According to the Jockey Club, greater than £2.6m has been invested during the last decade in welfare and safety improvements at Cheltenham and Aintree racecourses.
These embody the swap to padded-style hurdles, altering all markers on fences and hurdles from orange to white, altering the course structure and re-siting obstacles, plus steady funding in first-class veterinary and medical help.
Strict new whip guidelines have been additionally launched in 2023 which restrict jockeys’ use to a most of six instances in a flat race or seven instances in a soar race.
“Through continuous investment in safety, the fatal injury rate has been reduced to 0.22% of 86,262 runners in 2025, and we are working hard to bring this down further,” they stated.
The membership added the five-year deadly harm charge for the competition is 0.48%, which is according to the nationwide common of 0.46% for soar racing.
