The RSPCA has called on racing authorities to conduct an “urgent” review into the horse deaths that occurred at this year’s Grand National.
The Aintree race meeting concluded yesterday, Saturday April 15, with favourite Corach Rambler claiming victory in the world famous steeplechase. Three horses were confirmed to have died over the three days of racing, with the animal welfare organisation the RSCPA now calling on the British Horseracing Authority to review “the circumstances of each of the sad deaths at Aintree.”
Hill Sixteen suffered a heavy fall at the first fence in the Grand National and was subsequently put down after sustaining a broken neck. The horse was the third to die after both Dark Raven and Envoye Special suffered fatal injuries earlier in the meeting.
