Racing braces itself as Panorama set to claim thousands of horses are sent to slaughter in Britain annually
The programme has obtained figures which show 4,000 racehorses, most of them but not all trained in Ireland’, have been put down since 2019
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Racing, and more specifically Irish racing, is bracing itself for a backlash following the scheduled airing of the BBC’s
Panorama programme on Monday night which will claim “thousands” of racehorses are being sent to slaughter in Britain annually.
Panorama: The Dark Side of Horse Racing has, advance publicity for the programme says, obtained figures which show 4,000 racehorses “most of them but not all trained in Ireland”,’ have been put down in the only British abattoir licensed to shoot horses since 2019.
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