New Posts For Thread: Enjoy the 2013 Grand National - it will be the last one......https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/29847493/enjoy-the-2013-grand-national---it-will-be-the-last-onecall me pessimistic if you like, but if we lose any horses tomorrow the media (led by a bitter BBC) and the RSPCA and the animal rights nutters will not rest until the National is banned.Unfortunately after watching the Foxhunters and Topham I thinkI fear the OP could be correct.Arazi raises some very salient points.Those twin extremists,the BBC and RSPCA,have half ruined the National for me.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/29847493/enjoy-the-2013-grand-national---it-will-be-the-last-one?post_id=531034047#531034047I fear the OP could be correct.Arazi raises some very salient points.Those twin extremists,the BBC and RSPCA,have half ruined the National for me.Sat, 06 Apr 2013 03:05:43 -0500The constant tinkering with the fences has had the reverse effect and made the race less safe imo. The National now attracts a much better class of horse and consequently is run at a much faster pace. Back in the 1960's and 70's the field would simhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/29847493/enjoy-the-2013-grand-national---it-will-be-the-last-one?post_id=531034001#531034001The constant tinkering with the fences has had the reverse effect and made the race less safe imo. The National now attracts a much better class of horse and consequently is run at a much faster pace. Back in the 1960's and 70's the field would simSat, 06 Apr 2013 03:00:11 -0500A lot of the people who are against it ride horses on public roads. Anyone got any stats on how many horses (and people) are killed because of this every year?https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/29847493/enjoy-the-2013-grand-national---it-will-be-the-last-one?post_id=531033625#531033625A lot of the people who are against it ride horses on public roads. Anyone got any stats on how many horses (and people) are killed because of this every year?Sat, 06 Apr 2013 02:07:20 -0500500 to 600 million viewers worldwide will watch this live in over 140 countries.will tinkle with the fences, but this 1839 race will be long continuehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/29847493/enjoy-the-2013-grand-national---it-will-be-the-last-one?post_id=531033441#531033441500 to 600 million viewers worldwide will watch this live in over 140 countries.will tinkle with the fences, but this 1839 race will be long continueSat, 06 Apr 2013 01:41:18 -0500Lol, Imogen Thomas. Maybe banning the Grand National in conjunction with having sex with the Premier League is the way to go. I know at least one person who'd not like that to happen.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/29847493/enjoy-the-2013-grand-national---it-will-be-the-last-one?post_id=531033343#531033343Lol, Imogen Thomas. Maybe banning the Grand National in conjunction with having sex with the Premier League is the way to go. I know at least one person who'd not like that to happen.Sat, 06 Apr 2013 01:30:39 -0500And all them lambs left to freeze in the snow, animal rights ,not a word.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/29847493/enjoy-the-2013-grand-national---it-will-be-the-last-one?post_id=531033131#531033131And all them lambs left to freeze in the snow, animal rights ,not a word.Sat, 06 Apr 2013 00:59:29 -0500It's never going to just end. The National fences as we know them might end and it will be run over park fences.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/29847493/enjoy-the-2013-grand-national---it-will-be-the-last-one?post_id=531030797#531030797It's never going to just end. The National fences as we know them might end and it will be run over park fences.Fri, 05 Apr 2013 21:21:35 -0500BARMY AFGHAN suicide BOMBERS don't even enter into the equation.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/29847493/enjoy-the-2013-grand-national---it-will-be-the-last-one?post_id=531029181#531029181BARMY AFGHAN suicide BOMBERS don't even enter into the equation.Fri, 05 Apr 2013 19:59:57 -0500All the horror going on on earth right now and the attention craving luvvies are getting stuck into a horse racehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/29847493/enjoy-the-2013-grand-national---it-will-be-the-last-one?post_id=531027521#531027521All the horror going on on earth right now and the attention craving luvvies are getting stuck into a horse raceFri, 05 Apr 2013 18:27:23 -0500More horses have died since they made it "safer" than at any other time.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/29847493/enjoy-the-2013-grand-national---it-will-be-the-last-one?post_id=531027491#531027491More horses have died since they made it "safer" than at any other time.Fri, 05 Apr 2013 18:26:19 -0500