HORSE RACING KILLS

Thoroughbred racing

An industry lacking full transparency

NSW

Steward’s reports include the ‘official’ racing outcomes for thoroughbred horses such as injuries and deaths. In NSW, these are the Racing NSW steward’s reports. These official thoroughbred racing outcomes are then tracked and reported in the annual Deathwatch reports compiled by the Coalition for the Protection of Racehorses (CPR), for each racing season period between 1 August to 31 July each year.

Other ‘unofficial’ racing outcomes can be obtained through Freedom of Information requests or, in NSW, through an application under the Government Information and Public Access (GIPA) Act 2009.

Racing NSW GIPA responses

The following responses were provided by Racing NSW subsequent to formal GIPA applications which have since been made available to Animal Liberation:

2021/2022

2024/2025

2022/2023

Coalition for the Protection of Racehorses - Deathwatch reports

2023/2024

2023/2024

2022/2023