Henry was once a racehorse, but after he stopped winning, his life took a turn for the worse.
Horse trainer Steve Asmussen defends the drugging of horses in an interview with HBO’s “Real Sports.”
Only one horse can win a race. What happens to the losers? Watch this video to find out.
After PETA’s exposé, the California Horse Racing Board bans thyroid hormones for nontherapeutic purposes.
Sam Simon steps in to save a horse who came from a stable where a PETA investigator documented routine drug misuse.
With the Kentucky Derby fast approaching, PETA calls on Churchill Downs to crack down on illegal shock devices.
Following a meeting with PETA, the owner of Pimlico Race Course and other tracks announces that it’s implementing strict new reforms at all its tracks.
A Kentucky horse-racing track takes two steps backward with its plans to replace its high-tech synthetic track with a dangerous dirt track.
The New York Times reveals the extent of ugly electro-shock violations in horse racing.
After PETA files legal complaints alleging violations by thoroughbred trainer Steve Asmussen, horse-racing authorities take action.
Academy Award nominee James Cromwell wants attendees of this year’s Belmont Stakes to know those horses’ names and to know that their lives were taken for a few moments’ entertainment and a few dollars at the betting window.
There is a certain kind of person, it seems, who enjoys dressing up like a deranged escapee from some historical theme park and swilling mint juleps just to watch horses run around a dirt track for a couple of minutes. But as a new PETA mobile billboard will remind visitors arriving at Churchill Downs to attend the … Read more »
On Sunday, the University of Louisville’s Kevin Ware sustained one of the most gruesome injuries in sports history. The outpouring of support from across the country, along with the response of his teammates, has been fantastic. However, some horrifying leg injuries don’t get the same attention, such as this one sustained by the great-granddaughter of legendary … Read more »
Some might consider Rachel Alexandra lucky. In 2009, she became the first filly in 85 years to win the Preakness Stakes. The next year, she was retired from the dangers of the track and training to live as a broodmare—a female horse used for breeding—on a farm in Kentucky. But motherhood isn’t coming easily to … Read more »
HBO canceled its troubled horse-racing series Luck amid PETA’s protests over horse deaths on the set, and the bad luck continues for the show’s creators. Now HBO and the show’s producer, Stewart Productions, have been hit with a lawsuit charging that they willfully allowed horses to be abused and attempted to cover it up. Paolo … Read more »
