Kauto and Denman stay in training.

HashRouge said:
Well I just had a google and the only result I could find suggesting that either McCoy or Walsh doesn't like horses was this thread....so you both need to prove it :p
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I don't like arguing about this on poor Kauto and Denman's thread, I'm sure they will both agree that Ruby and Tony are top blokes :p

I'm quite sure, off the top of my head, that it was in the H+H that a columnist had a go at Walsh because he'd admitted that he didn't really like horses, or something along those lines.

For McCoy, I would point to that quote from Brough Scott. I could go and get my McCoy autobiography, where he actually says "I do it for the love of horses" at some point, but it's all the way upstairs. However, I'm sure McCoy has said plenty of places how much he loves the animals. I just had to read the bit in a newspaper report where he said he was sitting on the turf crying and cradling Witchita Lineman's head when he died last year/year before and I was wailing.

However, this thread wasn't for Walsh/McCoy debates, I apologise.
 
SmilingMadly said:
LOL! If you say so, I know what I know :)
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In that case you know something about AP that AP doesn't know about himself.

You only have to see his emotion at the deaths of Gloria Victis and Wichita Lineman or to Binocular when he won the Champion hurdle. Hardly the reaction of a man who doesn't like horses. While I respect Ruby as a jockey, you never see those sort of emotions from him.
 
oldvic said:
In that case you know something about AP that AP doesn't know about himself.

You only have to see his emotion at the deaths of Gloria Victis and Wichita Lineman or to Binocular when he won the Champion hurdle. Hardly the reaction of a man who doesn't like horses. While I respect Ruby as a jockey, you never see those sort of emotions from him.
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I remember vividly AP being utterly distraught after Valiramix broke his shoulder at the Festival a few years back too......was plain then, as it is now, that he isn't the cold hearted ******* some would make him out to be!

I haven't heard or read that Ruby doesn't like horses, so couldn't comment on that one, although I'm sure, years ago, Richard Dunwoody either wrote in his book, or said that HE didn't like horses much, which always seemed odd to me:o
 
SmilingMadly said:
LOL! If you say so, I know what I know :)
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You may 'know what you know', but that doesn't necessarily mean you know a lot, or that what you know is factually correct... ;)

McCoy was accused of being unprofessional because he sat alone, crying and distraught, when Valiramix was fatally injured. Watch any footage of him talking about Gloria Victis, and you will see his emotion is almost palpable.

As for the French - Irish horse debate, if you look back, you will see that I stressed it was my opinion.
My opinion is based on over thirty years of riding, owning, and being around an awful lot of different types and breeds of horses.
However, it is just my opinion.
I don't pretend to know more than anybody else... ;)

Tbh it's a shame your nitpicking has changed the track of a good thread.
If you're bored, perhaps you'd like to start your own about McCoy not liking horses. :)
 
I am 99% sure it was Ruby who said he didn't like horses in a Ch4 interview last year. It really dissapointed me to hear that from him :(

Saying that, Ruby was still with TT when he got to his feet and was lead back, so may be he just got out the way of the vets while they did their work :)

Wishing TT a full and speedy recovery
 
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