A video - Not for fainthearted !!

[viola]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUyvy_8HNEQ

And I thought I know what rearing is...(I would say LOL but I am quite shocked...just you watch it!).

 

[moodymare1987]

omg i saw that video its horrible, have you seen this one this is really bad, just thought i would share, what are peoples views?? xx
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vV0dxf9Ou6Q

 

[teapot]

my goddd

 

[teapot]

That's just an anti racing propaganda video, fuelled by the deaths at the Cheltenham festival.

It's so biased, it makes me mad

 

[viola]

That really made me sad

 

[brighteyes]

Don't think I'll watch, thanks. Too soft.

 

[Super_Kat]

Christ, that was almost a backflip!

Rosie: You can see a horse with a broken off hind trying to scramble up...not nice

 

[moodymare1987]

i know thats what i thought, im not one sided i wanted to see what peoples views were, you can definitley tell its one sided, as you think how many races are held and somewhat probably not even 10 clips of horses falling over the last god knows how many years?!! xxx

 

[moodymare1987]

i know im sorry for you having to see that, there was a debate on that video on you tube but wanted to see if anyone had the same thoughts as the people that posted it in first place zzz

 

[Skhosu]

the first one the only thing I can see triggering it is the jockey moving his legs up slightly and the leader walking forwards?
Not sure what happened there but my god I wouldn't sit on that horse!
Anyone know what it's doing now?

 

[Super_Kat]

Pedigree chum perhaps?

 

[viola]

Was thinking the same - the horse seems fine until the jockey places his leg (legs?) in a 'racing' position and the horse is moved forward...no idea what he is doing now but he isn't coming to my stable

 

[KarenX]

OMG, that was horrific - I didnt even finish watching it as it knocked me sick.

 

[Skhosu]

Was thinking that....

 

[moodymare1987]

dont get me wrong i do think its sick but wanted to see what people thought as on you tube a few are trying to say the horses are made to do it, and are pumped full of stuff to make them run and jump??

 

[Happy Horse]

I remember seeing this. They obviously expected it to happen - how many racehorses do you see being led on a lunge line? How lucky was the jockey the horse didn't land on him?

 

[allijudd]

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the first one the only thing I can see triggering it is the jockey moving his legs up slightly and the leader walking forwards?


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not only that...look at the circumstances..rthere are no other horses around.....strange if at a race dont cha think...

the horse has been taken away from others,
the jockey never got his feet in the stirrups and moves away from the horse when it rears rather than combating it.........

why are they mounting with a lunge line?

its all abit strange and looks like they nknow what happens.....

 

[sorona]

That is one gymnastic horse, poor thing. We do expect a lot from our beasies and are lucky things like that dont happen more often!
The racing one made me feel quite ill, it is horrible to watch.

 

[monica123]

OMG!!!! that racing one is horrific!!!

 

[lilym]

sorry i find that video anti racing propoganda, it's not just racing that horses ket killed in you know, think of how many horses are killed in road accidents out hacking.......no one has suggested that be banned have they????? i find this sort of sentimentalist crap very, very annoying. at the end of the day these horse are bred for the job like it or not, and when you put the deaths into context against the thousands of horses who are raced every week in the u.k you will then see the true figures. i have known horses to break their neck falling in the feild...should turnout be banned too........off to find large roll of cotton wool to wrap horsie in......

 

[sorona]

Cmon, it is still distubing to watch from a horse lovers point of view though! I dont think racing should be banned but it still upset me to watch the clip even if it is anti racing propoganda. Watching any animal suffer is not easy viewing. I dont think the horses are actually bred to be killed though, not like cattle, they are bred to race and the deaths are just an unfortunate risk. Any horse, athelete, gymnast, etc that competes at a high level is putting themselves in danger, whist some people thrive on the adrenalin rush, so do some horses!

 

[moodymare1987]

i agree totally, im not saying i found the video amusing to watch or anything of the sort, but i dont think racing should be banned, as it is unfortunate for the odd horses that do fall, loads of horses get kicked and die in fields, so does that mean we they are going to ban putting them in fields?? no

 

[kirstyfk]

Lilym I agree bad stuff happens to horses whatever they are doing, as you said hacking, showjumping, xc. But because racing has a higher profile then anything else these these fools only see it happeneing in racing.

 

[MissDeMeena]

WOW at the rearing one.. i'd like to see the wand waving lot having a go with that horse!!!

LOL

 

[MissDeMeena]

Actually, i've just looked up the horse in the first video.. it has run 8 times, completing all bar one where it pulled up (so it at least started that one too).. and it came 3rd twice (3rd out of 8 once, and 3rd out of 16 another time)..

I'm just wondering what that horse is like to train at home.. i mean they've got to get it fit somehow.. and they obviously have for it to have run and been placed...

 

[Salcey]

my god, they obviously knew the horse was going to react like that - I dread to think what the problem is.

 

[philthepower]

The rearing horse was michael scudamore's,it had done it before...it was destroyed before it killed someone

 

[JadeWisc]

The first one was scary!!!! would not have wanted that to be me. The racing one was HORRID I could hardly look. (wish I hadnt watched it)

 

[teapot]

Interesting that the commentators on the first video say that the horse has already injured someone and that they hoped it would never been on the racecourse again I think

Or something like that

 

[mrgoop]

How awful!! I think the back man may be in order. So glad it's not my horse