Aintree Grand National Meeting

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  1. fir

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    Broadway Boy was able to walk onto the horse ambulance.

    Nice try.
     
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    dreamboy3000 Well-Known Member

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    People complain about horse racing whilst eating their meat, drinking milk and wearing leather.
     
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    I don't think they shoot horses because they don't want to pay for they're recovery
     
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    They don’t and never have shot horses they don’t want to ‘pay for the recovery’ of.

    They shoot horses with unsurvivable injuries or injuries causing pain which isn’t manageable enough to encourage recovery. Vets make that decision, very quickly, and cost of recovery is not a consideration. Only comfort of the animal and chance of recovery. Not even recovering enough to race again - just to have a comfortable life.

    Two horses had treatment after today’s race, both walked to the horse ambulance under their own steam, and are both currently stood with their stable lads and lasses in their stables being spoilt rotten with the best veterinary care on tap.

    Dozens of horses out to pasture in the U.K., not involved in ‘cruel’ racing, just living their best lives being cared for by loving owners and maybe gently ridden once a week, will injure themselves tonight in their fields; running and jumping about like they want to - they will lie in pain all night - and until someone finds them. Hopefully tomorrow, but not necessarily. Might even die in pain in that field.

    Not one racehorse who dies on a racecourse suffers for prolonged periods. Racing is less ‘cruel’ than a little girl taking a pony out to trot on a Sunday morning.
     
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    Egham Tyke Well-Known Member

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    Celebre D'Allen had heatstroke but is much better now. Will remain at the racecourse stables overnight to aid recovery and prevent further stress. Jockey Michael Nolan given a 10 day ban for continuing to race when the horse had no more to give
    Broadway Boy , the vets are happy with him and will monitor for the next 24 hours but are hopeful of a positive outcome.
     
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    That post was copied and pasted from a friend’s profile but the sentiment resonates.

    Whatever you may say about horses “being treated like royalty” - they are entered into a race with a course specifically set out to challenge them beyond (some of their) limits just to separate them for the “spectacle”. All for “entertainment” .
    Countless healthy horses have died in this absolute circus.
    Not for me.
     
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    Only 3 horses fell and 13 pulled up this year.
    Jockeys were recommended to pull their rides up if they knew they wouldn’t complete the course.
    They are obviously more likely to fall as tiredness sets in so it makes total sense for stragglers to pull up and reduce the chances of injuries at fences.
     
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    They Never complain about flat racing which has its fair share of fatalities
     
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    My friends do - but they are called “extremists”
    Can’t win.
     
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    BBC News - National horse Celebre d'Allen dies after collapse
    https://www.bbc.com/sport/horse-racing/articles/cnv5z81qzrjo
     
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    Horses love collapsing. It's their natural behaviour. If they weren't being whipped by shortarses to run beyond their limits with no hope of even winning the race they'd all just be happily collapsing in meadows.

    Or summat.
     
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