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Originally Posted by Mr K
3 dead horses for our entertainment, maybe she had a point.
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No they don't have a point at all, nobody objects to protesting but a lawful pursuit being interrupted by illegal activity isn't a point it's a crime and that's without considering the melee at the first fence due to the horses being held in the parade area to long, it could've been carnage and they'd have been responsible
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Originally Posted by Pierre
Unfortunate, without doubt, but the Grand National is what it is. It is dangerous for both jockey and horse. I know the jockey is making a choice to race and jump, but so is the horse. Credit the horse with some agency, I’ve seen many horses refuse.
The element of danger in the National makes it special, it’s the F1 of horse racing.
These magnificent horses are elite, have been specifically bred over centuries and trained to do what they do, and they are treated like royalty. They provide entertainment and thousands of jobs.
If it wasn’t for horse racing these horses wouldn’t exist, and horses in the U.K. would just be expensive pets for the middle and upper classes.
So no she, and others, don’t have a point.
Protesters should leave a well regulated sport that looks after their animals well, and unfortunately encounters accidental injuries and spend more time going after people like this
https://www.wales247.co.uk/shropshir...t-of-her-horse |
Those horses live better than some humans, what do people think would happen to race horses if there was no racing?
Interestingly the breeding over centuries can be traced back to between one and three horses iirc