Enough is Enough
The horse racing industry would like you to believe that horses 'love' to jump... But in reality, horses only jump hurdles because they are forced to. Horses are sensitive and intelligent animals, and in nature wouldn't choose to jump over hurdles and risk broken legs, injuries -- even death—unless they had no other option. Please take action today and help to end this deadly 'sport'!
Help End Jumps Racing Carnage
Jumps racing is a cruel and dangerous 'sport' in which horses are forced to jump metre-high fences at high speed. It's
10 - 20 times more dangerous to horses than flat racing, and many of the
injuries sustained during jumps races can be horrific. Jumps racing now only occurs in Victoria and South Australia where
horses continue to die on the tracks every year.
The 2011 jumps racing season was another deadly one with eleven horses dying on track.
Adding to jumps racing shameful record,
seven people were hospitalised (including a toddler, an 80yr old woman and a 12yr old girl) at the Warrnambool Racing Carnival after the horse,
Banna Strand jumped a 2m safety fence and plunged into onlookers during the 'Grand Annual Steeple'.Recent history: When three jumps horses died during the Warrnambool (Vic.) racing carnival in May 2009 Racing Victoria temporarily suspended jumps racing. The season was allowed to resume after new conditions were imposed, but the falls and death rate did not significantly reduce; another 5 horses died. As a result Racing Victoria’s Board announced that the 2010 jumps racing season would be the last for Victorian jumps races. But that was not to last!
Under pressure from jumps horse owners, trainers and jockeys, the Racing Victoria Board reversed its decision in January 2010 and announced that jumps races would be allowed to continue in Victoria beyond 2010 if the fatality and fall rate were reduced. Fifteen horses fell in Victoria's 2010 jumps racing season, a fall rate of 3.6% and higher than the set target. Despite failing to meet the target and 2 horses dying in the season (plus 3 in South Australia), Racing Victoria decided that jumps racing could continue.
The Victorian and South Australian Governments and racing industry leaders deem it acceptable to have an 'allowable death quota' for horses (the 'target' fatality rate set by industry is about 15 times that of flat racing). So long as they permit jumps racing to continue, they share the responsibility for every horse dying on the tracks, and every punter maimed or injured.
Please add your voice and let them know that the community will no longer tolerate this cruelty.Take Action!
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