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06 Apr 13
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I am a huge fan of racing but its been some time since I could watch this race with a clear conscience. How do others feel ?
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I feel good.
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hopefully they will all get round, but death is an inextricable part of life
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Grow up.
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maybe U can watch a video of people dying..............all over the world
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How many animals die for your enjoyment on the dinner table?
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Thats the problem Billbo I did grow up
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Don't watch, simples, problem solved.
Perhaps you should worry about other issues instead, child poverty/abuse, the starving of the world, those abused daily in slavery etc etc No-one likes to see horses die, but these beasts have a wonderful life, they are fed, groomed, exercised, housed which is not something that can be said for all the people of the world. Find a more deserving cause for your conscience to deal with and actually do something about it e.g. Charity Work, perhaps that will make you feel better? |
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In deference to the animal righters Aintree have renamed one of the the fences as Burgers Brook.
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None actually I am a veggie but that does not increase the relevance of your reply
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Hope you're a vegetrian to start a ludicrous thread like that.
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vegetarian
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How many animals will die in abbatoirs today? Thousands, so stop being a bleeding hypocrite.
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I had a number in my mind of how many replies it would take to get a reasonable response, Big Issue has just proved me wrong I thought it would take much more
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Huge fan of racing hey? So I assume you watched Rewilding break a leg and have to be put down on the flat at Ascot last 2 years ago? Does that mean you now no longer watch 1m4f flat races?
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being a vegetarian will not prevent deaths
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The number of fatalaties in flat racing is dwarfed by those in NH and again by the National
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I have mixed feelings about the race.
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If you are vegetarian, I would suggest that looking to do something about the meat industry dwarfs concerns about racehorses that are comparatively treated like royalty
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dont tell me ..........you cut the head off carrots
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I assume you are a vegetarian?
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I thought Betfair had suspended new new Forum users? |
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Harsh but true fact: there are far, far worse fates for a horse (or any animal) than a comparatively quick death of which it has no fear or foreboding, particularly when it happens with the adrenaline flowing during participation of the activity for which it was bred, trained and brought to peak fitness, and when the final minutes take place under experienced veterinary supervision where needed. That doesn't mean it isn't sad or that the horse won't be mourned by those close to him. Unfortunately however humans have a tendency to fear death above all else so often find that a difficult concept to grasp.
Unlike the vast majority of horses in this country nowadays, racehorses are working animals not pets. They are (in the main, notwithstanding the few undesirable but inevitable bad apples that unfortunately crop up in every situation) cared for, respected and even loved but it tends to be an unsentimental love. No-one in racing wants to lose a horse in these circumstances and the whole industry works together to minimise risk, but risk nevertheless remains as it does in any high-speed, high-impact sport - indeed, as it does in every walk of life. |
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The ratio of deaths is irrelevant. The luvvies will cry murder if 1 or all 40 die this afternoon.
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 mange |
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19 replies so far and only 3 sensible debatable replies
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it is 2013 apologist
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I am not religious Jezebel
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Captain Christy.
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An excellent post, Jezebel.
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Jezebel: superb response. Nothing else need be said.
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How many prícks will be gutted later when all the horses come home safe & sound?
So many turds are mawkishly rubbing their paws in anticipation of a gore-fest  |
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No matter how we convince ourselves that the death is as clean and mercyful as posssible the fact is that these deaths are taking place so that we can have a bet, watch a race and shout and scream and owners can win some money. The expectancy of death is far too high in races of this nature to excuse the indulgence.
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olias is a daily mail coksooking cockroach who wets his panties phoning up tipster lines
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Like I said, concentrate on the real scandals of the meat industry rather than this high profile media driven bullshiite.
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Anyone replying on this thread is indulging an attention seeker with a twisted sense of conscience.....go away you ****
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Actually I am a left wing ish, ardent racing fan who runs a tipping line. I am very much anti Daily Mail and take great offence at that part of your comment
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"ANGLE"!
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I am a great believer that Racing has suffered due to its unwillingness to change, holding on to traditional values in desperation as the sport flounders. The National would still be watched by millions if regulation fences were deployed. The fatality rate would then approach other long distance chase races
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