Comments on: Tough call – steeplechase ban

By: jams O'Donnell

jams O'Donnell — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:02:45 +0000

Perhaps it will shock horse racing into making it a safer sport for horses.

Perhaps the jockeys can carry the horses.

By: James Higham

James Higham — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:56:41 +0000

Well yeah, it does come down to higher/lower, if we’re going to be honest. Cows, yes. Never forget the cows.

By: Mark Wadsworth

Mark Wadsworth — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:52:31 +0000

We slaughter and eat cows, sheep and pigs, don’t we? Animals which are of rather higher intelligence and more sociable than horses. Well, apart from sheep. And murderous cows.

By: James Higham

James Higham — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:51:04 +0000

Undoubtedly.

By: WitteringsfromWitney

WitteringsfromWitney — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:18:01 +0000

By remaining silent on this topic James, might you be considered as ’sitting on the fence’?

By: ubermouth

ubermouth — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:08:23 +0000

And my dad was a professional jockey so I should be baised the other way.

By: ubermouth

ubermouth — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:06:31 +0000

Although watching this sport is a great eenjoyment for me, I can suffer the loss of it for the sake of the animals. It’s dangerous, nay deadly, and one can tell that some of the horses are frightened when they have to make almost impossble jumps at breakneck angles.

If more people died or were crippled from this sport than horses they’d stop it in a heartbeat!

Animals have to be protected for they don’t have their own voices and when they do defend themselves the only way they can they are put down for being aggressive.

I am against the hunt too.

In fact, I think there should be tougher laws on anyone who abuses any animals. I will gladly be executioner. No salary required.