New Posts For Thread: Will it take a racegoer death to ban blindfolds ?https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/23600962/will-it-take-a-racegoer-death-to-ban-blindfoldsWoman and dog hit on Sunday at Musselburgh.robinlace 1 - stupid response to a reasonable question.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/23600962/will-it-take-a-racegoer-death-to-ban-blindfolds?post_id=422790782#422790782robinlace 1 - stupid response to a reasonable question.Tue, 06 Apr 2010 06:10:12 -0500Plastic rails have been great for racing but now that they are used its more important that blind horses dont got loose. There was also Fayr Jag killed last year when he ran into the stalls blindfolded.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/23600962/will-it-take-a-racegoer-death-to-ban-blindfolds?post_id=422790758#422790758Plastic rails have been great for racing but now that they are used its more important that blind horses dont got loose. There was also Fayr Jag killed last year when he ran into the stalls blindfolded.Tue, 06 Apr 2010 05:52:57 -0500Even from a horse welfare perspective its pretty shocking that a horse could get loose with a blindfold on and end up in a lake like at kempton that time.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/23600962/will-it-take-a-racegoer-death-to-ban-blindfolds?post_id=422790742#422790742Even from a horse welfare perspective its pretty shocking that a horse could get loose with a blindfold on and end up in a lake like at kempton that time.Tue, 06 Apr 2010 05:39:18 -0500oldgit , horse with blindfold still on went through the rails. If they dont ban them they should at least make the jockey take them off as soon as they are in the stalls. If the horse then goes mad it should be withdrawn.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/23600962/will-it-take-a-racegoer-death-to-ban-blindfolds?post_id=422790738#422790738oldgit , horse with blindfold still on went through the rails. If they dont ban them they should at least make the jockey take them off as soon as they are in the stalls. If the horse then goes mad it should be withdrawn.Tue, 06 Apr 2010 05:33:03 -0500no.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/23600962/will-it-take-a-racegoer-death-to-ban-blindfolds?post_id=422790734#422790734no.Tue, 06 Apr 2010 05:29:28 -0500Yes, it will take a racegoer death to ban blindfolds. HTH.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/23600962/will-it-take-a-racegoer-death-to-ban-blindfolds?post_id=422790718#422790718Yes, it will take a racegoer death to ban blindfolds. HTH.Tue, 06 Apr 2010 04:36:02 -0500Are you one of the PC brigade that is slowly eroding life as we know it by constantly complaining about things that are nothing to with you. simply because you have nothing better to do in your sad miserable life.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/23600962/will-it-take-a-racegoer-death-to-ban-blindfolds?post_id=422790710#422790710Are you one of the PC brigade that is slowly eroding life as we know it by constantly complaining about things that are nothing to with you. simply because you have nothing better to do in your sad miserable life.Tue, 06 Apr 2010 04:20:56 -0500What actually happened?Remember the one at Soutwell where a runaway horse ploughed in a woman with a kid in a pushchair?https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/23600962/will-it-take-a-racegoer-death-to-ban-blindfolds?post_id=422790706#422790706What actually happened?Remember the one at Soutwell where a runaway horse ploughed in a woman with a kid in a pushchair?Tue, 06 Apr 2010 04:08:06 -0500Woman and dog hit on Sunday at Musselburgh.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/23600962/will-it-take-a-racegoer-death-to-ban-blindfolds?post_id=422790702#422790702Woman and dog hit on Sunday at Musselburgh.Tue, 06 Apr 2010 04:00:05 -0500