The Coalition for the Protection of Racehorses exposes the shocking cruelty of horse racing. Visit horseracingkills.com to get involved.
Melbourne, Australia
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Tasmanian racehorse trainer Tony Vivian-Smith has been disqualified for 24 months for starving the six-year-old Thoroughbred mare Krupt Candy to death at his stables in Brighton.
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Following up on the ABC’s exposure yesterday of racehorses being routinely drugged to disguise their frustration, equine experts have published this brilliant piece in The Conversation today: theconversation.com/using-tr…
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THIS is why we advocate for welfare improvements at every opportunity we get – as a result of confinements, social isolation and high energy feed, the racing industry are setting up their horses to be ticking time bombs.
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SYDNEY! This Saturday 22nd is your chance to help speak up against two-year-old racing and be a voice for all other horses who are forced to risk their lives on the racetrack. Join us by the entry to Rosehill Gardens Racecourse, Grand Avenue, Rosehill, from 11am📢🐴🙏🏼
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Please have your say on the welfare of all racing animals! There are two options:
- Write your own submission and email it to racingreview@dtis.qld.gov.au
- Complete a survey via this link: surveys.dtis.qld.gov.au/n/35…
You do NOT have to be in Queensland to make a submission.
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#horseracingkills #nuptothecup R.I.P The Inevitable💔
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This footage is taken an hour after 2yo Point Score had finished his race – imagine what he must have looked like an hour earlier.
According to the Stewards report, his action deteriorated noticeably and weakened already at the 400m mark, but still he was made to finish the race.
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#nuptothecup #horseracingkills #tasracing #defundtasracing
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Horses used for racing are suffering! The time to act is NOW! Join us on Saturday 11th January from 10.30am
at Aquis Gold Coast Turf Club, Bundall Racecourse main entrance (Corner Racecourse Road and Ascot Road)
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PLEASE HELP PREVENT MORE HORSES SUFFERING AND CALL RACING WA’S INTEGRITY HOTLINE: 08 9445 5565.
More details here:
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Racing Victoria announced yesterday that jumps racing would continue despite the widespread public condemnation of the sport after a disastrous season that saw 12 jumps horses killed. Read our media release here:
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NSW racehorse trainer Greg Kilner was issued a petty 4-month trainer disqualification: racingnsw.com.au/wp-content/…
#horseracingkills #nuptothecup #youbetheydie
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Check this out! A #nuptothecup event in 1883! E.W. Cole chose to open his grand book arcade in Melbourne on the day of the Cup. This is how the opening was advertised:
“Intellectual non-racing People are invited there instead of going to the RACES.”
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#NupToTheCup ALWAYS for the horses. Thank you all for standing with us advocating for kindness today!
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Horse Racing Kills retweeted
What will you choose?
ALT Text 'The race that stops the nation' appears with a line through it, crossing it out. Text underneath reads, 'The nation that stops the race.' A silhouette of a person touching a horse's nose.
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“Many Australians also now opt to protest or turn their backs on the Cup, largely over the view horse racing is cruel to the animals involved.”
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Did you know that the #melbournecup Carnival attendance figures have plummeted more than 30% in the last 15 years? Please join us THIS SATURDAY when we protest the Derby Day races at Flemington - RSVP here: facebook.com/share/1FvTywiTo…
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We are super excited to announce that the amazing animal rights advocate Abigail Boyd will be joining us at the #nuptothecup Melbourne Cup Rally at Martin Place, Sydney on 5th November!
RSVP here: facebook.com/share/iFyoShrpq…
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