Grand National

[Risso]

Do Manx horses usually win by a short tail?

Arf!  It's the extra leg that gives the advantage.

A bloke I know works for Trevor Hemmings managing his estate in the north of the island, and he and his wife got flown over to Aintree in Trevor's helicopter. 

[Olneythelonely]

I'd ban the "sport" tomorrow if I could. The only point in it, it seems to me, is purely for betting purposes. Surely there are other ways of gambling without killing horses unnecessarily. Flat racing I can just about tolerate, but the height of the fences in the National is a disgrace.