This morning, a guest post from our indomitable executive director, Nicole… “‘Horseracing News’ this week is as much about us as it is about them” by Nicole Arciello The Horseracing Industry found a way to elevate itself to the top of news cycle this week with misleading and at times nonsensical headlines like: “Horse racing’s…

The following horses were injured in U.S. races last week and had to be removed from the track by “equine ambulance.” While fates remain unknown at this time, please know we will eventually get kill confirmations on many if not most via our FOIA reporting. One Mo Birdie at Louisiana Miss Happy at Prairie Back…

A sincere question, America: How do we still countenance scenes like this in 2026? The fallen is (more likely was) 3-year-old Absolute Domination. That poor, poor boy. https://youtu.be/NO4CxqGmn-s

For me, the worst we humans do to animals is take away their autonomy, their freedom. Stick them in a cage, a crate, a tank, or, in the case of racehorses, a tiny 12×12 stall for the vast majority of their day(s). It is cruelty defined, all the more so for being done to social…