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Absolutely ludicrous to compare today with Hillsborough.
If you read what I said I wasn’t making any comparison at all, just highlighting a situation where human beings make seemingly strange decisions in tragic/stressful circumstances.
Two horses – both acting freakishly passing the same point of the paddock – collapse and die. Is this not an immediate cause for concern ? You then had lads and vets commenting on signs of electrocution – before the first race starts.
Right there. Abandon the meeting.
That they thought there was a serious problem was evident by the closure of the paddock area.
Reason to go ahead ? Money. Pressure from those with it.
I’m quite sure most people in racing will close in, defending those who made the decisions.
They’re wrong. Lydia Hislop was right with her tweets when she questioned the intelligence of the decisions as they were made
I might be completely wrong about money being the reason they went ahead with it’s, that purely an opinion which may be wrong,
I’m glad you recognise that.
I do, but I feel very strongly about how poorly officials have acted today especially after reading Paul Bartons(steward)statement :
"After those horses collapsed in the parade ring we took the decision that it was safe to continue with the rest of the meeting."
So they make a decision that it’s safe to continue despite not knowing what it was, and still not knowing what it was that caused the horse to die.
Remarkable, only in racing would officials decide en event is safe to continue despite not knowing what caused it.
Disgraceful to all concerned with that decision.
If that’s how he opts to make decisions then he definitely shouldn’t have the power to make them.
God only know how Newbury will get public liability insurance when they manage health and safety like this.
I think you’re bang on. The only reason racing continued is money. TV money, public money etc
There’s no way that racing should have gone ahead. Those in charge will have heard about the electrocution theory before the start of the first tace. Two vets were with the horses WHEN THEY DIED and they saw signs of electricution. From that moment on, racing should have been abandoned. Simply closing off the paddock was amateurish and potentially life threatening.
One contributing factor may have been the amount of meetings lost this year and courses, trainers and owners are so desperate to see racing go ahead.Scandalous whichever way you look at it
Most of the people running these courses looking like they have no place in the real world and spend too much time pouring one last drop from the bottle.
Much if this sport still in the dark ages
Unfortunately, i’m not surprised that racing has again shot itself in the foot. A ridiculous decision to continue with racing after the paddock incident.
No way to tell if the public were at risk so racing should have been abandoned, then rearranging of the major races.I love this sport but it’s run as badly as football. The difference being that football is rich with money.