Animal rights groups hit out at Grand National after Broadway Boy’s ‘horrific’ fall
05-04-2025 19:36 via theguardian.com

Animal rights groups hit out at Grand National after Broadway Boy’s ‘horrific’ fall

Campaigners accuse racing industry of ‘spouting empty rhetoric’ about welfare after horses injured in dramatic raceAnimal rights organisations have criticised the Grand National after a horse that was leading the race suffered a grim fall, and a second collapsed shortly after the competition.Broadway Boy, a seven-year-old horse ridden by Tom Bellamy, took what was described by spectators as a “sickening fall” at the 25th jump, appearing to land on his head and not moving
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