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The poor girl clearly wasn’t right coming out of the stalls but was rousted along ludicrously vigorously (Why? No healthy horse would win after using up so much energy just after the start) until she broke down and was destroyed.
I shall rake up your second message, Zilzal, and likewise have been concerned about the increase in weights carried by flat racehorses.
I too pore over correlations for most aspects of life.
There was an increase in weights during the covid fraud and it seems to have persisted in general although I vaguely recall there was some spin about the increase having been reversed (this doesn’t really seem to have happened) after covid ‘ended’ (it’s hard for something to end if it never began.)
There was the perfect opportunity during ‘covid’ to miss a season and change the classics to four-year olds with three years old being the earliest age at which a racehorse could run; nevertheless and, in spite of the purportedly severe risks to health, racing (and other ‘pain et jeux’ betting and entertainment sports) resumed after a few weeks (I guess they like the money, already.)
I am a Newbury shareholder and an aficionado of the flat (I gave up on the sticks over thirty years ago) however left york in distress after the second race on Musidora day after the heart-rending, desperate death of poor, uncomprehending Hispanic, who hobbled several furlongs with a loose fore until he approached the one pole; I haven’t followed a race since and wonder if and when I shall feel able to do so.
I phoned the bha while Hispanic died and, needless to say, have not received any response to my voicemail from the establishment facilitators.
I have to some extent digressed however I absolutely agree that the increase in weights is obviously a significant factor in fatalities on the flat.I have been to york three times and twice left in distress.
Areen was killed in 2016.
Hispanic today.
To see Hispanic running slowly without comprehension to the furlong pole with his off fore hanging limp was beyond distressing.
On course, apart from me and the connections, nobody seemed to care.
I should say there are decent comments on this forum but this forum is a minority.
Maybe the only solution is that, if a horse is killed, the meeting is abandoned but ££ wouldn’t like that already.
The ground today seemed too firm to me; is there any interest in making sure it is sound? Sadly, I doubt it.I second Helcatmudwrestler’s recent comment; Hidden Law’s ghastly and heartbreaking death was entirely avoidable. I feel hollow.
I walked my dog twice on the Roodee in recent weeks, entering over the crossing; the first time, I was surprised and concerned that a hard road surface was so near to the level of the turf; the second time, I commented on what appeared to be inadequate covering of the unforgiving surface.
The position of the crossing on a sharp bend shortly after the finish makes it particularly dangerous.
Moving the finishing line further away is not an option at Chester given the already short finishing straight.
As Helcatmudwrestler says, there should be a subway for vehicles servicing the lucrative infield hospitality; there is of course a subway for race goers.It’s sickening and racehorses keep being killed on the flat, where deaths should be very rare.
The bha has to improve conditions.
Was it the artificial ground on the crossing?
Is the ground too firm for a tight track?
Hidden Law was a beautiful athlete. RIPPurwell, you have almost certainly hit the nail on the head although scarcely anyone will notice or care.
On an overwhelming scale, freemasons are lackeys for those that there are laws to protect from criticism (it’s strange that there are no similar laws to protect the British in their own country.) Both need to be exposed while there is still a chance however the moronic masses have never been remotely interested and will ‘oh so cleverly’ and unwittingly pontificate by regurgitating the propaganda they have been fed by the ‘news programmes’ that they lap up before their panem et circenses.
Back to horse racing; my view, much as I like Ireland, is that Irish racing is more corrupt than British racing; if there has ever been a study into the average price of winners in Ireland compared with the average price of winners in Britain, I suspect the former is significantly higher than the latter; ironically this plays into backers’ hands once they have recognised it.I am disappointed, although I have no right to be given that I had read this thread before I placed my bet, to have lost my stake on Yaaser in the 5:25 at Donny.
Thank you for your response; supply creates its own demand and it must surely have been bookmakers who instigated the each way market. I do bet win only, admittedly mainly because the each way market generally has too wide a spread on the platform that I use, however I can’t help noticing perceived possible injustices.
I recognise of course that nothing whatsoever can be concluded from Chester’s runners this afternoon, being such a small sample, but a long-term study might be revealing.
On a separate note regarding Chester this afternoon, the Group 2 Arab race at the end of the card, or maybe not on the card?, doesn’t appear to have been under the jurisdiction of the BHA insofar as it is not covered in the Stewards Report. I am still feeling billious after watching o’shea’s ride on the favourite; all he had to do was hold the rail position as he approached the cutaway on clearly the best horse in the race.
The majority of the masses at Aintree won’t remotely care (it may even be a bonus for them to be able to post on their sad facebooks that a horse was killed) as long as they could see the sugababes.
The fatalities seem to be increasing, especially on the flat; I stopped following nh after Hungary Hur was killed in the 1990 national and have become increasingly anxious in following the flat.
The bha has said for many years that it is developing a ‘whole life’ database for racehorses; it still hasn’t done so; how difficult can it be?; the clear conclusion therefore would be that it wouldn’t make for pretty reading and must be suppressed; I fear that the terribly upsetting deaths of racehorses on course are drops in the ocean relative to the fates of racehorses, particularly geldings, obviously the majority, who leave the sport.
It is an overworked comment however as Frank Drebin said, “Nothing to see here.”
I have only just watched this and have now reviewed it several times.
Oddly enough, my first observation was the apparent lack of effort that Gillard seemed to be making on Grey Skies while Quinlan was working away elaborately on Telhimlisten.
Secondly and assuming Cork All Star’s exchange figures are correct, I can’t help thinking that statistically the stark imbalance between betters and layers doesn’t look pretty; lumping on at 1,000 would certainly look suspect but, for some reason, laying at 1.01 looks slightly less so.
Notwithstanding the above, I should say that I am reassured by the bha’s Sedgefield stewards’ having said there was “Nothing to report.”
Triptych mentioned mccoy in relation to Synchronised; would anyone know whether or not mccoy was cruel to horses, particularly if they had fallen?
It was indeed an interesting ride.
I had noticed that Kraken Power had appeared to have been an unlucky horse in recent races and had put him on my list of horses to follow on the naïve assumption that he couldn’t keep being unlucky.
Bearing in mind my utterly wasted research and wager on Kraken Power, I am grateful to the stewards for enquiring into the running and riding of him yesterday and noting the explanations given; I dread to think what it must be like to be on the receiving end of an “explanations were noted.”
The poor horse is dead.
Unlike the jockey, Kepy Blanc didn’t go into the race voluntarily.
As a racing driver in the past, the jockey did know and accept the risks.
Why does no one really care about the horses?Hope Kepy Blanc “is ok.”
Oh dear, no he isnt; he has been put down.
Never mind, who gives a fecking toss?I can never think of John Egan without thinking of his ‘winning’ on Millie’s Kiss or was it Mandarin Princess? No, I think I was right first time but I too find it confusing.
It was an NH Flat Race too; I watched him drop back but nothing looked particularly wrong unlike Dubai Icon this evening, who is presumably dead too. Why are so many horses being destroyed on the flat?
I love the endeavour and majesty of the sport but haven’t followed NH since the early nineties and now continually struggle with the deaths on the flat.
