Will go with that, her enthusiasm is infectious, brilliant on The Opening Show - "celebrated with burger chips and a Coca-Cola at Gloucester services." Has genuinely been a Festival that has shown what nice people are involved in racing.
How can she be a nice person? She forced that poor horse to keep jumping those nasty fences. Could you not tell that he was hating every minute. It would be far better if he was never bred in the first place.
Be grateful for no more animal cruelty related posts on these threads please (both in raising the topic AND responding). We are getting caught up in a repeated circle every major race meet that means that no one is getting enjoyment from it nor an educated worthwhile debate.
@Anna_Kissed we’ll talk privately next week please after a bit of reflection time. Thanks.
Be grateful for no more animal cruelty related posts on these threads please (both in raising the topic AND responding). We are getting caught up in a repeated circle every major race meet that means that no one is getting enjoyment from it nor an educated worthwhile debate.
@Anna_Kissed we’ll talk privately next week please after a bit of reflection time. Thanks.
Would be absolutely lovely not to have anything to which to respond.
I'd welcome a separate thread that focuses on horse racing safety. Please let's not have it sunk this time. It'll be for the long term benefit of everyone.
In other news, I ended the festival +24pts after a +31pt upswing on the final day.
Largely thanks to Minella Indo going in at 65s to win and 12s to place. Had a half point on each market on Betfair and so pulled in +37pts all on it's own. Without it I would have finished -13pts over the four days.
Have another thread and people that disagree just have to learn to ignore it
I've said it repeatedly, but people always sink it.
We all know I bloody love my horse racing, but in the interests of fairness, AK being consistently sunk is rubbish. Leave the thread up and if you're an advocate, ignore it.
There are many legitimate questions about the welfare of racing's stars, and there should be a place to discuss this.
Okay. As you are well aware, I started a thread giving an alternative viewpoint, on which I posted factual data. That thread was swiftly filled with abusive comments. It was then 'sunk' so that no-one could read it.
Subsequently, I started another thread. Same result. Hide it so no-one can see it.
There are numerous pro-racing threads. No problem with that. But where is the opposition?.
I have been censored. And censorship is the way of the bully and the coward.
You once said that people would be hacked off to hear about your treatment within CARD and CASTrust.
You are now complaining about your treatment here.
Is everybody an arsehole then? Or perhaps could it be time to look in the mirror to see how you can bring up certain topics without being so antagonistic and quite frankly, insufferable.
a*hole is not a word I'd use. There are some most unpleasant people about. And some of them are on here.
Bore off, you have brought all the antagonism upon yourself, stop acting the poor down trodden victim. I have little or no interest in horse racing by the way.
Cheltenham is like life: Highs and lows, Tears of joy and sadness, Winners and losers, Life and death, Sweet Dreams and Nightmares, Triumph and disaster.
presenting percy out for rest of season, did not look fit going into race, a bad week for gordon elliot so many of his big hopes just did not fire, surely in danger of mullins being handed back some of the high profile gigginstown horses
presenting percy out for rest of season, did not look fit going into race, a bad week for gordon elliot so many of his big hopes just did not fire, surely in danger of mullins being handed back some of the high profile gigginstown horses
let's hope the failures of O'Leary's horses isn't transferred across to his aircraft ! .. Rich Richie also had a bad Cheltenham .. perhaps both have run out of very ready spending cash and luck .. or perhaps like most things, prolonged success is very hard to sustain
Oxford Blu certainly won’t going back to Cheltenham this year len as he has completely lost the plot........works well at home,shows nothing on the racecourse After Sandown Friday not sure where Duhallow Gesture goes now
This one is a long story!!! After its last race in March at Market Rasen it was decided that Oxford would go to the sales ring even though Richard Johnson said it would win again but syndicate still voted for the sales ring. Because of Covid the sales didn't happen then Olly said he would buy him but again because of situation getting worse with Covid Olly decided against buying. Then via Olly Lady Brooke offered to take the horse as she wanted a lead/work horse at home. The syndicate voted for this as he had seemed to fall out of love with the game and was going to a nice home. And I thought that was that but then shocked to see it get an entry for today. Have been trying to contact Lady Brooke myself since but no luck! Personally I'd say keep an eye out for future entries because he is absolutely thrown in on old form by some 30lbs especially if the change of scenary and summer routine has sparked him back to life
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It would be far better if he was never bred in the first place.
@Anna_Kissed we’ll talk privately next week please after a bit of reflection time. Thanks.
We all know I bloody love my horse racing, but in the interests of fairness, AK being consistently sunk is rubbish. Leave the thread up and if you're an advocate, ignore it.
There are many legitimate questions about the welfare of racing's stars, and there should be a place to discuss this.
You are now complaining about your treatment here.
Is everybody an arsehole then? Or perhaps could it be time to look in the mirror to see how you can bring up certain topics without being so antagonistic and quite frankly, insufferable.
I have little or no interest in horse racing by the way.
Highs and lows,
Tears of joy and sadness,
Winners and losers,
Life and death,
Sweet Dreams and Nightmares,
Triumph and disaster.