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Caltanissetta: four horses on a truck licensed for flowers and plants
27/10/2026 - Traffic police stopped the vehicle on the SS640 state road: a fine of about €10,000 and the truck impounded. For IHP, it is yet another sign of a horse trade that escapes controls, all the more worrying in Sicily.
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Caprilli: two bids to run the racecourse after a season funded by the City
26/10/2026 - Livorno, which ran the races itself in 2026, now has two candidates for the racecourse concession. The City’s statement does not say how much the season cost. Meanwhile, racecourses elsewhere in Italy keep shutting down.
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No horse is lucky beneath the pyramids
25/10/2026 - At Giza, the Global Champions Tour offered €1.75 million in prize money just steps away from the equids exploited in tourist rides. For IHP, the gap between these two worlds does not separate lucky horses from unlucky ones: it separates two forms of the same exploitation. Photo: Nahed Ismaeil via Wikimedia Commons https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Tarquinia: case of four horses shot dead is dismissed
24/10/2026 - The preliminary investigations judge in Civitavecchia has rejected our objection, ruling that the killing was necessary. We accept the decision, with regret and bitterness. In our view, however, that necessity arose from flawed containment choices.
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New York bans horse-drawn carriages from Central Park. Italy is still far behind
23/10/2026 - The City Council has approved a ban starting in June 2028. The law rules out slaughter for retired horses, but how they will be managed is yet to be decided. In Italy, only Verona has abolished the service
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Illegal horse race in Niscemi: preliminary hearing judge orders trial
16/10/2026 - Seven of the twenty-nine defendants will stand trial for organising the race and using the animals. The race was stopped by the police in October 2023.
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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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