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RACING INJURIES THAT KILL HORSES Broken neck Broken shoulder Smashed knee Broken cannon bone Broken pastern bones Heart attack Broken pelvis Broken back Torn tendon * Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there was no racing from mid-March until the beginning of June. 130 horse deaths in 2020* RACECOURSES WITH 3 DEATHS IN A SINGLE DAY COURSES DEADLIEST 42 racecourses in total had one or more horses die in 2020. 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 Southwell LINGFIELD KEMPTON NEWCASTLE FAKENHAM 12 deaths 8 deaths 7 deaths 7 deaths 6 deaths horse deaths BY RACE 130 90 in national hunt (jump) racing 40 in flat racing 24 th Aug 2020 16 JOCKEYS COMMITTED 4 OR MORE WHIP OFFENCES 11 horses ABUSED TWICE WITH THE WHIP Resulting in 912 days of suspensions. 299 WHIP oFFENCES COMMITTED BY 167 JOCKEYS OF THE HORSE RACING INDUSTRY THE CRUELTY REVIEW OF 2020 animalaid.org.uk horsedeathwatch.com Southwell RIP RIP RIP RIP RIP RIP Taunton 28 th Oct 2020 Avarchie (FR) Booyakasha (IRE) Swarez (IRE) Fancy A Dance (IRE) Level Of Intensity (IRE) Midsummer Moon RIP RIP Southwell RIP RIP Carlisle RIP RIP Haydock RIP RIP Lingfield RIP RIP Market Rasen RIP RIP Sedgefield RIP RIP Southwell 10 th Aug 2020 24 th Nov 2020 22 nd Oct2020 19 th Dec 2020 12 th Sep 2020 16 th Jan 2020 27 th Aug 2020 Croco Bay (IRE) Lost On You Jukebox Blues (FR) Ballydun Oscar (IRE) Whateva Next (IRE) Half Bolly Roll Again (FR) Ball D’Arc (FR) What An Angel Magical Ride Tiffin Top Just Don’t Ask (IRE) Simplystic Fame And Quantum (IRE) RACECOURSES WITH 2 DEATHS IN A SINGLE DAY
