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It was some meeting anyway, even without the Irish dominance. But in order to make it perfect, please GET RID OF ROBBIE SUPPLE…..
He is a joke of a starter at any track he raises the flag.But, well done to Aintree racecourse for providing great racing conditions and making important alterations to the fences and the course layout a few years ago.
Agree massive improvement. The cooling down of the horses after the race is something that has been done in 3 day eventing for years – great to see it here. I thought giving the placed horses a prize and a place on the presentation stand was really well thought out. Doubled up with the new fences not giving those horrible rotational falls (Saphir du Rheu walked through the 11th fence) – I thought that was a complete success, ITV were excellent – the only person who probably didn’t have a great spin was Trevor Hemmings, thats a lot of money for a couple of hundred yards!!
Have really enjoyed this meeting. Totally agree that Aintree should be massively congratulated on all the improvements they have made.
Must be annoying the animal rights nutters no end. Been a while since these was one in the race its self. They claim to care about the horses but you do get the impression some of them are waiting for fatalities so they can have another whinge. Long may it continue.
Absolutely brilliant meeting from start to finish. Enjoyed it much more than Cheltenham this year.
Looking back at the results, there were only 4 fallers in total on the Mildmay course (hurdles and fences) over the whole 3 days. Quite extraordinary, especially considering the quickish ground. Whether that’s down to pure luck or something else, Aintree deserve a huge amount of credit for all the work they’ve done in terms of horse welfare and safety.
Must be annoying the animal rights nutters no end. Been a while since these was one in the race its self. They claim to care about the horses but you do get the impression some of them are waiting for fatalities so they can have another whinge. Long may it continue.
Surely any animal rights activist would be glad, just like the rest of us, that there have been no fatalities. I too, congratulate the course management over the improvements that they have made (despite the whingeing from the doom mongerers at the time).
Must be annoying the animal rights nutters no end. Been a while since these was one in the race its self. They claim to care about the horses but you do get the impression some of them are waiting for fatalities so they can have another whinge. Long may it continue.
Spot on.
A lot of the hypocrites can enjoy their Sunday Roast Beef with a smile on their face this year.Charles Darwin to conquer the World
Absolutely brilliant meeting from start to finish. Enjoyed it much more than Cheltenham this year.
Looking back at the results, there were only 4 fallers in total on the Mildmay course (hurdles and fences) over the whole 3 days. Quite extraordinary, especially considering the quickish ground. Whether that’s down to pure luck or something else, Aintree deserve a huge amount of credit for all the work they’ve done in terms of horse welfare and safety.
In the Guardian comments someone actually posted that they will die later. These people with their ignorance and prejudice make me so angry. Someone was really horrible and personal against me when I tried to defend racing. They said their father was a racehorse trainer but they used “meet” instead of “meeting”. Is this Australian?
Yes, it was great that every horse returned fine. Tere were in fact only three fallers which is superb news.
Despite actually getting the winner for a change I am disappointed I missed out on the best bet of the day, a nailed on certainty, someone would have a moan about the starter. For the life of me can’t think what he did wrong.
There can be no question now that Aintree did the right thing for the race. The man in the street sees no difference from the old days; the fences look just as big to him.
If ever an event called for calm and measured tones from the starter it is this one. Raised voices just make horses and jocks more nervy.
I noticed that nine pulled up between the home turn and the finish. There would have been a time when all those jockeys would have pushed on to try to finish, but first instinct when beaten now is to look after the horse.
Surely any animal rights activist would be glad, just like the rest of us, that there have been no fatalities.
Of course. However in my opinion there are a number of them waiting for fatalities (especially in the GN) to push their anti racing agenda. They don’t want racing to be safe, they want it banned. Two different things.
I noticed this last year Rob, five of them pulled up at the 21st, when struggling, 100% they would have kept going if it was a few years ago. Pretty sure it’s part of a new directive or not, and it is very pleasing to see. There was certainly a punishment dished out to Jack Doyle when he fell 3 out on an exhausted Wayward Prince in 2014, so it does look like a new rule.
I’m first to criticise rules for the sake of rules, but it is very encouraging to see these beaten horses pull up.
Yes that’s a big improvement- I hate to see exhausted beaten horses clamber over and through the last few fences and roll up the run in like a ship in a heavy swell, trying so hard but cantering at practically walking pace. I noticed the timely pull ups this year too, much better.
Echoing the sentiments above. I genuinely think if we had had a couple more years like 2011/12 with no changes made by the track the wider public would have turned against the race and rather then the subtle but effective changes made (such as the more forgiving inner cores) in 2013 we would be looking at more drastic changes (regulation park fences, much reduced field sizes etc…) which would have rendered the Grand National effectively lost forever.
The public used to see the National as a lottery due to the severity of the fences, but (not withstanding this years winner) is actually now much more of a lottery due to the majority of the runners having a genuine chance.
Well done Aintree.
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