Grand National

[Wheeze]

Perfect!

[superflyguy]

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According to Pete

you heard it here first.

[Danbert Nocurry]

I've never been anti-horse racing, but I certainly felt a pang when the camera was following the horses as they veered round a fence and there was a big blanket behind it plain to see.

Certainly put the £12 I was about to lose in perspective.

I totally agree L.F.F.

Why when a horse breaks a leg, do they put it down? I can understand it not racing again, but to just kill it. :thunbdown:

[Hank]

I totally agree L.F.F.

Why when a horse breaks a leg, do they put it down? I can understand it not racing again, but to just kill it. :thunbdown:

Apparently they can't cast it as the horse won't keep its weight off it and it all gets very messy and painful for the horse. Agree though, it's all very grim.

[Alf]

Brough Scott, the racing commentator and former jockey, said last night: “Synchronised was a very fine and a very brave horse. This is very sad news. But I believe these incidents are unavoidable. They happen. People go mountaineering and are killed. There are risks in competitive sport.”

Well I don't know many horses who go mountaineering

It reminds me of the death of that fine horse 'Alverton,' another Gold Cup winner, at the National. Synchronised was a gelding so no money to make out of it at stud so run it till you kill it, saves on food and vets bills later and you get the insurance of course :thunbdown:

[superflyguy]

........Synchronised was a gelding so no money to make out of it at stud so run it till you kill it, saves on food and vets bills later and you get the insurance of course :thunbdown: .....

wow, you should apply for a column on the Daily Mail they'd love your ill informed view and sweeping misconceptions !

[geronimo]

Call me a party pooper but I know of no other sport where two of the participants can be fatally injured and yet there is barely a word said about it, except for the fact that it caused disruption for the first time ever as two of the jumps couldn't be jumped second time round.

I've always found horse racing to be quite barbaric in that respect. The horses are the real athletes in the race and yet their deaths during the race goes unnoticed :thunbdown:

totally agreed. our television stays off during Cruel National days as it upsets my other half who has her own horses. also agree with other post that questions the sanity of owners putting valuable horses into such a dangerous situation.
It is now hitting the press but will anything get done. I doubt it. too much money involved and the milliners would go bust if it was stopped

[Mike T]

It would seem the horses do not matter - it is all about betting and fashion.

[dominion]

An interview with one of the owners seemed to imply that he had no knowledge of his horse being put down - the on course vets just took the decision without consulting him. Maybe you sign away your horse when you enter the race, but it all seemed a bit bizzare to me. He also said he wouldn't enter any future horses into the event.

[Danbert Nocurry]

Brough Scott, the racing commentator and former jockey, said last night: “Synchronised was a very fine and a very brave horse. This is very sad news. But I believe these incidents are unavoidable. They happen. People go mountaineering and are killed. There are risks in competitive sport.”

Well I don't know many horses who go mountaineering

It reminds me of the death of that fine horse 'Alverton,' another Gold Cup winner, at the National. Synchronised was a gelding so no money to make out of it at stud so run it till you kill it, saves on food and vets bills later and you get the insurance of course :thunbdown:

Bloody hell Alf - you want to get on ebay to buy a club, so that you can give it those seals big time :w00t: