New Posts For Thread: The Grand National: sport or barbarity? Horse racing's big day on trialhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/29847887/the-grand-national-sport-or-barbarity-horse-racings-big-day-on-trialThe Grand National is an iconic event – but it also kills horses with alarming regularity. This year's meet has already seen two deaths, and fresh protests. So does the race have a future?Stephen Moss Guardian.co.ukMy early-morning train to AintThe hypocrisy is overwhelming. As you tuck into your steak, milk or your battery farmed eggs tomorrow you won't even think about how those animals lived and died and the Grand National will be a distant memory until you unveil your bleeding heart agahttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/29847887/the-grand-national-sport-or-barbarity-horse-racings-big-day-on-trial?post_id=531045319#531045319The hypocrisy is overwhelming. As you tuck into your steak, milk or your battery farmed eggs tomorrow you won't even think about how those animals lived and died and the Grand National will be a distant memory until you unveil your bleeding heart agaSat, 06 Apr 2013 11:32:43 -0500all horses back safe and a very safe race todayhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/29847887/the-grand-national-sport-or-barbarity-horse-racings-big-day-on-trial?post_id=531045207#531045207all horses back safe and a very safe race todaySat, 06 Apr 2013 11:27:37 -0500I personally find it hard to justify the abuse of lowly intelligent members of the animal world for my entertainment on herehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/29847887/the-grand-national-sport-or-barbarity-horse-racings-big-day-on-trial?post_id=531040001#531040001I personally find it hard to justify the abuse of lowly intelligent members of the animal world for my entertainment on hereSat, 06 Apr 2013 08:35:48 -0500to make a defense for the race saying its "cursed"? surely you have got better than thathttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/29847887/the-grand-national-sport-or-barbarity-horse-racings-big-day-on-trial?post_id=531039861#531039861to make a defense for the race saying its "cursed"? surely you have got better than thatSat, 06 Apr 2013 08:31:53 -0500Phil- You are wrong about the handicap system allowing horses who are not fit for the race. The past few years the race has been cursed if you look at the deaths.McKelvey had been followed by The One Show. Died while loose as did Gold Cup winner Synchttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/29847887/the-grand-national-sport-or-barbarity-horse-racings-big-day-on-trial?post_id=531039655#531039655Phil- You are wrong about the handicap system allowing horses who are not fit for the race. The past few years the race has been cursed if you look at the deaths.McKelvey had been followed by The One Show. Died while loose as did Gold Cup winner SyncSat, 06 Apr 2013 08:25:58 -0500horsedeathwatch.com is statistics to support people who want horse racing banned all together, I am not in this category as horses would have little use then and could basically be in danger of extinction, or worse be breed for horse fighting.But thehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/29847887/the-grand-national-sport-or-barbarity-horse-racings-big-day-on-trial?post_id=531039401#531039401horsedeathwatch.com is statistics to support people who want horse racing banned all together, I am not in this category as horses would have little use then and could basically be in danger of extinction, or worse be breed for horse fighting.But theSat, 06 Apr 2013 08:18:29 -0500The facts that the race day is always a sell-out, aprox 600m tune in world wide to view the great race & that it is by some way the biggest betting race ever anywhere on the planet, will hold a lot of sway for the future of the race (horse deaths orhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/29847887/the-grand-national-sport-or-barbarity-horse-racings-big-day-on-trial?post_id=531035653#531035653The facts that the race day is always a sell-out, aprox 600m tune in world wide to view the great race & that it is by some way the biggest betting race ever anywhere on the planet, will hold a lot of sway for the future of the race (horse deaths orSat, 06 Apr 2013 05:36:24 -0500interesting reading I often look at www.horsedeathwatch.com but then wondered if the horses were not running would they be alive anyway, would the thoroughbreds bred for racing even be alive? also I went to a three day event recently and a horse brokhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/29847887/the-grand-national-sport-or-barbarity-horse-racings-big-day-on-trial?post_id=531035473#531035473interesting reading I often look at www.horsedeathwatch.com but then wondered if the horses were not running would they be alive anyway, would the thoroughbreds bred for racing even be alive? also I went to a three day event recently and a horse brokSat, 06 Apr 2013 05:24:33 -0500The Grand National is an iconic event – but it also kills horses with alarming regularity. This year's meet has already seen two deaths, and fresh protests. So does the race have a future?Stephen Moss Guardian.co.ukMy early-morning train to Ainthttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/29847887/the-grand-national-sport-or-barbarity-horse-racings-big-day-on-trial?post_id=531035163#531035163The Grand National is an iconic event – but it also kills horses with alarming regularity. This year's meet has already seen two deaths, and fresh protests. So does the race have a future?Stephen Moss Guardian.co.ukMy early-morning train to AintSat, 06 Apr 2013 04:58:19 -0500