New Posts For Thread: hoping Peachey Carnehan will be okayhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31879533/hoping-peachey-carnehan-will-be-okaypleaseHorses race because they want to race. They enjoy racing. If they didn't, they wouldn't do it. A puny human couldn't make them. The rare ones who don't want to do it simply dig their heels in at the start and that's the end of it.It's a survival mechhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31879533/hoping-peachey-carnehan-will-be-okay?post_id=564862177#564862177Horses race because they want to race. They enjoy racing. If they didn't, they wouldn't do it. A puny human couldn't make them. The rare ones who don't want to do it simply dig their heels in at the start and that's the end of it.It's a survival mechSat, 19 Jul 2025 05:13:37 -0500I think some have a utopic vision of a horse happily living out its days in a field, munching on grass, but perhaps the reality is something different, and while I don't know why they continued to race Peachey Carnahan, I'm reminded of the words ofhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31879533/hoping-peachey-carnehan-will-be-okay?post_id=564861813#564861813I think some have a utopic vision of a horse happily living out its days in a field, munching on grass, but perhaps the reality is something different, and while I don't know why they continued to race Peachey Carnahan, I'm reminded of the words ofFri, 18 Jul 2025 18:03:51 -0500Fair bit of anger around about this. 169 races, hasn't really been competitive for a couple of years and at 11 and a very lowly rating of 37 (well under half of what it once was) maybe retirement was a suitable option. Nope, 10 years service and 169https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31879533/hoping-peachey-carnehan-will-be-okay?post_id=564861797#564861797Fair bit of anger around about this. 169 races, hasn't really been competitive for a couple of years and at 11 and a very lowly rating of 37 (well under half of what it once was) maybe retirement was a suitable option. Nope, 10 years service and 169Fri, 18 Jul 2025 17:23:57 -0500saw it run it's first race. Ran every week. Such a great shame.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31879533/hoping-peachey-carnehan-will-be-okay?post_id=564859109#564859109saw it run it's first race. Ran every week. Such a great shame.Thu, 17 Jul 2025 14:39:35 -0500Really sad..one of my favourites,along with stablemate,Dodgy Bob who I haven't seen around for a few months...Peachy's breeder and former owner is on twitter saying how sad he is and that the poor old boy had been kept going too long...I feel sorry fhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31879533/hoping-peachey-carnehan-will-be-okay?post_id=564859087#564859087Really sad..one of my favourites,along with stablemate,Dodgy Bob who I haven't seen around for a few months...Peachy's breeder and former owner is on twitter saying how sad he is and that the poor old boy had been kept going too long...I feel sorry fThu, 17 Jul 2025 14:36:09 -0500Sad ending - commiserations to everyone conected to Peachyhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31879533/hoping-peachey-carnehan-will-be-okay?post_id=564859023#564859023Sad ending - commiserations to everyone conected to PeachyThu, 17 Jul 2025 14:24:59 -0500What a shame, he was a real trooperhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31879533/hoping-peachey-carnehan-will-be-okay?post_id=564858985#564858985What a shame, he was a real trooperThu, 17 Jul 2025 14:14:26 -0500A real shame. I remember him being a hold up performer early days on the AW with some enthusiastic strong finishes at Wolver in particular. Also sometimes racing more prominently in the latter years with some success. Condolences to connections.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31879533/hoping-peachey-carnehan-will-be-okay?post_id=564858979#564858979A real shame. I remember him being a hold up performer early days on the AW with some enthusiastic strong finishes at Wolver in particular. Also sometimes racing more prominently in the latter years with some success. Condolences to connections.Thu, 17 Jul 2025 14:12:06 -0500According to this tweeter, poor Peachy didn't make ithttps://x.com/Krissybobby/status/1945882871870157045https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31879533/hoping-peachey-carnehan-will-be-okay?post_id=564858711#564858711According to this tweeter, poor Peachy didn't make ithttps://x.com/Krissybobby/status/1945882871870157045Thu, 17 Jul 2025 12:27:29 -0500quitenever backed any of his wins and laid a few of em but lets hope the porr bugger gets throughhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31879533/hoping-peachey-carnehan-will-be-okay?post_id=564858337#564858337quitenever backed any of his wins and laid a few of em but lets hope the porr bugger gets throughThu, 17 Jul 2025 10:08:31 -0500