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Quote: from Seven Towers on 11:30 am on Mar. 18, 2006[br]Fair play drone but I’m concerned that the slew of animal rights supporters who have joined the RSPCA over the last 10 years or so will be able to shout down any genuine animal lovers or experts they employ to speak on their behalf. I’m sorry if my comments sounded hot-headed but they are based on my experience of the RSPCA & the AR lobby in other areas where common-sense (and vet’s expertise & research,) has been ignored.<br>  <br>As a vegetarian , anti hunting ,rider ,racehorse owner and breeder who has an entire stable full of retirees I take issue with your statements
The RSPCA have the interests of racing and horse welfare at heart. They have said that it might be that there is nothing that can be done about the fatalities to improve safety but they have also mentioned field sizes .<br>Animal aid has a rather emotive feature on racing on its website and whilst I would say that their feature on zoos is excellent the same cannot be said for their racing feature. There are errors and unattributed film clips with vague assertions. Their whip report is quite fanciful and looks like it has been written by someone who has never sat on a horse <br>Racing cannot ignore either and must be seen to answer the critics – horses dying in sport is desperately sad and the deaths are an appalling reminder of the high prices paid by some equines.<br>Any report on the fatalities must be made available to all media for publication as soon as possible and if there are issues to be improved they must be seen to be acted upon <br>Conversely there is deliberate cruelty in horsekeeping but not in racing which is highly policed.<br>The almighty issue is that racing is on TV so every tragedy is seen in full technicolour in lounges across the country and insensitive comments do not augur well .<br>Horses dying through neglect , ragwort or accidents in fields or stables are not seen on tv<br>Answers such as it’s tough that horses might die but thats the way it is do not wash – it’s tough yes but what can be done to make it ‘less tough’.<br>Improvements to hurdles with padding or different styles should be acted upon , I notice there was an issue with the long distance amateurs novice chase – scrap it . Show that racing is listening to the critics and progressing
