It’s time for action on jumps racing
With near misses for two horses at Oakbank on the weekend, RSPCA South Australia is renewing its calls for the cruel ‘sport’ of jumps racing to be banned. Chief Executive Officer Tim Vasudeva said that...
View ArticleJumps racing industry on notice
Parliamentary Jumps Racing Inquiry fails to deliver ban But industry on notice with recommendations targeting transparency and welfare A parliamentary select committee has agreed to allow jumps racing...
View ArticleWheeler Fortune fourth horse to die at Oakbank in last six years
RSPCA South Australia would like to clarify that yesterday’s death of jumps racing horse Wheeler Fortune was the fourth death at Oakbank in the last six years. In 2014, Black Moon was euthanised after...
View ArticlePublic want to see jumps racing banned
A huge drop in crowd numbers attending the Monday race meeting at the Oakbank Easter Racing Carnival points to a huge lack of public support for jumps races. Following the devastating death of Wheeler...
View ArticleHorses are not designed for jumping
Some people believe horses are made for jumping. An understanding of their physiology makes it clear that they are not. Horses have: Laterally placed eyes which restricts forward vision and their...
View ArticleHorses do not “love to jump”
Some people (usually those who profit from jumps racing) would like us to believe that horses love to jump. Again, this is incorrect. Horses only jump obstacles at full gallop because they are forced...
View ArticleAnother jumps racing death
As a horror jumps racing season continues, Surface to Air has today died as a result of competing in the 3280m distance hurdle at Murray Bridge, the second horse in South Australia this year. The...
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Australia’s racing industry struggles to hide the ugly truth of jumps racing
On the first day of the Oakbank racing carnival last April, five-year-old Wheeler Fortune fell at the final hurdle, in front of the main grandstand, and broke a front leg. The green screens went up...
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Another jumps racing death as first horse of 2018 season dies
The 2018 SA jumps racing season has claimed its first reported fatality, with a horse dying of a suspected ruptured aorta after falling at a weekend Morphettville race – the third jumps racing death in...
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5 unavoidable facts that prove jumps racing is dangerous for horses and inhumane
South Australia’s 2018 jumps racing season finally drew to a close on Saturday – but not before yet another horse suffered a terrible fall that could well cost him his life. Nine-year-old gelding...
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