Grand National: According to Pete owner will not return

Cross-posted from BBC News The owner of a horse that was put down after falling at a fence in the Grand National at Aintree has said he will not enter horses in the race again. Peter Nelson, who lives at Helperby, near Boroughbridge, in North Yorkshire, owned According to Pete, who fell at Becher's Brook…

Death of four racehorses on opening day races probed (UK)

Cross-posted from HorseTalkNZ British racing authorities are probing the circumstances behind the deaths of four racehorses in one day at a meeting in Yorkshire, England. The incident-plagued track at Wetherby has come under fire from the animal welfare group, Animal Aid. The group is demanding that the British Horseracing Authority suspends all further racing at…