In 2023 there were 72 horses who died at Pennsylvania racetracks and 891 killed since 2014. Horseracingwrongs.org documents over 2,000 horses die every year at U.S. tracks, about six per day.

This figure does not represent the horses that did not make the grade because they were not fast enough, got injured as the majority are very young – or the rough equivalent of a kindergartner – and their bones are not fully developed. They die from cardiac arrest, pulmonary hemorrhage, blunt-force head trauma, broken necks, severed spines, ruptured ligaments, shattered legs, and the list goes on and on.

“All of the horse’s organ systems – musculoskeletal, digestive, and neurological – can be severely negatively impacted by confinement. The concept of locking a 1,000 pound professional athlete up in a 12-foot by 12-foot closet for 23 -1/2 hours a day is both abusive and archaic.” – Dr. Kraig Kulikowski