Grand National 2023

thickandthin63

2 horses died at Aintree today,same every year,Sport of kings ,Great sporting occasion,Animals dying just for people to have a great day out,hope you all enjoyed it.

alburyaddick

My horse Bluelight Bay is running in the 0-100 3 yo 150pm at Newmarket on Thursday. 
I think it will be very difficult for him to win, he is high in the handicap ( rated 93) but I will travel in hope as usual ( and as befits a Charlton fan ) 

Croydon

Great thread regardless of the result. The GN is a lottery 

PeanutsMolloy

thickandthin63 said:

2 horses died at Aintree today,same every year,Sport of kings ,Great sporting occasion,Animals dying just for people to have a great day out,hope you all enjoyed it.

Utter tosh

thickandthin63

PeanutsMolloy said:

thickandthin63 said:

2 horses died at Aintree today,same every year,Sport of kings ,Great sporting occasion,Animals dying just for people to have a great day out,hope you all enjoyed it.

Utter tosh

you clearly enjoy innocent animals breaking their necks in the name of sport.

R0TW

I somehow doubt he does.

Off_it

thickandthin63 said:

2 horses died at Aintree today,same every year,Sport of kings ,Great sporting occasion,Animals dying just for people to have a great day out,hope you all enjoyed it.

Animals die every day. People die every day. Same every year.

Valiantphil

@PeanutsMolloy
great thread mate. 

Thank you for your hard work and dedication. 

ValleyGary

Ah fuck off. Ed Chamberlain summed it up perfectly, both sides love horses. So sit down and talk, go to the yards, look at the statistics and see the bigger picture. But they won’t, same as the cunts that glue (Orp horses) their hands to roads. They just want disruption cos it gives them a false impression that they’re important.

ValleyGary

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superclive98

thickandthin63 said:

2 horses died at Aintree today,same every year,Sport of kings ,Great sporting occasion,Animals dying just for people to have a great day out,hope you all enjoyed it.

So, would you rather that those horses had never existed? That is the alternative. 

ValleyGary

superclive98 said:

thickandthin63 said:

2 horses died at Aintree today,same every year,Sport of kings ,Great sporting occasion,Animals dying just for people to have a great day out,hope you all enjoyed it.

So, would you rather that those horses had never existed? That is the alternative. 

They’d rather they were left in a field where they pick up more injuries and suffering and thousands of people are out of work. They’re idiots.

stop_shouting

ValleyGary said:

Ah fuck off. Ed Chamberlain summed it up perfectly, both sides love horses. So sit down and talk, go to the yards, look at the statistics and see the bigger picture. But they won’t, same as the cunts that glue (Orp horses) their hands to roads. They just want disruption cos it gives them a false impression that they’re important.

Ed chamberlain and the whole of the ITV were professional personified. They summed it up brilliantly and are clearly more knowledgeable on the equine subject than the utter cnuts that tried to halt the race. All they did was stress the horses out and give the race more attention. Well done to the OB, stewards and punters for stopping them and allowing the race to go ahead. 

carly burn

I seriously think they need to reduce the field size.
So many horses get taken out early. Good ones too. Hampered by horses that really shouldn't be anywhere near it.
The course and distance is spectacle enough without the need for the melee's that happen on the first circuit each and every year.

alburyaddick

carly burn said:

I seriously think they need to reduce the field size.
So many horses get taken out early. Good ones too. Hampered by horses that really shouldn't be anywhere near it.
The course and distance is spectacle enough without the need for the melee's that happen on the first circuit each and every year.

I agree with this 

ValleyGary

carly burn said:

I seriously think they need to reduce the field size.
So many horses get taken out early. Good ones too. Hampered by horses that really shouldn't be anywhere near it.
The course and distance is spectacle enough without the need for the melee's that happen on the first circuit each and every year.

You do that it just becomes another standard grade 3 handicap. We saw a 5 horse race at sedgefield on Thursday end in drama, it happens. They’ve taken so many steps in increasing safety, I saw they have white slats on the fences now cos university of Exeter and the BHA spent thousands researching. I firmly believe that the protestors added to the drama today.

superclive98

ValleyGary said:

superclive98 said:

thickandthin63 said:

2 horses died at Aintree today,same every year,Sport of kings ,Great sporting occasion,Animals dying just for people to have a great day out,hope you all enjoyed it.

So, would you rather that those horses had never existed? That is the alternative. 

They’d rather they were left in a field where they pick up more injuries and suffering and thousands of people are out of work. They’re idiots.

I'm sure that they think that that is what the horses would be doing if they weren't racing, running around a field, having a lovely life, without a care in the world.
The truth is that without racing they would never have been born. 
These idiot protesters need a reality check and try living in the real world. 

alburyaddick

These animal activists are completely bonkers - if we ban racing, there will be no thoroughbred horses that’s 20,000 less horses a year, if we ban meat eating there is no need for pigs, sheep and cattle.

ME14addick

Make the race safer for the good of the horses, not a spectacle for humans. 

DRAddick

The fact that the groups spokesperson has commented "Police are wasting time chasing protesters rather than addressing the climate and ecological emergency, and our broken relationship to animals", shows you what irrational morons they are and do their cause publicly no favours. I suppose they think the vets in attendance should have been off dealing with the problem of water companies releasing sewage into our waters instead aswell?

Off_it

ME14addick said:

Make the race safer for the good of the horses, not a spectacle for humans. 

But it IS a spectacle for humans. That's the whole point, surely?

stop_shouting

alburyaddick said:

These animal activists are completely bonkers - if we ban racing, there will be no thoroughbred horses that’s 20,000 less horses a year, if we ban meat eating there is no need for pigs, sheep and cattle.

You are spot on. They’re clueless. If we ban meat, do these morons really think that hundreds of thousands of pigs and sheep are just going to live off the fat of the land! Same with horses. They are bred for a reason. Without reason, they won’t be bred. 

ValleyGary

ME14addick said:

Make the race safer for the good of the horses, not a spectacle for humans. 

They have, massively over the last few years. But they’re animals, unpredictable. 

Have you looked into the actual facts and information regarding the safety?

SporadicAddick

ME14addick said:

Make the race safer for the good of the horses, not a spectacle for humans. 

I agree, the horses should have been wearing masks.

ME14addick

Off_it said:

ME14addick said:

Make the race safer for the good of the horses, not a spectacle for humans. 

But it IS a spectacle for humans. That's the whole point, surely?

So it doesn't matter if a few horses lose their lives, as long as it is a spectacle for humans. Horses are still dying even though it has been 'made safer'. 

alan dugdale

Interesting comments from Sandy Thomson, trainer of Hill Sixteen. Blames the delay to the race for the sad demise of his horse due to him becoming “over-hyper and not taking off at the first fence”. 

I think he’s in a better position to comment than some posters on a football forum who know bugger all about a topic, but assume expert status by jumping on the latest bandwagon to hit town.

Gribbo

Make em wear masks for a start off

ME14addick

I believe 3 horses have died this week. I don't object to horse racing per se, but when horses are still dying, there needs to be more done to prevent this from happening.

23 horses didn't finish the race, either having fallen, unseated their rider or pulled up, so it's hardly a safe race.

Gary Poole

I think that because of this the race result should be null and void and bookmakers required to pay back all stakes.

ValleyGary

ME14addick said:

I believe 3 horses have died this week. I don't object to horse racing per se, but when horses are still dying, there needs to be more done to prevent this from happening.

23 horses didn't finish the race, either having fallen, unseated their rider or pulled up, so it's hardly a safe race.

You didn’t answer my question