Grand National

[Fergal]

http://www.horsedeathwatch.com/
Bit of an eye opener....

[cdbearsfan]

I can't be bothered this year. If I want to see dead horse I can pop into Tesco*.





* I claim the award for most predictable joke of 2013.

[belgiumbrummie]

1.teaforthree
2.on his own
3.roberto goldback
4.colbert station
5.quiscover fontaine

[MonsXI]

I've had 19th minute for obvious reasons.

Edit: technically it's 90th minute but I'm calling it 19th

[flybo]

I've had 19th minute for obvious reasons.

Edit: technically it's 90th minute but I'm calling it 19th

me to

[London Villan]

1st and 2nd in the office sweep... Which i organised... Oh dear.

[richard moore]

I sincerely hope almost no one won a penny on this....London Villan excepted of course and only because he follows the Villa!

[usav]

No fallers until the 7th and still 35 horses left at the 13th.   No fatalities.   Hopefully that will keep the naysayers quiet for a little while.

[dave.woodhall]

No fallers until the 7th and still 35 horses left at the 13th.   No fatalities.   Hopefully that will keep the naysayers quiet for a little while.

It was a success because no horse died. What a lovely race it is.

[Dave Cooper please]

No fallers until the 7th and still 35 horses left at the 13th.   No fatalities.   Hopefully that will keep the naysayers quiet for a little while.

I hope not. Breeding horses to race so that they are so fragile that the slightest fall causes injuries that mean they have to be killed is an abomination. All sports are dangerous but generally it's us humans that take the risks, the horses have no choice.

[usav]

No fallers until the 7th and still 35 horses left at the 13th.   No fatalities.   Hopefully that will keep the naysayers quiet for a little while.

It was a success because no horse died. What a lovely race it is.

The horses are bred to race and they love doing it.  It's not like they are plucked out of a field and thrown in with the lions.   There are accidents in any form of horse racing and indeed riding in general.  Aintree have listened to their critics and have made some changes accordingly, for that at least they should be commended.

[dave.woodhall]

No fallers until the 7th and still 35 horses left at the 13th.   No fatalities.   Hopefully that will keep the naysayers quiet for a little while.

It was a success because no horse died. What a lovely race it is.

The horses are bred to race and they love doing it.  It's not like they are plucked out of a field and thrown in with the lions.   There are accidents in any form of horse racing and indeed riding in general.  Aintree have listened to their critics and have made some changes accordingly, for that at least they should be commended.

Of course they love doing it. I bet they love breaking their necks as well.

[Dave Cooper please]

The horses are bred to race

Exactly. Ban racing and then no horses die.

[PeterWithesShin]

How does anyone know they love doing it? They can hardly tell anyone if they do or don't.

[usav]

The horses are bred to race

Exactly. Ban racing and then no horses die.

On the contrary, if you ban racing a lot more horses will die as there will be no industry for them and nothing to sustain them.