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Something has been bothering me since Saturday. Have we reached a situation in the National whereby it is so important that any injured horse must be taken away in an ambulance in circumstances where it would be better for it to be pts on the track. I know everything possible must be done to save a horse and I applaud that. But is the publics perception of the race such that it now has to be run with no injuries or fatalities which is well nigh impossible. ( I hope what I’ve said doesn’t sound callous and I probably haven’t explained myself properly).

[QUOTE="moehat, post: 2698242, member: 65510"] Something has been bothering me since Saturday. Have we reached a situation in the National whereby it is so important that any injured horse must be taken away in an ambulance in circumstances where it would be better for it to be pts on the track. I know everything possible must be done to save a horse and I applaud that. But is the publics perception of the race such that it now has to be run with no injuries or fatalities which is well nigh impossible. ( I hope what I’ve said doesn’t sound callous and I probably haven’t explained myself properly). [/QUOTE]

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