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I read an article in a magazine by one of these modern women journalist, you know the type, they have an opinion on everything and a knowledge of nothing. She said that the Grand National should be banned on animal welfare grounds. The argument was the usual one of the extreme animal welfare lobby, every year horses have to be put down at Aintree, therefore it is cruel and should be banned. This argument does not stand up to scrutiny. I would bet that the majority of the horses put down in recent years at the Liverpool meeting have been injured on either the Mildmay course or in hurdle races, not on the National course itself. The argument that the National is cruel does not stand up. Everything reasonable is done to prevent injuries to horses. When I read articles of this type, I conclude that National Hunt racing is the next target of the extreme animal welfare movement, after hunting has been banned, and that the fishing argument has been put in as a deliberate red herring. I want to see higher standards of animal welfare both here and abroad. It seems to me that some so-called animal welfare groups are more interested in 'stopping people doing something', rather than any real wish to eradicate animal suffering.

Na, should be banned cause I never fuckin win !

Not the best race to put your money on if you are a serious punter Dave! I never do, with all the riderless horses and so on likely to bring your horse down.

Yes, I am a serious punter David. It was a joke.

I agree with you, if the National or racing in general is so cruel then why do all the loose horses continue around the course without a jockey on board?
As for the nice bunny huggers & the lets ban it brigade, I think you're quite correct that it's purely an excercise in public agitation rather than any real vested interest in animal welfare.
My new neighbours are avid bunny huggers, festooning the village with posters demanding better rights for animals & banning hunting, fishing, shooting, horse racing, etc.
Yet they are the first to complain when the local foxes strew their bin bags across their lawn, the deer tear up the turf & the horses & cattle from the farm leave their calling card along the lane. Oh yes I almost forgot, my free range girls digging up the crocus bulbs & wandering loose along the lane seem to be the bane of their lives!
Well I have a message for them, I was here first, 48 years ago! I'm happy to live & let live, if you don't like it.......piss off back to 'Brum' & let me get on with my life & stop flyposting on my gate!

I totally agree with you, but shouldnt you be telling them this, unless you suspect they read this forum and will know who you are?

Never doubted it,Dave. Never doubted it!

Big Ron, I did this morning, just couldn't resist having a rant. As for them reading this forum........I very much doubt it, IF they indulge in any sexual activity, it would certainly be in the dark wiv their vests on!
BUT in case they do lol, Hi Prof & Mrs Doc!!!!!!!! Happy Easter......may all your bunnies be roast ones!

Take it from your comments re this couple, Cererus, that they don't know about 'when in Rome.....'!

Don't know about Rome but they seem to think that since moving here that the "bumpkins" should adopt to civilised city ways lol.
They've yet to grasp that farm animals rise with the sun, cockerels are bloody noisy, shit smells & that farm machinery can be godammed anti social. So why move in next to a farm?
Then there's my favourite place, the village pub........yes we still have one & it's busy! It's the other side of their hedge. Obviously they did their market research before buying the house.
Then again as intellectuals maybe that thought passed them by.