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As the 2025 racing season begins, it’s time to rethink racing at Hastings
As the 2025 horse racing season kicks off at Vancouver’s Hastings racecourse, the VHS is urging the public to rethink attending horse races and is calling on decision-makers to invest in alternative community events that don’t put horses in harm’s way. Take the pledge Horse deaths in racing are commonplace Just weeks before the start…
Hastings horse death just weeks before start of race season prompts renewed calls for change
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE VANCOUVER, April 17, 2025 – The Vancouver Humane Society (VHS) is reiterating concerns after learning that a 3-year-old horse was injured and euthanized during a recent timed workout at Vancouver’s Hastings Racecourse. On April 13, 2025, a horse named Wynn Magic suffered a compound fracture to the left front leg and…