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Just like to say Doncaster a month or two ago voided a race were the track was deemed unraceable yet Chepstow have continued to let racing go on not only in that race in which the accident happend but to let other races take place, unacceptable.
I can see what are you saying Mr Wilson the way the horses were finishing today at Chepstow wasn’t pretty, but the course is well known for its extremes of going and I think we’ve got to live with it.
The difference being that Doncaster had a full circuit to make a decision whereas the Chepstow incident all unfolded in around 30 seconds.
Can’t see how other races taking place is a health and saftey issue. The track is perfectly raceable.
If you mean Orfeo Conti I think he survived serious injury, his fall was that of a tired horse and could have been a lot worse
What kind of advertisement for the sport are races like the 2.55 ?
It’s not a spectacle to see horses virtually climbing the fences to try and get over them at the business end of a race.
Anything over the minimum trip in these conditions and the horses are generally strung out like clothes on a line. It was similar at Uttoxeter last weekend.
You’re right it wasn’t a pretty site, but was also just sheer bad luck and could happen anywhere.
Agreed, but the horse that was pulled up had almost stopped to a walk, the one that UR put in a tired jump and the winner climbed the last two obstacles in front of it.
it just didn’t look good to me.
The issue in the Doncaster race was that the stricken horse blocked the landing side of the flight and the bypass side, an issue compounded by the proximity of the final hurdle to the final fence. The race would have been allowed to finish had the bypass side been clear. As already stated, there was also the best part of 3 minutes to make a decision in that race, which was not the case at Chepstow.
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