Racehorse foals slaughtered in Irish meat factories for human consumption. The kind of foal bred and slaughtered for human consumption. Image: Getty. Because too many racehorses are bred due to a lack of regulation in Ireland and the UK, The Sun newspaper reports that more than 3,000 racehorses many of them young foals were slaughtered for human consumption. Here are some statistics about this obnoxious practice: Since 2020 more than 3,000 racehorses have been killed in Irish meat factories according to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. 151 of the horses were just one-year-olds. 288 were under three years of age. The average life expectancy of a racehorses is between 25-30 years. Only 7% (210) of racehorses slaughtered were aged over 20 years. More than 50% (1534) were under the age of six when there was slaughtered. Almost one third (839) were younger than four years of age. These numbers relate to thoroughbred horses with passports issued by the horseracing conglome...