Improving Sports’ Horse Welfare: A Way Forward
Many features of the Thoroughbred Horseracing sector have been seriously challenged from an animal...
Read Moreby James Garnham | Sep 1, 2024 | Horse Welfare | 0 |
Many features of the Thoroughbred Horseracing sector have been seriously challenged from an animal...
Read Moreby James Garnham | Jul 11, 2024 | Horse Culture, Horse Welfare, Off The Track | 0 |
Written here as a poem, each verse is structured as a three-line haiku. The haiku is a Japanese...
Read Moreby Prof Paul McGreevy, BVSc, PhD, FRCVS and Bidda Jones | Sep 21, 2022 | Equitation Science, PAUL McGREEVY | 0 |
When the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) released its recent whip consultation report, it claimed to have consulted the science. But it insists whipping doesn’t hurt horses and fails to recommend that the racing industry changes its approach.
Read Moreby Cristina Wilkins | Jul 28, 2022 | Horse Welfare | 0 |
The long awaited report from the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) on the use of the whip...
Read Moreby Cristina Wilkins | Dec 21, 2020 | CRISTINA WILKINS, News | 0 |
Racing Victoria (RV) has today confirmed that it will not be conducting any ‘whip for safety only’...
Read Moreby Prof Paul McGreevy, BVSc, PhD, FRCVS and Bidda Jones | Nov 12, 2020 | Horse Welfare, PAUL McGREEVY | 1 |
10 reasons to stop whipping racehorses, including new research revealing the likely pain it causes...
Read Moreby Horses and People and Cristina Wilkins | Sep 21, 2020 | CRISTINA WILKINS, Uncategorized | 0 |
Racing Victoria (RV) has today announced that it is seeking national action on whip reform in...
Read Moreby Cristina Wilkins | Mar 10, 2020 | CRISTINA WILKINS, News | 1 |
Jockeys will race under ‘hands and heels’ rules at this summer’s Racing League...
Read Moreby Prof Paul McGreevy, BVSc, PhD, FRCVS and Emeritus Professor Robert Boakes | Feb 5, 2019 | Horse Welfare, Off The Track, PAUL McGREEVY | 0 |
Jiggers in horse racing: Trainer Darren Weir will not contest three charges for alleged possession...
Read Moreby Dr Lydia Tong | Apr 12, 2015 | Anatomy, Equine Science, Horse Welfare | 0 |
The racing industry insist that padded whips don’t hurt horses. But two humans who...
Read Moreby Cristina Wilkins | Nov 12, 2010 | CRISTINA WILKINS, Horse Welfare | 0 |
A debate on the use of whips was a highlight of the 2010 Australian Veterinary Association (AVA)...
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