[Channa]

Hello, I have just joined specifically to read the debate on the Grand National, I have read so many comments over the last couple of days from members of the public who have no insight or opinions on the race other than to say that it is cruel or should be banned so I have been looking at comments on forums such as this to get a better and more educated view. I have to say that over previous years I have never watched the Grand National until the closing stages when the fences have been jumped and my attitude was that I love seeing the horses but felt uncomfortable about watching them jump. As I have become more involved from a watching point of view by going to race meetings and actually watching the races my enjoyment of the sport has increased, I can now actually watch the Grand National without leaving the room at the first sight of a faller so either my attitude has changed and I am finding it more acceptable or they are on the whole getting it right or at least trying to, but being forced into making changes just to appease a public inflamed by some newspapers showing distressing, grapic close ups of a stricken horse and calling it a cruel sport will do nothing to help in the long term and may bring more problems that will compromise the safety and welbeing of the animals that I am sure most of us who follow the sport are actually passionate about the welbeing of. I don’t actually think that NH racing will ever sit comfortably as a sport with some people, what it has to do is to get it’s house in order and do all it can to show that the well being and safety of the animal’s that are it’s lifeblood are an ongoing and important part of it’s agenda and then put it into practice as a priority.

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