Tag: horse racing
Racehorse trainer sentenced to four years over doping scandal
Racehorse trainer, Jason Servis, has been handed a four-year prison sentence for his involvement in a massive horse doping operation.
Churchill Downs racetrack under investigation after four horses died
Horse racing complex Churchill Downs in the United States will cooperate with authorities to investigate the deaths of four horses.
Irish horse race trainer banned over cruel photo with dead horse Morgan
Irish trainer Gordon Elliott was banned from horse racing for 12 months after a photo circulated of him sitting on the dead horse Morgan.
Animal rights activists to protest at horse races in New Zealand
Animal rights activists in New Zealand will protest at the Ellerslie Racecourse on Boxing Day at a horse racing event.
Irish rider sentenced for abuse of horse Flogas Sunset Cruise who died
An Irish horse show jumping rider has been convicted of cruelty towards his horse Flogas Sunset Cruise. Flogas died after the rider made him gallop on a track with excessive use of a whip.
US race track allowed to remain open despite the death of 31 horses
Southern California's Los Alamitos race track will be allowed to remain open despite the death of thirty-one horses. A state regulatory board accepted their safety plan on Monday.