Crazy_cat_lady
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Urgh just confirmed Up for Review a fatality
Been confirmed. Up For Review killed at fence 1.
She did run a very fine race, saw her before and thought she looked a bit out of her depth, shows what I know !can I just mention the mare Magic of Light who came second? The only mare in the race and 66:1 - If she hadn't made that mistake at the last she might just have won it.
Very sad news about Up for Review
can I just mention the mare Magic of Light who came second? The only mare in the race and 66:1 - If she hadn't made that mistake at the last she might just have won it.
Very sad news about Up for Review
Fair play to Tiger Roll , never thought any horse would come close to Rummy with 2 successive wins , I don't think that any horse will beat his record of 3 wins and 2 seconds absolute legend that he was ... But hat's off to the little fella, he ran a canny race and proved his doubters wrong proper Tiger lol ... And RIP Up for Review so sad 😢There is less than a week to go until the greatest jumps race on the calendar! 5.15pm Saturday 6th of April 40 horses will line up, 40 horses will hear the roar, 40 horses will thunder down to the first fence (I wish they didn't go quite as quick!) Hopefully 40 horses will stay on their feet but most importantly that all 40 horses come back in to their devoted lads/lasses and back to their comfy stables for their dinner.
I would love to see Arthur win again. Who wouldn't!?!?! I know he hasn't exactly had the ideal preperation this time round but everything has come together in time. He just needs a clean round again and he should have a chance of bringing home some decent prize money again!
Saying that I can't see Tiger Roll being beaten if he stays on his feet. He has done what no other National winner has done in a long time - won another good race again! Very few win again ever but he seems to be even better than ever this year!
I would love Captain Redbeard to get a run again. It would be good to see another grey and Scottish based horse win - but then the personal rivallry in me hopes that Lake View Lad doesn't!
Gordon Elliott goes in mob handed with at least 12 runners! Possibly 16 if they all get in and I wouldn't dismiss one of his outsiders.
What are you guys backing this year?
Yes racing can be hard at times but sadly fatalities do happen despite racings bet efforts to element risk. You can never remove 100% of the risk.
This is a genuine question because I don’t know the answer. What efforts are actually made to reduce the risk? Obviously I know that field numbers have been reduced over the years.
This is a genuine question because I don’t know the answer. What efforts are actually made to reduce the risk? Obviously I know that field numbers have been reduced over the years.
I think reducing the size of the field would help. I can't get the image of that awful fall at the first out of my head. I know that suffering you see is not worse than suffering behind closed doors which is why people who eat factory farmed meat who focus on cruelty in racing strike me as illogical ..... but before the race the girls said 'will any horses die?' and i had to answer 'several will fall and some may not get up' and the fact that this is totally predictable made me question how I can enjoy watching it. The danger adds nothing to the drama for me. I want to see clean jumping horses battling out to see who is strongest. Horses falling and bringing down others adds nothing and I am not sure I can watch again.
Tiger Roll was awesome. Love Davey Russell, he was having nothing to do with Rishi until he knew the horse was OK. It was Davey who saw Many Clouds was about to collapse after his win and dived in to help - what a horseman! It was worth him keepinmg him mouth shut when O'Leary sacked him before!!
Magic of Light was amazing, buit it was Arthur I couldn't believe. I had no idea why he was even in the race having been incapable of popping a fence all year (shows why I am not a racehorse trainer!). He was going like a train at the end.
I too was uncomfortable with the way Tiger Roll was slapped and crowded afterwards. A win like this suddenly becomes all about the people and not about the horse.
Magic of Light was amazing, buit it was Arthur I couldn't believe. I had no idea why he was even in the race having been incapable of popping a fence all year (shows why I am not a racehorse trainer!). He was going like a train at the end.
He certainly did get over it! There was a clip of him later parading with his rug on. Jig jogging all the way past the stands, and looked ready to go again. I thought her looked an absolute picture in the parade ring. Full summer coat and beautifully turned out.So much has been done, and is still being done, to help reduce the risks for racehorses in general as well as those in the GN but no measures can prevent them completely, the GN fences were made 'safer' there are escape routes to help reduce the loose horses on the main track, the horses are far better schooled than they used to be with most, probably all, trainers having similar fences to school over before the day.
The first fence is always the worst in my view because the horses are usually very revved up by the parade, noise, atmosphere which will get to them as they set off so even with the jockeys trying to remain steady some get there too fast and come down which is where the fall happened yesterday, the pre race build up is becoming more over the top, the crowds seem to be more loud and very near the horses which may contribute to the rush at the start and may be the only thing left that could be altered but I guess it is encouraged to gain more publicity and more spectators through the gates.
There is no way racing can ever prevent fatalities completely but they are definitely trying in many ways, I was pleased to see several taken to the wash boxes yesterday but did feel for Tiger Roll who had to put up with rather a lot of 'praise' for his efforts when he looked so tired, they had got plenty of water on him quickly but being constantly thumped and hugged was not nice viewing in my opinion but I am sure he soon got over it.
Yes. I realise that they are checked by a vet prior to racing. However in the clip I was shown he did look slightly lame.Every single horse was trotted up by a professional vet team the morning of the race. If the horse was not 100% sound it would not have ran. The vets wouldn't have allowed it to. What made the viewing worse was that it was a head on shot that couldnt be panned away from quickly. Up For Review did not fall because of the fences, he fell over another horse that was already down - Vintage Clouds who walked away with some grass stains and nothing more. The side on camera angles arw much easier to scoot away with as they follow the leaders. The head on not so much.