Is the grand National cruel and should it be banned?

From sky news:

McKelvey, which came second at last year’s Grand National, was the only fatality at this year’s event.

The horse threw its rider and then ran round the course until he collided with a barrier.

A spokesman for the RSPCA said McKelvey could not get up and was destroyed on the track.

David Muir, an RSPCA equine consultant, said: “If you look at the National in the last eight years and compare it to the eight years before there has been a massive reduction in fatalities and injuries.

“The fences nowadays are much more forgiving than they used to be, but we can make them more so and not reduce the quality of the race.”

Meanwhile, Merseyside Police praised the good behaviour of the crowd, with just four people arrested for drunkenness and pick-pocketing.

Such a shame they could not do more for the loose horses. What a waste and avoidable death. :twisted:

Yes it was like 14 or something. I don’t know why half of them enter if they dont get round year after year. One horse Iron Man has fallen three years in a row. Why do they put the horse through it?

Do the horses really need to be put down

@johnboy25 wrote:

@rainbowbrite wrote:

@johnboy25 wrote:

If you were looking at it from a male perspective, you’d think differently. Anyway, some of them are no worse than what I have to look at on a Friday/Saturday night so I’ve built up an immunity :lol:

Is this like being a super hero…. you have like a special vision…or night time goggles?

Surely those tits were off the scale from a male perspective….i mean come on! You must draw the line somewhere![/quote]

No and no :lol:

Oh, and pebbles – how would they be able to look at me? I’m inside operating CCTV cameras, they’re outside pubs & nightclubs. Just wondering.

so your the perv watching me weave through town stopping for a wee in the jewellers doorway?

Swine!

Unless I’ve relocated to Essex sharon…..no :lol: