julie111
Well-Known Member
To some people he spoke the truth to some he didn't. Pets inc horses to some people are family!
I think he spoke the truth as far as the racing industry is concerned. Given the huge number of horses that die or are destroyed through training or racing (more flat than jump) the people involved would need to have that sort of attitude to survive in the industry.To some people he spoke the truth to some he didn't.
I think Marcus Armytage's article is brilliantly written and he's absolutely right when he says the general public is too used to a 'sanitised' version of life; did you read about the butcher who was forced to stop displaying the meat?!
I've grieved more over a horses death than I have over a close humans. No life that is a part of your life, can be replaced.
He spoke the truth and some people didn't like it, yes he could have said it better, but that's life.
In Ruby Walsh's opinion horses are replaceable... since his accident, we can now see that so are mediocre jockeys
I think Marcus Armytage's article is brilliantly written and he's absolutely right when he says the general public is too used to a 'sanitised' version of life; did you read about the butcher who was forced to stop displaying the meat?!
Whatever people's views on what he said, the last thing you can call him is mediocre.
'We eat meat to live'
Well, some of you do .........
Entirely fair point. However, you get my meaning.
In Ruby Walsh's opinion horses are replaceable... since his accident, we can now see that so are mediocre jockeys
Hit the *like* button.If people gave as much thought to the plight of 20,000 starving refugees in Syria and no aid going in, as it deemed "too dangerous," as they do to racing, the world would be a better place.
It was horrible to see some of the comments.. there are much worse welfare issues for humans and equines.
If people gave as much thought to the plight of 20,000 starving refugees in Syria and no aid going in, as it deemed "too dangerous," as they do to racing, the world would be a better place.
It was horrible to see some of the comments.. there are much worse welfare issues for humans and equines.
Being concerned about equine welfare doesn't exclude someone from being concerned about people. Surely the most compassionate people value not only human life but all life ?
Being concerned about equine welfare doesn't exclude someone from being concerned about people. Surely the most compassionate people value not only human life but all life ?
Wagtail, I didn't read much caring or compassion in some of the comments gloating over a jockey's injuries because of a comment taken out of context.
Quite probably from people who are privileged to ride the horses they do because of the influence of NH sires. And I see all too few people expressing their caring and compassion over the genocide taking place in various parts of the world. I'd call it cognitive dissonance.
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