Another Death at Aintree

Absolutely hate the Grand National

I hate it too should be banned

I’m reminded of Pam Ayres’ poem about the racehorse writing his will before a race - and leaving his packet of Polos to his stablemate.
Wish I could find it - might sound trite but so poignant. Heard her read it at a packed performance.

Disgusting that it’s still going on….😢

It's gross isn't it? Badger baiting and hare coursing are outlawed and yet this goes on. Could it be because the toffs love it?

Yes that’s exactly why it still goes on
Toffs circus

It’s all about the money, racehorse owners from the rich Arab states, the stud farms and of course the connection to royalty. The whole thing is barbaric. Quite apart from the unnecessary deaths, they are supposed to be limiting the use of whips, not that you’d have known that from the way some of those jockeys were lashing their mounts today.

Dreadful. In the future- not too distant, I hope, commentators will look back with appalled amazement at what we do to animals in the name of ‘sport’.

It’s so sad that this cruel race still takes place and that people bet on it and pay to watch it. And many other races in which horses die. There is so much cruelty in horse racing. An abominable ‘sport’.

It's barbaric, never watch it and can't understand why anyone would put their horse at risk just for money.

The jumps used to be even worse than they are now and still beautiful horses die. It is barbaric Smileless

Horses are such beautiful animals Sassanach and should be valued, not exploited for money.

Totally agree Smileless it's shamefull

Dreadful. Should be banned.

I’d ban the GN
I’d ban greyhound Racing

If you go on to the Race Horse Death Watch website, it gives you the figures for all deaths at racecourses, and it's shocking reading. Can you imagine the outcry there would be if it was jockeys dying in those numbers? But it'll never stop - not while people are making millions from betting on horse racing (by that, I mean the companies, rather than the punters).

The death toll continues to rise each year, claiming more lives. Since 2010, 36 horses have died at the #GrandNational

That’s a good point Blondiescot.. I haven’t googled but I wonder with which political party the betting industry invests.
Gambling causes heart ache in many lives. I was banning the GNational and greyhound racing earlier. Why didn’t I get real and ban gambling

I can't bear to watch it and would never bet on it.

I used to be mocked at work for refusing to take part in the sweepstake

I don’t watch it either, horrible specifically.

A regular race goer once told me that the horses love it and naturally jump the fences. My reply was “ so why don’t they naturally jump out of their fields ?”

Some years ago, we took our 15 year old nephew to the races. He was suffering from leukaemia at the time (and subsequently died) and we wanted to treat him to a day out.
A horse was injured and they put it down, there, in front of us, putting a tarpaulin up to shield it from the people in the 'posh' enclosures but not from us. It was horrendous.

I'm angry every time it comes around - and can't imagine how people can enjoy watching the cruelty.

I hate the Grand National.Should be stopped.

Where’s the petitions ?
Anyone come across one ?