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He was probably going to be pts regardless but id have rather seen him be pulled up after sprawling, than whipped 3 times during a drive...

I don't know but it might make a huge difference to the way racing is viewed and the way that other horses would be treated...

I'm not especially interested in racing any more but I really, truly think you are wrong. Gold Dancer landed very, very badly and in a...

Oh, that makes it okay then. We’ll have to agree to disagree on whether an experienced rider should be able to feel if a horse has...

Have seen another angle going into the last and possibly something has already "gone" which might explain why his back end almost...

I wouldn't say he gets off him that quickly on pulling up To give him 3 slaps with the whip on the run in, i agree with Equine Rebel...

I really, really struggle to understand how an experienced rider wouldn’t feel immediately that this was a serious injury: Any rider...

So someone who has not even watched the race is happy to condemn those who think that the jockey should have pulled the horse up rather...

Because they are trying to protect the racing industry which employs them. This stinks. But far too many people saw what really...

I follow a lot of racing SM posts and I can say that only Bonny and a very few deranged punters think there was nothing wrong in what...

The problem is the when money is at stake, people often feel pressured to continue. If that horse had been at the back of the field...

I feel embarrassed that I used to watch the national. A horse half-falling should be pulled up. They should not be allowed to carry on...

Ride all you like, compete all you like, I just don't think there should be prize money - and if sports die as a result, then it was...

To me that is a fall, its a splat, if that happened to a horse i was working with i would immediately immobilize it to evaluate if it...

Your idea might well have made the jockey more miraculously aware he was riding a seriously injured horse and pull him up PDQ if he knew...