Bilboro-lad 294 Posted April 5, 2014 Report Share Posted April 5, 2014 I bet they don't enjoy getting shot. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
darkazana 1,736 Posted April 5, 2014 Report Share Posted April 5, 2014 As I said accidents do happen, If they can be fixed they will be. Better to be shot than in agony. Pity we can't do it to some humans!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted April 5, 2014 Report Share Posted April 5, 2014 You don't have to study Statistics at college to realise that your chances of winning big are very slim but you have to be in it to win it and so long as gambling doesn't take over your life and you can afford to lose a bit of money then it's fun. I worked with a bloke who won over half a million on the lottery. He'd never say it's a mugs game ! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted April 5, 2014 Report Share Posted April 5, 2014 SWMBO has one £1 bet per year and its the national, today using the very scientific method of 'I can't pronounce that name' she won. As to cruelty yes there are accidents but there would be a lot more dead horses if the race wasn't run. Nobody would pay the sort of money it takes to keep a horse at that level if there was no race. Ban jump racing tomorrow and there would be thousands of dead horses by Monday night. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted April 5, 2014 Report Share Posted April 5, 2014 If people want to ban the Grand National because a horse may get killed, then when are they going to ban mountaineering?, Mount Everest is full of dead bodies. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,158 Posted April 5, 2014 Report Share Posted April 5, 2014 I reckon there are enough ways to die,without going up a mountain to look for another. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted April 5, 2014 Report Share Posted April 5, 2014 #20 Please Michael don't give em ideas. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted April 5, 2014 Report Share Posted April 5, 2014 Agreed Michael, but they were not dumb animals (well most of them anyway). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted April 5, 2014 Report Share Posted April 5, 2014 Bookie used to hate me when I walked in the door, was never a big betting man, but knew when to stop, and always took the bookie for a few quid. Betting on "steeple chases" is a mugs game, flat racing is where I made a few quid to pay for a few pints when I first got married. I worked with a bloke at British Gysum who was a big betting man on the horses, he used to say "it's no good betting unless your willing to lose" And he used to place pretty large bets on horses. He'd always have a large wad of notes in his pocket! Not bet on a horse in over 40 years now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted April 5, 2014 Report Share Posted April 5, 2014 It's estimated that 120 dead bodies remain on Mount Everest and that one person dies on the mountain every year. Regarding the Grand National, it may be a good idea to lower the fences a little but then it wouldn't be the spectacle that it is. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MelissaJKelly 2,121 Posted April 6, 2014 Report Share Posted April 6, 2014 Some interesting thoughts floating around on this thread. Needless to say, I won nothing. My Dad on the other hand was much luckier, horse was placed and he won on a couple of races before/after the National so got a decent return! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,158 Posted April 22, 2014 Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 Speculation on man.unt.sacking David Moyes,only giving him 5 or 10 million,POOR LAD. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MelissaJKelly 2,121 Posted April 22, 2014 Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 Looks like he's a goner! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted April 22, 2014 Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 He's gone. Some imbecile on TV wants Ryan Giggs as the new man. What Man Management skills has he got?. That should be fun !!!!!! He's got the personality of a paving slab. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,158 Posted April 22, 2014 Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 And if hes a relative keep him away from your mrs, 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted April 11, 2015 Report Share Posted April 11, 2015 The Grand National & the Boat Race on the same day a heady mix of cruelty and privilege. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted April 11, 2015 Report Share Posted April 11, 2015 I don't know how the jockeys horse owners & fans live with themselves. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Graham 63 Posted April 11, 2015 Report Share Posted April 11, 2015 Looks like Labour are the jockeys whilst the Tories are the owners. The bookies are the bankers who will rob the poor to pay for the rich. Its a mugs "sport". Think I will watch the Boat Race. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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