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Aversa closes, and horse racing is still burning through public money
13/10/2026 - Italy’s Ministry of Agriculture (Masaf) has revoked the Cirigliano racecourse’s recognition for 2026. It is the latest in a series of struggling tracks. For IHP, the money should go towards managing closures and securing the horses’ future.
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Doping: the tests are there. On retirement, silence
12/10/2026 - In August, 1,302 doping tests and five positives, according to Masaf data. The industry presents them as a guarantee of animal welfare. Yet no data, and no obligation, covers the horses that stop racing.
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Palermo: horse-drawn carriage collides with car on Via Roma
09/10/2026 - The horse suffered minor injuries. Almost three months after the City Council vote, the plan to convert carriages to electric vehicles has yet to materialise: the deadline falls no earlier than the end of January 2027.
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Suffering in Silence. What ethological abuse is, and why a new law means everything can now truly change.
08/10/2026 - by Michele Panzera*
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Palagonia: another illegal dawn horse race, with guns and scooters
08/10/2026 - An illegal horse race reportedly took place at dawn today, 8 October, in Palagonia, in the province of Catania, on a secondary road in the countryside outside the town. The news comes from animal rights activist Enrico Rizzi.
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Anagni: stray horses roaming among homes. IHP to the Ministry: stop offloading a national problem onto mayors
30/09/2026 - New meeting at the Ministry of Health on 6 October. IHP calls for a legal distinction between three categories of free-roaming equids and for the definition of "semi-wild" to be brought back in line with the EU text
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Catania: illegal stable at San Francesco La Rena, four horses without microchips
28/09/2026 - Fines of over €13,000 for the stable manager. The animals have been placed under health restrictions.
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Ippodromo dei Pini: tender draws no bidders
24/09/2026 - Follonica cannot find an operator for the racecourse, which has been idle since the end of 2025. Opening it up to events and cultural activities was not enough. Meanwhile, security is costing the municipality almost €15,000 a month. For IHP, it is time to turn the page.
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Holidays without exploitation: digital travel chooses to protect animals
24/09/2026 - Tripadvisor has stopped selling admission to racecourses. Booking.com and Airbnb have long excluded racing from their listings. The giants of digital travel are acknowledging a shift in public sentiment. The racing industry is protesting.
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Illegal horse slaughter between Umbria and Apulia: trial opens in Perugia, prosecution witnesses to be heard in March 2027
24/09/2026 - Three defendants before a three-judge panel. Charges include, variously, criminal conspiracy, cruelty to and killing of more than one hundred equids, trade in goods hazardous to health, and false entries in the National Equine Database. The first two evidentiary hearings are set for 15 and 23 March 2027.
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