42?
In 2023, the RSPCA received 72,050 reports about animal abandonment and neglect — higher than in 2022, 2021 and 2020. (Rhyl Journal)
But you're concern is 42 racehorses?
Animal Aid puts the absolute number at around 200 horses dying on British racecourses every year.
Somewhat short of the tens of thousands of domestic animals euthanised annually, don't you think?
In 2024, a total of 22 Thoroughbreds who were last trained in Britain were put down at a GB abattoir, out of an estimated Thoroughbred population of 75,000. Only three of those had raced since the January 2022 rule requiring all racehorses running in Britain to be signed out of the human food chain
It looks like your little campaign is more about 'for effect ' than actual data
Gold Dancer died at Aintree on Friday. He was not the first. He will not be the last.
The RSPCA confirmed he was the 42nd horse to die in UK racing in 2026. It is only April.
Since the year 2000, 68 horses have died at Aintree alone. PETA responded by calling the Grand National Festival the Grand Massacre. Animal Aid said the words that landed hardest: Everyone who bought a ticket, placed a bet or watched the ITV coverage paid for this horse to die.
The BHA pointed to a falling fatal injury rate of 0.22 percent in 2025. Animal welfare groups said that number still represents hundreds of horses dying every year for entertainment.
Gold Dancer won £67,524. He was dead within minutes of crossing the line. The Grand National ran the following day.