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Palio delle Regioni, yet another stunt by the ministry to revive the struggling horse racing industry

17/05/2024 - The first stage of the “Palio delle Regioni 2024-2025”, an initiative promoted by Masaf with the aim of revitalising Italian horse racing, will take place next Sunday, 19th May. This is a promotional horse racing circuit, consisting of 21 “Grand Prix races for galloping and trotting” selected by Masaf from the grand prix calendar to represent the Italian regions where racecourses are recognised by the Ministry. Starting from Sunday and until May 2025, 21 races will take place in as many Italian racecourses.
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Salto ostacoli: muore un cavallo in gara, il concorso prosegue come se niente fosse

15/05/2024 - coming soon
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Palermo, carriages: IHP requests custody of the two horses involved in recent news cases

13/05/2024 - One of the interventions was triggered thanks to a report by the association. President Richichi: "I applaud the councillor and the municipal police. We are ready to welcome them to our Rescue Centre." IHP has made itself available to welcome at its recovery centre in Montaione the two horses involved in two separate incidents in Palermo in recent days.
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Palio dell'anello in Tarquinia, where four horses were shot dead a month ago

11/05/2024 - Today in Tarquinia, the same city where just over a month ago four horses were shockingly and unprecedentedly shot dead, the Palio dell'Anello will take place. The associations express their strongest opposition to the event scheduled: apart from yet another charade of flaunted traditions and historical reenactments, of which Italy is unfortunately full, but which in reality are merely occasions to make horses suffer for the sake of supposed human entertainment, this time there is also the taste of insult.
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Rescued by IHP: the story of Peppy

09/05/2024 - coming soon
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Corato (BA): we demand the cancellation of the horse meat festival. Email bombing against the Council

07/05/2024 - coming soon
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Palio of the historic florentine establishments: yet another scheme to exploit horses

06/05/2024 - Exploiting horses is all the rage, especially at a time when our government is pushing hard to fund and support horse breeding and racing in the criminally inclined sector of horse racing. The Italian judiciary's investigations into mistreatment, doping, and illegal labour? The horses that die on the track? The uncertain fate of those discarded? None of this sparks the slightest interest in those who govern us: what matters is promoting the exploitation of horses on every possible occasion.
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“Cocchi del Marzocco” tomorrow in Florence, IHP: events to be abolished

03/05/2024 - In Florence, it’s not enough to keep the city’s traditional carriages running: instead of abolishing them, as has been done in decidedly more civilised cities, they’re upping the ante with the Cocchi del Marzocco, a parade of vintage carriages from all over Italy and abroad, organised by the Arciconfraternita di Parte Guelfa in collaboration with the Italian Carriage Driving Group, scheduled for tomorrow and Sunday.
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Farewell Romina, doyenne of our rescue centre

01/05/2024 - coming soon
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Illegal horse races, another raid by the Carabinieri in Catania: four horses seized

15/04/2024 - The crackdown by Carabinieri and Police against the exploitation and mistreatment of horses by both common and organised crime continues, especially in relation to illegal horse racing. In the Picanello district of Catania, Carabinieri and NAS have investigated and charged two locals, aged 37 and 30.
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