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15 Apr 12
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Its NH Racing in Australia all over again.
Seen this all before.
Give the AR groups a chance and they will do everything possible to destroy racing.
The problem down under was the racing authorities listened to the AR groups and made all their fences and hurdles easier to jump. it was a total joke. horses were flying through them like they weren't there...end result was even more deaths and the whole thing got banned.
The RSPCA are a lot smarter than people give them credit for....they're not a bunch of crackpot greenpeace hippies just their for a laugh. they mean business. I hope the racing community is prepared for this.
Seen this all before.
Give the AR groups a chance and they will do everything possible to destroy racing.
The problem down under was the racing authorities listened to the AR groups and made all their fences and hurdles easier to jump. it was a total joke. horses were flying through them like they weren't there...end result was even more deaths and the whole thing got banned.
The RSPCA are a lot smarter than people give them credit for....they're not a bunch of crackpot greenpeace hippies just their for a laugh. they mean business. I hope the racing community is prepared for this.
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Thats my worry ELG.
Events today were very sad, losing our Gold Cup winner is terrible for the sport and no-one wanted to see that. We do however have to prepare for the AR/RSPCA/Twitter attack on the sport as a whole. I've said elsewhere, if and more likely when they get the GN banned then its all downhill from there. |
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Just watched the BBC highlights programme and it was an add for the RSPCA.
Gotta say in Ireland under similar circumstances the deaths would have been an off shoot and not really mentioned Rishi & the programmme could hardly have made a bigger deal about it if they tried. |
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BBC want it banned now (nap)
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I would say that a lot of people watching the race on BBC and the highlights would want the GN banned. Perhaps rightly so. The sickening deaths do nothing for NH racing at all. Times have changed I'm afraid. Urgent action is needed. Supporters of the GN can crow on all they like, but the simple fact is that after a couple more episodes like this, then it will be in the spotlight and banned. What we have to worry about is if the whole of NH racing is put to the sword because of this outdated race, It is no longer viewed as a sport, but carnage by many who in fact have a very good argument.
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but surely brushing the deaths under the carpet would be the wrong to do..............it was a great race marred by two accidents. the distress according too petes lass was truly heartbreaking to watch..........but that IS jump racing , because around the corner from every triumph their lurks dispair......lets salute the winners ,but we must also acknowlege the hurt as well
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