0

5

10

15

14 14 26 14 12 12 7 14 8 15 10 13

20

25

30

JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC

horse deathsBY MONTH

159 horse deaths in 2017

RACING INJURIES THAT

KILL HORSESBroken neck

Broken shoulder

Smashed knee

Broken cannon bone

Broken pastern bones

Heart attack

Broken pelvis

Broken back

Torn tendon

CHELTENHAMHORSE DEATHS

20156 DEATHS

10 DEATHS

12 DEATHS

2016

2017

159horse deaths

BY RACE123 national hunt (jump) racing 36 flat racing

51 63 9 19 17Chase races Hurdle races National hunt

flat racesFlat races

on turfFlat races

on artificialsurfaces

123 in nationalhunt (jump) racing

36 in flat racing

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COURSESDEADLIEST

RACE HORSEDEATH WATCH

REVIEW 2017

0 2 4 6 8 10 12

Cheltenham

Southwell

Chepstow

Lingfield

Doncaster

Musselburgh

12 deaths

9 deaths

9 deaths

8 deaths

6 deaths

6 deaths

Cheltenham and Southwell have had the highest number of deaths for the past 3 years (2015, 2016, 2017) of any of the 60 racecourses in Britain.

50 racecourses in total had one or more horses die in 2017.