Numbers of horses Approximately 18,000 foals are born into the closely-related British and Irish racing industries each year, yet only around 40% go on to race. Those horses who do not make the grade may be slaughtered for meat or repeatedly change hands in a down ward spiral of neglect. Raced to death Around 420 horses are raced to death every year the details can be viewed at www.horsedeathwatch.com , if horses have any injuries result to whipping or killing. Horses now commonly have bleeding lungs that can kill horses when they breath in there rib cadge just collapses and they die. Action points Sign this petition that you are not going to bet on horses and the grand national. Write to your local bookies or betting shop. Write to your local newspaper. Thanks Very much for reading this article, now please sign this petition.