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Originally Posted by Kymmy
I can just imagine the olympics putting down two athletes due to the race being dangerous.. About time we put an end to this barbaric so called sport.. Any sport that puts an animal in danger shouldn't be allowed.
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I would not necessarily ban it but major changes need to be made to the National Course still in my view there was an interesting debate about this on LBC James Max show this morning a caller rang in to say one horse would not go in the starting stalls so obviously did not want to run,to which James Max said how do you know what a dumb animal is thinking.
But when you hear people who are high up in the racing industry talk they say the horses enjoy it surely the same rule applies to them how can they also know what a dumb animal is thinking but this question is never asked of them.!
A quick look at the site Horse Race Death watch confirms most horses die or are put down over the jumps not on the flat so perhaps this needs to be looked at currently Horse Race Death Watch lists 816 horses destroyed/Killed since 2007 all listed almost exclusively over the jumps hardly any on the flat, now that is a carnage in all but name in any other walk of life.
As i said i am not for banning just for this area to be seriouly looked at and if necessary changes made.