My sister owned a non thoroughbred horse which was not raced, just shown and ridden and lived happily in a field.Really?
Horses can die flat racing, out in the paddock, retired in a field, or just from any other accident or illness. Their bone structure and physical frame don't usually allow for a repair like a human, so unfortunately a decision has to be made from time to time.
No racing......no thoroughbred horses.
An awful lot has been done over the years to improve horse welfare, but for me, there are other areas that need looking at, not the actual racing on the racecourse.
If a horse had died at Fakenham or Hereford would you have given a shit?
As I mentioned, Gewan was put down this morning and he was a flat racehorse and wasn't even out racing on the track competing.One dead already.
Sport of kings my arse
The end result is the same as Gold Dancer today, but it doesn't quite have the same social media impact though, does it Deepest Blue?My sister owned a non thoroughbred horse which was not raced, just shown and ridden and lived happily in a field.
Another horse in the same field lashed out and broke my sister's horse's leg and it was game over.
Horses in training are mostly living a great life and enjoy racing as it is their instinct as herd animals. When they cease to enjoy it their performance declines and they are mostly retired from racing.
Yes you're correct, I have zero interest in some nag his sister sat her arse on.These people and their horse welfare don't care one iota about your sisters horse, because it doesn't drive their biased agenda and ideology.
Clearly you have no understanding of the physicality of this sport, or most others come to that.Yes you're correct, I have zero interest in some nag his sister sat her arse on.
It's just shown that accidents can happen but there's nothing natural about whipping highly inbred horses to force them to run beyond their physical limit and jump a series of life-threatening obstacles.
I used to ride horses up to when i was a late teenager, the whip was a piece of apparatus to aid the horse from going off course whilst out cantering and galloping, it was never used to inflict pain on the horse.Clearly you have no understanding of the physicality of this sport, or most others come to that.
I would 100% agree with you regarding the whip of a few decades ago, but if you were to take the time to learn, you would see that these modern cushioned whips are not comparable.....and that is a good thing.
You cannot force a horse to do anything, merely encourage it and what does 'beyond their physical limit' mean? Do you know what a horses physical limit is?
If I go back to the whip comment with regard to racing. There is a massive difference in using a whip for encouragement when racing. I've made the comparison before regarding its impact.
I've played a lot of football over the years and had some good hard knocks from tackles. At the time I barely noticed them in the 'heat of battle' so to speak, but if I was out walking on the street and somebody gave me the same kick, I have no doubt it would be extremely painful.
Why, it's the same impact?
The whip is the same in racing, it's not a brutal tool, it's a riding aid for a number of reasons. The regulations are much stricter now with regard to how, where and how many times it can be used.
Thats the problem with Jagwar, those jumping mistakes have cost him previously. And now he takes on one of,if not the hardest course in the uk.Jagwar for me, his jumping has cost him some firsts but he's never actually gone over and hopefully a slower pace over four miles will help in that department.
Plus it's Mark Walsh's last national as JP's number one, you image he'd be sufficiently magnanimous (McManimous?) to stick him on a good one.
To the first fence lolGrangeclare west all the way