Jeremy Vine Show....Should The Grand National Be Banned....

I do fear for the race though will only take a couple of fatalaties and it could be curtains.....Hanging by a thread im afraid.

Borrowed time tbh….

Alcohol keeps it alive ….

Dem were the daze.

Debate just starting now.

If it was made into a 4m 2f Jumpers Bumper they’d still be saying ban it.

Woman caller says ban whips and the Spurs.

Bashtards have kept The Spurs quiet.

The National is an iconic race. It's in the British staple. Once a year punters would not like it taken-off the menu either.

The flat race that stopped Australia has had several casualties regularly despite stringent veterinarian conditions.

The purists moan the race has lost its character with the smaller fences turning it into a high class staying handicap hurdle with added spruce.

So why are we keeping the Grand National alive?

It is mainly the hard core anti-antis who instinctively oppose the antis. Then they get back to moaning about how the race has been devalued.

Good points Ram and it’s for traditions sake isn’t it? 

The race has changed and for me it needed to, the sight of all the screens wasn’t nice and last year watching Nick Rocket jump round was a delight as he jumped perfectly and was a picture of equine brilliance.

Ramruma, for you have the so called improvements, improved the race? Do you genuinely prefer it now to say, 2010?

Anti rule,Big Mac was right they want to see fatalities it gives them ammunition…

get cases like 250 neglected dogs sorted first

Poor Gewan had an accident on the gallops and has gone. It happens.

Exactly, so who are we trying to please by hollowing out the sport exactly? It will be an imitation of what it used to be and student union types will still be angry and bitter.

If you don't think horses should die for sport, then be honest about it, and not a shill.

Pied Piper getting in is a worry - fallen heavily last 2 starts, accident waiting to happen.

Its no longer the Grand National