Tnavas
Well-Known Member
Finally got to see the race via a facebook link and to be honest it wasn't the carnage I had been expecting!
This is the ultimate race! It is there to test the horses ability to jump, its courage and stamina. That it does well. More horses finished than I've seen in a long time which to me means that the horses were up to the course.
I would far rather see horses jump a lower fence than horses refusing, as the refusers often take out other horses immediately beside and behind them.
Horses fall in eventing, showjumping and hunting, it is one of the hazards of jumping at any level. Get the stride wrong and a fall may be a consequence.
I think though that the field definately needs to be reduced in number so that horses aren't compacted in tight groups over the same part of the fence.
http://www.grand-national.net/history.htm
This is the ultimate race! It is there to test the horses ability to jump, its courage and stamina. That it does well. More horses finished than I've seen in a long time which to me means that the horses were up to the course.
I would far rather see horses jump a lower fence than horses refusing, as the refusers often take out other horses immediately beside and behind them.
Horses fall in eventing, showjumping and hunting, it is one of the hazards of jumping at any level. Get the stride wrong and a fall may be a consequence.
I think though that the field definately needs to be reduced in number so that horses aren't compacted in tight groups over the same part of the fence.
http://www.grand-national.net/history.htm