Coalition for the Protection of Racehorses reported 119 horses were killed on Australian racetracks over the 2019/2020 racing year, most commonly from catastrophic front limb injury.
Campaign Director Elio Celotto said these numbers are only the deaths caused by on-track injuries that make it to the steward's reports.
The number of deaths might be way higher than believed as there are no requirements of recording deaths that occur during training, trials, or even if the horse is taken away from the track to be killed.