More Aintree deaths
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boglinI didn't know this yesterday, but two horses also died at Aintree on Friday, in the Topham Chase.
In The High Grass was 7 years old. Time to Sell was 9. Both were destroyed after falling - In The High Grass fell the 8th fence, and Time To Sell only made it to the 2nd - the Chair.
Only 12 of the 29 horses who set out managed to finish this race. In Saturday's race, of the 40 who ran, only 15 got all of the way round.
So I suppose we can count our blessings that out of the 37 horses that fell or were pulled up in these two races, only 3 of them died, eh?
Details of the other races held at Aintree this weekend are here. Looking at the results it's the Topham and the National that are by far the most catastrophic. The latter can only be expected, with the horses being expected to race a distance of over 4 miles and jump 30 fences - between just over 4' to 5'2"
In the past 10 years, 32 horses have died in the Grand National meeting.
In The High Grass was 7 years old. Time to Sell was 9. Both were destroyed after falling - In The High Grass fell the 8th fence, and Time To Sell only made it to the 2nd - the Chair.
Only 12 of the 29 horses who set out managed to finish this race. In Saturday's race, of the 40 who ran, only 15 got all of the way round.
So I suppose we can count our blessings that out of the 37 horses that fell or were pulled up in these two races, only 3 of them died, eh?
Details of the other races held at Aintree this weekend are here. Looking at the results it's the Topham and the National that are by far the most catastrophic. The latter can only be expected, with the horses being expected to race a distance of over 4 miles and jump 30 fences - between just over 4' to 5'2"
In the past 10 years, 32 horses have died in the Grand National meeting.
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Date: 2008-04-06 12:07 pm (UTC)PeeJay is an ex racehorse and has definitley had some injury. He's rather cold backed and you can sometimes feel him dip his back if he's not warmed up gently. He's definitley had one fall as its on the racing records and his previous vet said he'd had an accident in a horse walker. We also think he was treated quite rough as he's very head shy, though this is getting better. If you raise your hand he thinks he's going to get hit. He's also shy of the crop so unless he's being a right arse I don't always take one out wih me.
However ridden, he's not a typical TB. He can be as ploddy as a slow cob. I'm not going to attempt to jump him anymore as when I came off he definitely saw we were heading for the log and ran out in panic. I expect its either uncomfortable for him or he remembers his racing days (he was raced mainly over jumps).