Daily Mirror front page - Wigmore Hall shot in the head

I don't like seeing that and think its horrible but... with all the things going on in the world, what with people being decapitated they've decided its a good time to try and belittle a sport?, I find it pathetic that this will get more media attention than the poor cow who had her head chopped off a month back by a total psycho, all because they were too scared of covering it in case they got branded "racist". I've totally given up with our dirty country.

The 'kindest' solution was to put the horse to 'sleep'. Have they suggested a 'kinder' / quicker way?

How do they think they do it in abattoirs, or would they rather not publish photos of that, cuz it may put their readers off their cereal?

What absolute c*nts.

The picture is not Wigmore Hall so they are using his name and showing another horse. Morning line will be talking about it tomorrow.

The Mirror are utter ****s for publishing this, but it is Wigmore Hall. His hind legs were bandaged, hence the confusion.

There was one at Musselburgh some years ago where the vets sawed a horses leg of after it had been put down.
Despite the screens race goers in the Queens stand could  look down at the amputation.

Totally agree.

All that goes on every day across the land with crulty to animals yet they print this???

Stable lads up and down the country love and pamper there racehorses, they live better than a lot humans.

Yes its a tragic end to a glorious life on the track when it happens, but its quick and its humane.

Dear oh fooking dear.

They've even made a poor attempt at connecting Frankie Dettori to the horse by having a picture of him at Donny and apparently riding the horse in a race when it's quite clearly Jamie Spencer. Frankie has never even ridden the horse in a race.

There is no great horse racing debate - Sack the editor.

Aside from the pictures, which are undoubtedly depressing (poor old lad), it is equally depressing that those involved in this, i.e. vet, racecourse workers, etc have gifted the animal aiders such a photographic opportunity in the first place? Death is a part of life that most of us emotionally mature people can live with however the fringes have trouble dealing with this so why make it easy for them? I no more want to see a horse's death played out in pictures any more than anyone so don't make it easy for them to use such an opportunity to blast the sport as a whole. I feel for the horse's connections who are seeing the death of their beloved horse being used in such a way by a fringe element.

Where are these guys with guns when Thommo's working his bucket

Vote with your feet and your pockets.

Get over it. How else did you think horses were put down?

Racing treats horses as tools - all this stuff about how much trainer/owner X loves his horses is nauseating.

What happens to all the useless yearlings every year?

^ They get trained by useless trainers of which there are many.

Unfortunately there is a world in which the morally challenged serve up "stories" to the intellectually challenged and from time to time that world collides with ours.

ch 4 condeming the mirror, but why no get dave yates to comment.

Jim Goldie" our racing is the best policed in the world". Hilarious

No doubt written by someone eating a bacon sandwich, imo...

Dave Yates in an invidious position now - surely he is morally obliged to resign?

Morals v fat wage packet

Tomorrow / today's chip paper, move on.  Note to BHA Vets though - edict to use fatal injection is probably they best way to go on course.  The mongs can't deal with the 'cleanest' way.

A very poor response from Dave Yates in his piece about it. Basically just saying racing earns the treasury money to pay for schools etc. That's a different subject.  The simple fact is a horse with such an injury has to be put down as soon as possible.

I agree Howellsy - surely Yates needs to consider his position at the paper after this.

Although, of course, the biggest hypocrites in the whole thing are the editor and proprietors of the paper. I think we can safely say that they'll continue to accept advertising revenue from bookmakers, and have the back page plastered in coverage when the Festival and National roll around in the spring.

Yates needs to consider his position at the paper after this


The racing and betting media don't care about integrity, or even the truth, in any way, imo - it's all about the Bisto...

It's a shame people aren't educated as to why these courses of action are deemed necessary, Maybe Mirror readers/ Animal Aid activists should read this for some balance to their knee jerk reactions.
It's also sad that all connected with the horse have now had all good memories tarnished as now their last image of the horse is being shown moments from death :(



http://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2011/sep/23/claims-five-broken-leg-horse

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zJDqS9uHDHI

Lazy journalism, and corrupt

I thought they stopped shooting them years ago and injected them instead ?

Think I agree , racing doesn't need this does it. Why are we still shooting horses on the course ? Is it a cost thing , the most efficient way , can't be surely? Any vets?

Hushwing what would you do for a horse on the course, that has unfortunately broke it's back? Answer = you do the only thing possible. You quickly end its suffering by using a gun.

Humane killer is a deadbolt,tranquiliser used on horse in can kill vet if horse knocks it into vet instead.

Can we all remind the Daily Mirror of this story and the next big meeting when they're giving away free £x bets.

*at the

nothing worse than seeing any animal in pain , they have to do it but its very sad all the same .
rem seeing dessert orchid 1st time it ran came down ,blankets and screens came over never moved !
looked ominous for the stunning grey , but then suddenly it sprang up, it was just very badly winded .
alas it turned into a real champion , one of the lucky ones !

Sorry last night I said it was not Wigmore I now understand it was.

Horse racing has nothing to hide.

Thats an interesting point, did they still publish Friday's results and today's cards?

The best way to deal with this rubbish is to treat it the same way as most front page headlines in the gutter press-ignore it!

Anyone who feels Mirror have overstepped the mark should just switch to another paper . Pretty simple .

The editor of the Mirror needs to think about his position not Yates. Printing propaganda from an extremist group like Animal Aid is hardly responsible journalistic practice.

the mirror are d1ckheads with things like this.
they had the face of a dying marc vivien foe on their front page ****s

Fail to see how Yates can ever show his face on RUK again.

Tweets of indignation from "racing" did any of them tweet owt about Richie McGrath and what a disgrace he is?

Cunningham made a good point about Animal Aid wanting racing banned.

Don't ever dismiss these animal rights groups...they did get NH racing in Australia outlawed.

G1_Jockey_4
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the mirror are d1ckheads with things like this.
they had the face of a dying marc vivien foe on their front page ****s 

I thought it was the Sun, though I wouldn't buy either and they both might have published the same pic. I seem to remember the Sun's pic looked like the whites of Foe's eyes had been tippexed to make it look even worse, if such a thing is possible.
Either way, an absolute disgrace that the Mirror would put this on their front page. As you say, ****s!

Just a ploy to deflect the impending collapse of Labour seats in Westminster on the English only MP in commons,   ie hide the bad news.

Trust a Tory to break the concensus on here       

He gets a lot of stick but Cunningham spoke well imho

Under EU rules you cannot euthanize a horse by injection,because it then cannot be used for food.

Well it does look horrible ,I thought horse's  were knocked out  then shot ,never the less no need for it to be on front page
of paper ,what do the mirror want the horse running around on 3 legs ?

The fact is that without racing Wigmore would never have been born ,a lot of horses end worse

if it was the pundits on ch 4
that would be OK
must admit sad pictures
if you love racing not what you want ever to happen or see...

EastLower Gooner    Joined: 09 Mar 04
Replies: 13416 20 Sep 14 13:54 
Cunningham made a good point about Animal Aid wanting racing banned.

Don't ever dismiss these animal rights groups...they did get NH racing in Australia outlawed.

Wish they had pal but I can assure you that I have done my conkers on Aussie NH racing this year at Sandown Hillside amongst others - Google it... or Steven Pateman ..the count never gets beat.

If you saw Australian Jump racing - then you/we would want it Banned, too!

Silly Plastic Portable Hurdles and Fences - But with about 3 foot of fine Plastic bristles on top - sticking up like a brush-head - that they just brush through, and do NOT, therefore, jump properly.

That, however, is not the MAIN PROBLEM.

It is the Tracks - They are all tight ovals - Even 5 furlong (1000 metres) Flat races are run around a FULL bend.... Flemington apart.

Therefore - the Tracks are not at all conducive to staging JUMP racing - yet the jockeys ride Jump races at Flat racing speed.

All in all - an absolute recipe for disaster ....

That is in NO way, whatsoever, is anywhere near being comparable to correctly Laid out, and organised, Jump racing here and in Ireland.

cut its throat and say an Islamic prayer while it dies slowly thrashing about and its ok