Uploaded October 2022 | Updated September 2026, 8 hours ago
CPR has tracked every on-track death of racehorses around Australia over the past twelve months to produce our ninth devastating report - Deathwatch 2022.
Read the full 2022 report here bit.ly/3Rstl3S
The 2021 - 2022 'racing year' death toll is 139 thoroughbreds, meaning, despite industry assurances that they are making improvements to horse welfare and safety, horses continue to be injured and killed on Australian racetracks at an average of one individual every 2.5 days. It is important to note, these are just the deaths we learn of. The true number would be much greater.
Deathwatch 2022 includes four new sections previously not covered - a brief Deathwatch 2022 summary from CPR New Zealand, a report on the high number of horses to die past the post, stable deaths, and how self-determination of the horse is systemically ignored.
Deathwatch 2022 Key Findings:
53 HORSES DIED FROM UNKNOWN CAUSES
46 HORSES DIED FROM CATASTROPHIC FRONT LIMB INJURY
12 HORSES DIED FROM CATASTROPHIC HIND LIMB INJURY
9 HORSES DIED FROM CARDIAC CAUSES
7 HORSES DIED FROM INJURIES TO UNSPECIFIED LIMB
5 HORSES DIED FROM SHOULDER INJURY
2 HORSES DIED FROM EXERCISE-INDUCED BLEEDS
2 HORSES DIED FROM PELVIS INJURY
2 HORSES DIED FROM SEVERE NEUROLOGICAL INJURY
1 HORSE DIED FROM A POST INJURY INFECTION
The state with the highest recorded deaths was New South Wales, followed by Victoria and Queensland.
10 horses were two when they died.
55 of the horses that were killed had been raced as two-year olds.
The most lethal track in Australia was Ascot in WA with eight deaths, followed by Randwick in NSW with seven deaths.
Read our full report here horseracingkills.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/DeathWatch2022.pdf, including the heartbreaking stories of many of this years racing victims here. Their lives and deaths must be acknowledged in the hope that we can end this industry of greed and abuse once and for all.
CPR has tracked every on-track death of racehorses around Australia over the past twelve months to produce our ninth devastating report - Deathwatch 2022.
Read the full 2022 report here bit.ly/3Rstl3S
The 2021 - 2022 'racing year' death toll is 139 thoroughbreds, meaning, despite industry assurances that they are making improvements to horse welfare and safety, horses continue to be injured and killed on Australian racetracks at an average of one individual every 2.5 days. It is important to note, these are just the deaths we learn of. The true number would be much greater.
Deathwatch 2022 includes four new sections previously not covered - a brief Deathwatch 2022 summary from CPR New Zealand, a report on the high number of horses to die past the post, stable deaths, and how self-determination of the horse is systemically ignored.
Deathwatch 2022 Key Findings:
53 HORSES DIED FROM UNKNOWN CAUSES
46 HORSES DIED FROM CATASTROPHIC FRONT LIMB INJURY
12 HORSES DIED FROM CATASTROPHIC HIND LIMB INJURY
9 HORSES DIED FROM CARDIAC CAUSES
7 HORSES DIED FROM INJURIES TO UNSPECIFIED LIMB
5 HORSES DIED FROM SHOULDER INJURY
2 HORSES DIED FROM EXERCISE-INDUCED BLEEDS
2 HORSES DIED FROM PELVIS INJURY
2 HORSES DIED FROM SEVERE NEUROLOGICAL INJURY
1 HORSE DIED FROM A POST INJURY INFECTION
The state with the highest recorded deaths was New South Wales, followed by Victoria and Queensland.
10 horses were two when they died.
55 of the horses that were killed had been raced as two-year olds.
The most lethal track in Australia was Ascot in WA with eight deaths, followed by Randwick in NSW with seven deaths.
Read our full report here horseracingkills.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/DeathWatch2022.pdf, including the heartbreaking stories of many of this years racing victims here. Their lives and deaths must be acknowledged in the hope that we can end this industry of greed and abuse once and for all.
