There has been a renewed focus placed on animal welfare in recent years after 66 horse fatalities at the Grand National ...

A horse has been killed on the first day of this year's Grand National meeting. Willy De Houelle suffered a fatal fall in the ...

A horse has died at the Grand National meeting at Aintree this afternoon (April 3). Well-known female jockey Rachel Blackmore ...

A horse has died at the Grand National meeting at Aintree this afternoon (April 3). Well-known female jockey Rachel Blackmore suffered a fall while riding Willy De Houelle and the horse has since died ...

needs to be set up to replace the British Horse Racing Authority. “Two deaths in two days highlights the shocking cruelty ...

Jim Mullen has been appointed group chief executive for The Jockey Club (of Great Britain) following a protracted search for a replacement for Nevin Truesdale, Britain's largest racecourse group ...

Canadian jockey Emma-Jayne Wilson has faced a long and painstaking recovery just to be able to walk again after having a high ...

Sharpe fell off the horse, but crucially it came after the pair had crossed the finishing line in front as they led home a 1-2 for trainer Sonny Carey. Speaking after the race, the jockey told ...

Stakes-winning jockey Philip Ernst, a mainstay on the old New England circuit for five decades, died peacefully in his Derry, N.H., home March 22 surrounded by his family. Ernst, 84, had battled ...

Jockey Neil Callan remains free to ride as the British Horseracing Authority suspended the sentence for two years, ...