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2023 Grand National
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Scottyboi
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If you feel so strongly about it then I think you should start another thread.
Think this thread is perfectly fine to discuss the dangers of jump horse racing thanks.
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Summerbuzz
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Was getting right into jumps at one point but then grew aggrieved at how it's spoiled so often. Watching the magnficent animals before hand then seeing them die.
Same as boxing for me. Eubank Vs Benn was the most enthralling sport I ever watched. Oh well. Years later, I'm glad I'm never falling for that again.
Maybe you can't have that excitement, holding your breath as they take another jump. Leaping out of your seat as your brain recognises someone else's last chance, all but dead defence system spark into action.
Grand National is a farce. I don't think of it as a good jump race. More a perverse lucky dip.
I'd couch that with IMVHO but couldn't resist it. Don't like what I say? I don't think people really like hearing what this stuff is. Some have to know it's true, but turn a blind eye, for one or another reason. I don't moan about that, life is hard, people need ways to feel happy and alive. But... you know. Don't wanna read about it from another angle? Don't go on forums or social media. Cannot tell you how many times I've been aggrieved, wound up, insulted, confused, by forums or the net. It's not even like a pub... because no one gets sparked out, then it all gets said.
That isn't changing or going away any time soon. And neither is what people like me think about this spectacle of death and chance wrapped up as sport.
Same as boxing for me. Eubank Vs Benn was the most enthralling sport I ever watched. Oh well. Years later, I'm glad I'm never falling for that again.
Maybe you can't have that excitement, holding your breath as they take another jump. Leaping out of your seat as your brain recognises someone else's last chance, all but dead defence system spark into action.
Grand National is a farce. I don't think of it as a good jump race. More a perverse lucky dip.
I'd couch that with IMVHO but couldn't resist it. Don't like what I say? I don't think people really like hearing what this stuff is. Some have to know it's true, but turn a blind eye, for one or another reason. I don't moan about that, life is hard, people need ways to feel happy and alive. But... you know. Don't wanna read about it from another angle? Don't go on forums or social media. Cannot tell you how many times I've been aggrieved, wound up, insulted, confused, by forums or the net. It's not even like a pub... because no one gets sparked out, then it all gets said.
That isn't changing or going away any time soon. And neither is what people like me think about this spectacle of death and chance wrapped up as sport.
Postman Pep
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Fair enough but if you are seriously concerned about horse welfare there's another 364 days you choose.Apologies for having things in my life that aren't Blue Moon forum. I'll aim to log in more frequently for you in future.
A bit like the once a year punter.
BlueHammer85
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Not read all the thread.
Always enjoyed the National and set up a lucky dip today for family/pals . All good fun.
But having watched a few of the clips of the Horses getting clattered and reading up on the deaths - I’m not bothering again personally.
Always enjoyed the National and set up a lucky dip today for family/pals . All good fun.
But having watched a few of the clips of the Horses getting clattered and reading up on the deaths - I’m not bothering again personally.
You think what you what . Your friends were a fucking embarrassment today .Horse racing will continue tomorrow the day after, next year and the next decade and the decade after that . All you lot achieved today was to show the world what fucking ignorant morons you are .Think this thread is perfectly fine to discuss the dangers of jump horse racing thanks.
Worsleyweb
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Sad to see another horse die. Mixed feelings on this. May not have a bet for the first time in years next year.
The safety of horses only ever pops up on this thread though. Been the same for every GN thread for the last 20 years.Think this thread is perfectly fine to discuss the dangers of jump horse racing thanks.
Never comes up otherwise.
Slipper One
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That's your choice and although I would disagree with your particular choice, it wouldn't be mine.Not be born at all. It really isn't complicated, despite the mental gymnastics and repeated straw man arguments throughout your post.
I don't see where my arguments are 'straw man', but perhaps you could elaborate as it appears to be your main line of defence.