Thinking of betting on the Grand National?

[wicky]

I won't be betting on the grand national, usually partake in the office sweepstake but not sure if I will even do that this year.

Poor horses

[nakamura]

Don't believe everything you read.

Of course there will always be areas and sections of every industry where people do it wrong. These sections always paint the worst picture that gets reported in the media. Usual media nonsense.

Eating animals is wrong? Nonesene. Go on safari without anything to defend yourself and see how long you last. It's called nature.

[Charlie]

Actually we race ourselves to death, thus making us less intelligent than horses:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of..._during_a_race

That's a crazy number of people who pushed themselves too far.

Tell me about it!

Last time I spanked my monkey in the park I got arrested...

Don't believe everything you read.

Of course there will always be areas and sections of every industry where people do it wrong. These sections always paint the worst picture that gets reported in the media. Usual media nonsense.

Eating animals is wrong? Nonesene. Go on safari without anything to defend yourself and see how long you last. It's called nature.

Anyone who jumps on an animal and whips it to make it run is immediately doing it wrong in my opinion. Let's be honest, horse racing is almost certainly based on fear. This guy's one of the top horse trainers in the world and though it isn't definitive proof, his experience around horses means he probably has a better understanding of horse psychology than most:

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As for eating animals, nowhere did I claim it was wrong. I don't do it because it's wrong for me, but everyone must make the choice to eat meat or not for themselves. Would I kill an animal if forced to defend myself, probably, hopefully I'll never have to find out.

[endo]

Would we race people to death? No.

Possibly. Only if we were horses though. In some sick parody of reality.

At the end of the day I think horses know what horses like best

True. Having chatted to many horses, they *do* know what they like. It's all me me me with horses.

Clearly the answer here is to have races organised by horses for horses. Horse trainers, literally, horsey cameramen, etc. you could could even have a horse version of John McCririck. And little ponies riding the horses, obviously. It sounds lovely.

[nakamura]

Horses for courses.

['Press Start']

And little ponies riding the horses

I have no idea why I am laughing so much to your random post.

[endo]

Horses for courses.

Horses for horses.

[kryss]

We need more education for the animals.

I'm pushing for courses for horses.