 9 hdls ENovChase rmt PU Fell16 Catterick 13-Feb-03 Fell 4th DNovHurdle fnc 2.5m / 15 Collapsed hdl Fell Last 2.5m / 11 25-Feb-03 ENovHurdle 2.5m / 8 hdls Hurdle G Fell 6th Chase H hdls 3m / 11 Hurdle A fnc 3.5m / 19 Chase B Warwick 2m / 8 hdls Hurdle A 3.5m / 22fnc Hurdle D 8-Mar-03 2m / 8 hdls ENovHurdle Fell 9th 2.5m / 9 hdls 2.5m / 7 hdlsChase E Fontwell Exeter ANovHurdle hdl 2.5m / 11 fncChase A 2.5m / 13 17-Mar-03 Plumpton 27-Mar-03 Fell 3rd 4.5m /30fnc 31-Mar-03 PU after 5th PU after 6th NovHurdle DNovHurdle 2.5m / 8 hdlHurdle B ExeterHurdle E hdl 2.5m / 10 Hurdle D Cheltenham 2m / 8 hdls 8-Apr-03Hurdle F 16-Apr-03 2m / 9 hdls NewtonAbb. ENovHurdle Fell 3rd 19-Apr-03 Fell 2nd hdls 3m / 11 Stratford 2m / 7 hdls MarketRasen Sedgefield Fell 7th 26-Apr-03 19-Apr-03 26-Apr-03 S.I.H. PU4th Fell 6th Fell 3rd Hurdle BChase D hdls 3m / 12 Chase C Cheltenham fnc 2.5m / 15 Chase B Folkestone 13-Dec-02 fncs 3m / 19 ANovChase 17-Dec-02 Exeter BD 9th fncs 2m / 12 fncs 3m / 19 Ascot Kempton Fell 5th 19-Dec-02 26-Dec-02 21-Dec-02 PU after11th Collapsed Fell 11th W Marston Don Aussi A Honeyball Ceti Royal AP McCoyShaluji RT PhillipsDC Costello PF NichollsBolt Action MurphyTJ ran 18 Montalcino ran 14 MC PipeAP McCoy M ReveleyBacchanal R Walsh Soft (G/S)Tunstall ran 14 PF Nicholls Soft (G/S) 20 ranR Garritty / - 6-11-5 MC PipeJ Tizzard ran 14 / - 7-10-13 Climber Carlton Soft (G/S)Mr A Tinkler Good (G/S) Behind Henderson BehindHansbury 5 ran TD EasterbyR Walsh / - / - 6-10-9 6-11-11 G/S (Good)Mincarlo 6 ran ran 14 F Keniry PF Nicholls /115 7-11-12 Fall Fatal Mrs S Smith WeakeningSerotonin Fall Fatal Challenging ProminentL Cooper Soft (Heavy) ran 14 8 ranLady Jones Fall Fatal Leg Broke / 148 7-11-7 G/S (Soft)S Durack Good / Soft PF Nicholls Leg Broke Star Tenacious Prominent / 117DN Russell 4-11-6 GB Balding /165 9-11-10 (Soft) Heavy Flat Mate 5 ran Good / Soft WeakeningW Marston JJ O'Neill Prominent Br.NearHind / - 5-10-11 ranShoshoni Warrior 16 / - 7-11-4 L Cooper PL Gilligan Fall Fatal Hind Leg Br. Mac Teddy Won F Murphy ran 11 Soft (Heavy)M Batchelor 4th Finished ran 16 Profiles Exterior Mrs S Smith G/S (Good) / - 7-11-2 RP McNally ran 17 Heart Attack Hunter Misti ran / - 12 7-11-1 (Soft) Heavy Miss C Hurley JJ O'Neill Heart Challenging Attack C WeedonOld California Good (G/S) / - 4-10-10 R Greene Prominent Shoulder Inj. G/S (Soft) Pride Dorans KM George / 72 6-10-10 ran 12 Soft ran (Heavy) 13 HardingMr RO Weakening Mrs C Ford Flyer Comex Leading / - Leg 6-11-2 Broke ran 11 / - 5-11-0 R Walsh Injury Fatal 7 ranHalf The Pot M Hourigan Soft G/S (Soft) MC PipeL Cummins Weakening Behind Fall Fatal Lad Oakfords ran 24 SoftA Thornton / 95 7-11-10 Fall Fatal Bell Granby Good / Soft ran 27 B Fenton Held Up PF Nicholls / - Leg Coolnagorna 6-11-2 Broke R Rowe / - 14-11-7 Good (G/S)BJ Geraghty / 80 RH AlnerGoguenard 13-11-1 28 ran / - 14-12-0 Good (G/S)W Marston Behind ? Mid-Division Leading ran 10 / 128 EC Lavelle 4-11-0 Fall Fatal 6 ran Prominent JJ O'Neill Good (G/S) Challenging Fall Fatal Injury Fatal ran 10 Mrs S Smith Fall Fatal Good (G/F) / 135 6-11-2 Fall Fatal ran 15 (G/F) Firm 40 ran Behind / 109 8-11-6 G/F (Good) Prominent / - 9-11-0 Good (G/S) 12-1112/110 Good Fall Fatal Fall Fatal / 148 6-11-8 Behind Challenging Leading Hind Leg Br. / 134 9-10-2 ? Behind Fall Fatal ? Could Be Anything The Business Maybe Colnside Bonnie James Davies Hill Holborn R ThorntonKilmeny AP McCoy BG PowellTissifer R Johnson Will Ross A King 7 ranDR Dennis Sophie Princess MC PipeM Deady 9 ran M Reveley G/F (Firm) ran 13 Ian Williams 7 ran / 88 5-10-11 ran 15 KW Hogg Good (G/F) Leading G/F (Good) /122 11-10-2 G/F (Good) 9 ran / 90 5-10-12 Good (G/F) ? Fall Fatal /109 7-10-13 Leading / 75 9-10-4 Behind Good / Firm Prominent Fall Fatal / 82 5-10-4 Fall Fatal Put Down Leg Broke ? Fall Fatal Darapour L CooperAudacter A Thornton D'Or Le Cabro P FlynnGet Real MA Fitzgerald JJ O'Neill L WellsLe Sauvignon R Walsh ran 14 Henderson JR Upson 7 ran 7 ran Good (G/S) 8 ran PF Nicholls / 124 8-11-2 Soft Soft 7 ran Held Up G/S (Good) / 124 8-11-3 /119 9-11-12 Injury Fatal Soft 11-10-12/140 Prominent Leading Challenging Injury Fatal Fall Fatal ? / - 8-11-7 2nd Finished Heart Attack 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 38 39 40 41 42 43 Race Horse Deaths National Hunt NH Season 2002/2003 THIS22 UNSPO cont PU 4th Fakenham 19-Mar-04 Hurdle EHurdle E 2m / 8 hdls Hurdle E hdl 3.5m / 13 Chase E Hereford 2m / 6 hdlsChase E Exeter fncs 22-Mar-04Hurdle D 3m / 17 Towcester fncChase F 3.5m / 21 PU 11th Sedgefield 2m / 9 hdls ENovChase 23-Mar-04 24-Mar-04 Ludlow 30-Mar-04 fnc 3.5m / 19 fncs 3m / 16 4th Fell 1st Fell Carlisle Fontwell 1st Fell 8-Apr-04 22-Apr-04 18-Apr-04 8th Fell Collapsed PU 15th Season2000/2001 2001/2002 Season 2002/2003 Season 2003/2004 Season Total Seasons Tiger Tops Brian MurphyCool Investment A HoneyballThe Proof Supple JA T BestDealer Del MA Fitzgerald RM StrongeDionn Righ ran 12 G Lee ran 11 Marmaduke CJ Down MurphyTJ Breeze Solway Good / Soft GB BaldingF KingUnder The Sand Good / Soft / - 5-11-2 6 ran ran 17 MurphyTJ / 103 7-11-7 M Pitman J H Johnson Held Up Prominent ran 10 G/S (Good) G/S (Good) ran 10 L Harrison Hobbs PJ Injury Fatal Down Broke / 99 / 83 10-11-3 7-9-13 G(G/S)(G/F) ? ran 14 Held Up Good 7 ran / 100 9-11-5 ? Leg Broke Good / Soft / 115 8-11-4 Good / 76 11-10-3 Fall Fatal Prominent Struggling Fall Fatal / 110 7-11-7 Fall Fatal Down Broke 2nd Finished Rup.Bl.Vesl. National Hunt Flat:National Hurdle:Novice 4Hurdle: Chase:Novice Chase: 10Totals: 11 11 6 13 49 22 19 29 4 20 96 20 10 21 21 76 1 12 19 27 25 84 15 64 59 88 79 305 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 *** and killed in Ireland in England, ran Trained *** ? Force' under the name 'Investment Ran and killed in England ran in Germany, Trained National Hunt Deaths of Race Types/Seasons - Breakdown Race Horse Deaths National Hunt NH Season 2003/2004 cont Fell 6th PU 17th BD 1st Fell 3rd Fell 10th Collapsed Fell 11th UR Blnd 10th Fell 17th Fell 3rd Fell 12th Fell Last Fell 14th Collasped Blnd 8th PU Fell 12th Fell 6th? Fell 21st KemptonKempton 28-Feb-04 28-Feb-04 ChepstowChepstow 10-Mar-04 Carlisle 10-Mar-04 Carlisle 11-Mar-04 11-Mar-04 Cheltenhm. 16-Mar-04 Cheltenhm. 17-Mar-04 Cheltenhm. 17-Mar-04 Fakenham 19-Mar-04 LudlowCheltenhm. 15-Nov-03 13-Nov-03 Cheltenhm. 15-Nov-03 Cheltenhm. 12-Dec-03 Cheltenhm. 13-Dec-03 WarwickWarwick 10-Jan-04 10-Jan-04 Ludlow 13-Nov-03 NovChase ENovChase Hurdle A fncs 3m / 18 TowcesterChase A hdls 3m / 11 DNovChase 22-Feb-04 fncs 3m / 19 Chase E fnc 2.5m / 17 Ludlow Fell 2nd Hurdle G fncsHurdle D 2m / 12 4-Mar-04 2m / 7 hdls Hereford DNovChase 2m / 8 hdls Hurdle F fnc 2.5m / 16 12th Fell 9-Mar-04Chase H hdl 2.5m / 11 Collapsed ENovChase 3m / 20 fncsHurdle A fnc 2.5m / 17 Ayr WincantonChase B hdls 3m / 13 11-Mar-04Chase B 4m / 24fncs Chase F 8th Fell 12-Mar-04 4m / 24fncs Hurdle E Last Fell 3m / 19fncs 2m / 8 hdls Huntingdon 17-Mar-04 Last Fell Hurdle F DNovChase hdls 3m / 12 fncs 3m / 18 Chepstow Carlisle 23-Jan-04 11-Feb-04 Last Fell PU Halfway NovChase DNovChase BNovChase fncs 2m / 13 Chase A fnc 2.5m / 15 CNovChase fnc 2.5m / 15 Hurdle E fncs 3m / 17 Haydock CNovChase 3.5m / 11hdlChase B 2m / 11fncs Huntingdon 16-Nov-03Chase D Warwick 22-Nov-03 Fell 13th 3m / 22 fncs BNovChase 25-Nov-03 PU 5th Sandown 3.5m / 22 fnc BNovChase fncs 3m / 19 Warwick Fell 1st ANovHurdle fnc 2.5m / 15 5-Dec-03 2m / 9hdls ENovHurdle 6-Dec-03 Fell 11th 2.5m / 10hdl ENovHurdle Ascot Hereford Fell 16th hdl 3.5m / 12 Hurdle G HuntingdonHurdle E 20-Dec-03 19-Dec-03 26-Dec-03 hdls 2m / 10 Chase A Uttoxeter Fell 6th PU 2nd hdls Fell 11th 3m / 12 Chase A Haydock 3.5m / 22 fnc 26-Dec-03 CNovChase 3.5m / 22 fnc Chase F fncs 3m / 19 29-Dec-03 PU 5th Kempton PU 6th fnc 3.5m / 15 17-Jan-04 Plumpton PU 9th 19-Jan-04 Collapsed NovHurdle ENovHurdle 2m / 7 hdls DNovChase Sedgefield fncs 2m / 13 11-Nov-03 Fell 2nd ormal Bid ormal T GreenwayAnother Moose B FentonShooting Light AP McCoy H DaltonMiss Cool AP McCoyO Dayman EC Lavelle ran 13 Elvis MC PipeMiss C MilneYorkshire 8 Ran MC PipeD Crosse G/S (Heavy)Benbecula ran 11 Dr Pritchard McCarthyJA / 75 6-10-8 L WellsSumthyne Special 7 ran 5 ran GoodL Berridge ?Badger Beer GoodMr N Mitchell DL Williams PR Webber ran 17 Of The Tiger Eye B Harding Good (G/F) G/F (Firm) / 120 9-11-4 6 ran ran 12 Tardar L Lungo JW DufoseeE Cooper Prominent / - 8-11-2 11-11-12/150 / 86 11-9-6 Atlastaboy G/F (Good) Fall Fatal Mid-DivisionMr G Elliott 6 ran Died Later / 89Magic Bailiwick G(G/S)(G/F) Last Finish. 11-11-4 G/F (Good) Leading ran 12 Down Broke S KirkMrGShenkin / 111 Behind 7-11-2 El Hombre / 117 10-11-9 Heart Attack JJ O'NeillW Marston Leading Prominent G/F (Good) TR GeorgeRemembrance Br.Shoulder G(G/S)(G/F)D Flavin 3 ran MC Pipe / 86 12-11-11 BD Fatally / 120 12-10-6 Fall ran 24 Fatal 22 ran Prominent Fall Fatal 4th Finished CC Bealby 22 ran Heart Attack fall Fatal G/F (Good) Good ran 10 Good MJ Gingell / - 8-11-0 Good ran 12 Good (G/S) / 146 8-11-5 / 120 Prominent 8-11-11 Prominent / 125 On 8-12-0 Staying / 71 Fall 6-10-12 Fatal Good / Soft Challenging ? Fall Fatal Weakening / - 4-10-9 Fall Fatal Fall Fatal Held Up Fall Fatal Dextra Lighting Dextra J TizzardGunner Dream R McGrathAngelena Ballerina CL Tizzard C Grant ran 11 Premier Generation 5 ran Soft (Soft) Heavy / 76 8-10-10 / - 5-11-4 ? Challenging Died Later ? N FehilyOccam B FentonBrother Joe R JohnsonPoliantas R Walsh SJ WiltonN Fehily A BaileyKippanour Hobbs PJ 3 ranJ TizzardRed Halo 3 ranS Durack PF Nicholls 4 ranIntelligent RM Power CC Bealby (G/F) Firm Max Pride 9 ranB Hitchott Hobbs AG (G/F) Firm Goodtime George / 92 8-11-12 5 ran Good (G/F) MurphyTJ S Kirk ChallengingMajority Verdict ran 11 77 9-10-11/ Harrington / 143 9-11-7 Good (G/F)R JohnsonXtra Fall Fatal Leading R Dickin ProminentL Aspell 4 ran / 151 6-11-0 G/S (Good)Lozzy Lee 6 ran Good / Soft M Pitman 2nd Finished T Scudamore / - Br.Shoulder 6-11-0 Mohawk Brave / 99 Fall Fatal 11-11-1 4 ran HD Daly Heart Attack JP McNamara 9 ran Good (G/F)Easy Tiger Behind Killed Prom. G/F (Good)S Durack M Scudam. Old JAB / - 7-11-10 Sloane Street ran 10 Loose Runn. / - 4-10-10 Bailey KC K Prendergast Good (G/F) ran 15 Control GoodTake Leg Broke ProminentP Moloney / 116 8-11-12 ran Leading 10 Behrajan ran 13 Leading Good / Soft M Scudam.JP Byrne JJ O'Neill Fall Fatal Sheer Genius G/S (Soft) / - 7-11-5 / - 10-11-5 S Durack ran 14 Fall Fatal Good (G/F)Jazz Duke MC Pipe Hind Leg Br. Good / Soft ran 10 / - 5-11-0 BrennanPJ Prominent Challenging / - 5-11-0 / - 5-10-12 HD Daly Good / Soft Fall Fatal Prominent ran ? 12 ? G/S (Soft) Weakening M Pitman / 100 4-10-7 MJ Weeden Fall Fatal ran 12 Prominent Fall Fatal / - 5-10-12 ran Good / Soft 13 5 ran ? / 135 10-10-3 Held Up Good / Soft Behind ? Soft (Heavy) Good (G/S) / 158 9-11-9 Leg Broke / 69 11-10-2 3rd Weakng. / - 8-11-3 ? Race Won Neck Broke Prominent Exhaustion ? Scotmail Park J Crowley Steel Sharp GM Moore ran 15 G/F (Good) / - 4-10-12 Behind Fall Fatal 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 60 61 40 41 42 43 F 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 38 39 Race Horse Deaths National Hunt NH Season 2003/2004 ORTING LIFE23 84 402 Course Horse Deaths racing Days 8 Hexham 2 15 1 1920 Wincanton21 Rasen Market 22 Abbot Newton 23 Fontwell24 2 2 2 Uttoxeter25 Ascot26 Sandown27 Southwell28 2 2 Ayr29 Exeter30 Wetherby 1 1 1 Other* Racing: 20.9 Mean Deaths to Days 17 15 17 Horse Killed Abroad * British Trained 1 1 1 18 18 1 11 10 11 16 16 12 1 Course 8Cheltenham Horse Deaths racing Days 16 1 234 Warwick5 Carlisle6 Worcester7 Huntingdon8 Ludlow 49 Cartmel10 8 Kempton 7 511 Chepstow Fakenham12 Sedgefield13 5 Kelso14 2 3 Hereford15 3 2 Haydock16 4 8 Perth17 Plumpton 18 19 11 Towcester 3 3 2 14 2 6 11 2 2 13 9 18 15 14 11 14 14 14 NH Season 2003/2004 30 Racecourses where deaths occurred Deaths to Days Racing NH Seasons 2000/2001 through to 2003/2004: Racing NH Seasons 2000/2001 Deaths to Days Horses: RacingDays MeanTotal Mean figure with the 2003/2004 Season Mean figure that comparing the Total It can be seen from 1455 and not reducing on British Racecourses.deaths are consistent 305 20.9 96 395 49 243 76 415 Course Horse Deaths racing Days Course Horse Deaths racing Days Course Horse Deaths racing Days Mean Deaths to Days Racing: 24.3 Mean Deaths to Days 1920 Chepstow21 Hexham22 Kempton23 Catterick24 2 Abbot Newton 25 Southwell 226 3 2 Exeter27 1 Carlisle28 Hereford29 2 Kelso30 Newcastle31 Towcester 232 10 1 2 Newbury33 Taunton 10 18 1 10 Fontwell 1 1 6 1 13 1 1 14 8 16 10 10 8 11 12 15 1617 Aintree18 Doncaster19 Huntingdon20 Bangor21 Chepstow22 1 2 1 Southwell23 Kempton24 Perth25 1 1 Uttoxeter26 1 Royal* Down 2 1 Wolverhampton** 1 Racing: 20.2 Mean Deaths to Days 1 on all meetings 6 unavailable * Information 14 6 1 Hunt course** No longer a National 8 8 8 10 1 1 15 10 Mean Deaths to Days Racing: 18.3 Mean Deaths to Days 1920 Southwell21 Bangor22 Ludlow23 Taunton24 2 Wetherby25 Fakenham26 2 Fokestone27 2 Kempton 228 2 Newcastle29 1 Haydock30 1 Worcester31 1 Hereford32 12 1 Abbot Newton 33 Uttoxeter 1 1 1 13 Sedgefield 13 1 13 16 9 1 10 1 10 10 11 17 14 17 19 20 Course Horse Deaths racing Days Course Horse Deaths racing Days Course Horse Deaths racing Days Eee 51 16 23 Carlisle4 Cheltenham5Exeter Aintree6 Catterick 778 4 Doncaster9 Fontwell 210 2 Rasen Market 11 Ascot 2 Stratford12 5 Wincanton13 5 Warwick14 16 Cartmel15 4 Hexham 3 9 16 2 Plumpton17 6 Sandown 218 6 Chepstow 1 7 Perth 18 3 3 18 2 2 16 13 8 2 9 5 15 15 10 12 12 Ar21Ayr 234 Musselburgh5 Taunton 7 6 Warwick 27 Abbot Newton 8 Leicester 49 Sedgefield 310 Rasen Market 311 2 Cheltenham Fakenham12 4 2 3 Ludlow13 Worcester14 7 Cartmel15 2 Haydock 15 Folkestone 3 11 2 11 9 1 2 2 17 8 12 9 14 9 5 10 11 123 Aintree4 Stratford5 Haydock6 Fakenham7 Huntingdon 58 8 Rasen Market 9 Worcester 4 3 610 6 Sedgefield11 Plumpton 4 Cheltenham 12 4 Ludlow13 6 Folkestone14 Warwick 515 6 Perth 17 16 Ascot 317 9 8 4 18 Bangor 18 18 Wetherby 3 13 Ayr 12 19 3 2 3 2 16 10 13 2 11 12 9 14 9 10 NH Season 2002/2003 33 Racecourses where deaths occurred NH Season 2001/2002 33 Courses where deathsNH Season 2001/2002 occurred NH Season 2000/2001 26 Courses where deathsNH Season 2000/2001 occurred Listed in order of most dangerous for each season. in order of mostListed for dangerous National Hunt Racecourses Where Deaths Occurred THIS24 UNSPO Course Horse Deaths racing Days racing days Deaths per 100 & MeanTotal 302 1829 16.51 Courses are listed according to how dangerous they are, with the most hazardous first. they dangerous how Courses according to are listed 123 21 Cheltenham 4 Aintree5 Warwick6 Carlisle7 Worcester8 Ludlow9 Rasen Market 10 Fakenham 811 12 Huntingdon 54 Cartmel12 16 10 Haydock13 17 Sedgefield14 13 Stratford15 8 15 Chepstow16 Plumpton17 38.89 Kempton 418 9 Perth 1419 25 39 Folkestone20 12 58 34 Abbot Newton 21 8 70 Ascot22 10 49 Hexham23 7 66 Southwell 3524 10 6 Exeter25 32 30.77 8 Ayr26 18 Taunton 27.59 27 69 29.41 41 24.29 Catterick28 61 7 5 Fontwell 26.58 29 6 43 Bangor30 22.73 56 22.86 Doncaster31 8 Wetherby 4132 67 6 22.22 Hereford33 20.29 40 21.95 3 5 Kelso34 48 8 19.67 Wincanton35 Sandown 18.6 36 3 5 17.86 Musselburgh37 6 48 34 44 Towcester37 17.07 6 14.93 Leicester39 15 5 Uttoxeter40 59 16.67 Newcastle 4 2 46 3 Newbury 24 37 3 65 not racing this list from Hunt courses. due to 14.58 National Lingfield has been omitted 14.71 There are currently 41 13.64 analysis of the course accurate Therefore, 28 in total. 2 racing days seasons, with only seven four through 39 4 deaths do occur there, with Felixrdotcom being a recent example. 58cannot be made. However, 2 13.56 59 1 13.04 Horse Deaths Range: 20 55 12.5 13.5 Racing Range: 36.26 Days Deaths/100 43 12.31 25 36 at different that horses the extremes face clearly indicates Any racecourses. The wide numerical range 10.71 11.63 a mere sample of 40 (in this case the number courses) from mathematical data with similar range 38 10.34 in deaths and be zero instability goal would with the structureshows and problems where the ultimate 34 10.17 by point of view, a best of the list the courses benefit, from practice would at the top Clearly, range. 68 rating. a zero achieve should, in turn, look to at the bottom end. Tose looking at those the lower 37 9.09 9.3 8 38 8.33 7.89 5.88 5.88 5.41 2.63 NH Racecourses that have killed Horses in relation to NH Racecourses that have to 2003/2004 Seasons 2000/2001 from racing total days NH Season NH Season 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 0 On Course Horse Deaths 80 60 40 20 5 0 100 25 20 15 10 20.2 24.3 18.3 20.9 49 96 76 84 Mean Ratio Deaths to Days Racing Mean Horse Deaths Number SeasonMean 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 SeasonDeaths 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 The Mean Ratio Deaths to Days Racing graph indicates the consistency of deaths over the of deaths over the consistency indicates graph Racing Days Deaths to The Mean Ratio industry the racing is being done by past seasons. This highlights that nothing relevent four of horses on British racecourses. the death rate lower to Graphs displaying On Course Horse Deaths displaying as Numbers and Graphs Racing as a Mean in relation to Deaths to Number of Days ORTING LIFE25 Animal Aid exposes and campaigns peacefully against all animal abuse, and promotes a cruelty-free lifestyle

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