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Thats not nice, i love this horse and i feel totally sickened i no its part of the game but i don't know
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i no its not nice for any horse but thats affected me badly. i don't think ill be watching or betting in that race again
I have refused to watch or bet on the National ever since I have been betting in races. Horrible race
not so much the fall more the other 10 horses going over him i think
Apr 11, 2015 -- 10:35AM, layingdoesntwork wrote:
I have refused to watch or bet on the National ever since I have been betting in races. Horrible race
ill be joining u from here
Good news. **** the betting and money. Glad he`s ok.
it was once he fell and just as he was trying to get up ,ballycasey ran straight into his hind quarter's as he was side ways getting up ,it looked bad ,but great if use's say he got up
So will you be betting or watching it again now Rich Boy?
gd question, but i cant make a statement like that and change just because the horse somehow luckily survived. I cant i didn't enjoy it. i was on edge of my seat in a bad way, i love my horse racing. That canal turn has always been extremely dangerous. I have to stick to my statement that i can not support the race any further
Possibly not out of the woods yet; Richard Hoiles just reported BK is *still* on the course being assessed by vets.
ill go mad and complain to channel 4 if they've said he's ok when he's not.
Eye it moves us all. Lot of **** and vitriol on here but clear we all love our horses. Couldn't agree with you more best news of the day by far. Hip hip hurrah.
Now I read that he has a couple of broken ribs but is ok
publicity stunt? it's madness in winners enclosure after Nash..they're doing live tv..they may have been premature in saying he was ok when he was only upright but publicity stunt is ridiculous
Broken ribs can be allowed to heal. Broken legs cannot! Let's hope that the horse is fine.
we'll take a broken rib or 2..i've had them..good old Balthazar
They first reported he was up and being assessed; they then further reported he was still on the course being assessed. They didn't have to add the update if it was just about spin. I think when it was said he was up, the not-unnatural assumption would be that he was fine, had just been winded by Ballycasey hitting him and that he would walk away. Clearly it's proving not to be as straightforward as that, but I doubt there was any deliberate intention to mislead. Fingers crossed he is truly okay.
Apr 11, 2015 -- 11:06AM, duncan idaho wrote:
publicity stunt? it's madness in winners enclosure after Nash..they're doing live tv..they may have been premature in saying he was ok when he was only upright but publicity stunt is ridiculous
i meant as in saying every horse was ok, when they clearly weren't. It shouldn't of been said. Horse is still on the track. I meant as in everyone will go away saying all the horses are ok and 95 % of people wouldn't no thats not the case
Canal Turn has always been an issue for me ever since we lost The Last Fling there. It's the only fence that forces horses to bottleneck together on the inside of the track and any faller is always at major risk of getting trampled. Whilst it's a famous fence, I wouldn't mind if it was altered so that it wasn't 90 degrees and therefore being on the inside wasn't as necessary.
and anyway as we all have said lets just hope he truly is ok
Apr 11, 2015 -- 11:13AM, BB MP wrote:
Canal Turn has always been an issue for me ever since we lost The Last Fling there. It's the only fence that forces horses to bottleneck together on the inside of the track and any faller is always at major risk of getting trampled. Whilst it's a famous fence, I wouldn't mind if it was altered so that it wasn't 90 degrees and therefore being on the inside wasn't as necessary.
totally agree
Latest update: very sore but seems okay; has been moved to the racecourse stable yard and remains under vet observation/assessment.
Great news. I walked to that spot to watch the race and the cries as the screens were up after the race was over were haunting.
Slipped into the fence , must have winded the horse , then hit by another ......lets hope he is fine.
Possible broken ribs they just said on RUK but guess we will know more later, glad he got up though looked really bad.
I think the recent measures to try and reduce risk by removing the drops make this sort of accident much more likely. When there were big drops on the inside only the very best jumpers dared go there, so the field was more spread. Now everything wants to cut the corner.
It's one of those things though, jump racing is risky, it always will be. I hope the horse is OK. Very surprising it was him, he'd have probably been the one I'd have picked as the biggest certainty to complete.
It's one of those things though, jump racing is risky, it always will be. I hope the horse is OK. Very surprising it was him, he'd have probably been the one I'd have picked as the biggest certainty to complete.
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