Thoroughbred Horse Welfare Challenges: From Rape to Relegation
Written here as a poem, each verse is structured as a three-line haiku. The haiku is a Japanese...
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A Bit-FREE, Pain-FREE Future for the FREE-Breathing Horse
Without food, a horse’s expectation of life is measured in weeks; without water, in days; without...
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Renowned welfare expert recommends British Horseracing update their horse welfare assumptions
A critique by Professor Emeritus David Mellor, ONZM, of the website Horse PWR, British...
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Racing Horses on Forage-only
Forage is the preferred and ideal diet for most classes of horses, but can it meet the needs of...
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Roadmap for the Ethical Use of Horses in Sport
A British researcher has mapped out an ethical framework to help horse sports assess issues...
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It’s More than the Early Starts. Horseracing’s Staff Recruitment and Retention Challenges
The problems surrounding the recruitment, training and retention of stable staff in horseracing...
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New Research Promises to Predict if Endurance Horses are Ready to Compete
In many ways, an endurance race is a test of how much physical challenge an athlete can endure....
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Roadmap for the Ethical Use of Horses in Sport
A British researcher has mapped out an ethical framework to help horse sports assess issues...
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It’s More than the Early Starts. Horseracing’s Staff Recruitment and Retention Problems
The problems surrounding the recruitment, training and retention of stable staff in horseracing...
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Racing Victoria’s Calls for Limited Whip Reform
Racing Victoria (RV) has today confirmed that it will not be conducting any ‘whip for safety only’...
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Disparate views on horse welfare impact the future of racing
Depending on their connection with horse racing, different people have different views about...
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Clearing the Air on the Bit-free Debate
Bit-free Despite overwhelming proof that horses can be ridden and driven bit-free, riders and...
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