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Just wanted to thank all and Roseblossom in particular for the replies. I’m still thinking all this through and trying to read up as much as I can about racing to help me get perspective back so that the enjoyment and excitement outweigh the anxiousness again.
I’m relieved I have found this forum and to see other race goers expressing concern about horses. I love going to the races but every year I worry more about the horses and that there will be nasty and fatal falls. I seem more relieved when a race ends with all home safely than when i back a winner so something’s changing for me. I went to the festival yesterday had a great day but in the 6th a horse took a bad fall. The screens went up and I couldn’t look away until I knew what had happened (think it was second to last). The horse got up after an age and I came home happy. I get frustrated that the rest of the crowd seem oblivious and that no mention is made at the course on whether a horse is okay after a fall. My family part own a horse, the trainer is wonderful and I don’t want racing to stop but I hate the risk and silence about what can and does go wrong. How do other people reconcile the good and bad of racing?
SMM
