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The horse was disputing the lead 50 yards from 2 out, but was then swallowed up by the main contenders and jumped it in 10th. He initially looked like he was going to be pulled up. Then his jockey started pushing again and he did jump (crawled over might be more accurate) the last in a distant 16th.

My answer as to when he should have pulled up is: shortly after the 2nd last when he had almost stopped to a walk and had no chance of placing.

I do fully agree with the point earlier about the condition many of horse population in the UK. It is peculiar that so much attention is focussed on an unfortunate small minority of the 14,000 racehorse population dying whilst racing, when most racehorses are loved and treated wonderfully well (probably in a safer environment than many humans). At the same time no consideration is given to the environment of the rest of the estimated 840,000 UK horse population. Many of whom can be seen in poor conditions as you drive around the country.

<blockquote data-quote="Mr Whatoxo" data-source="post: 2698283" data-attributes="member: 68399">The horse was disputing the lead 50 yards from 2 out, but was then swallowed up by the main contenders and jumped it in 10th. He initially looked like he was going to be pulled up. Then his jockey started pushing again and he did jump (crawled over might be more accurate) the last in a distant 16th.My answer as to when he should have pulled up is: shortly after the 2nd last when he had almost stopped to a walk and had no chance of placing.I do fully agree with the point earlier about the condition many of horse population in the UK. It is peculiar that so much attention is focussed on an unfortunate small minority of the 14,000 racehorse population dying whilst racing, when most racehorses are loved and treated wonderfully well (probably in a safer environment than many humans). At the same time no consideration is given to the environment of the rest of the estimated 840,000 UK horse population. Many of whom can be seen in poor conditions as you drive around the country.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mr Whatoxo, post: 2698283, member: 68399"] The horse was disputing the lead 50 yards from 2 out, but was then swallowed up by the main contenders and jumped it in 10th. He initially looked like he was going to be pulled up. Then his jockey started pushing again and he [B]did[/B] jump (crawled over might be more accurate) the last in a distant 16th. My answer as to when he should have pulled up is: shortly after the 2nd last when he had almost stopped to a walk and had no chance of placing. I do fully agree with the point earlier about the condition many of horse population in the UK. It is peculiar that so much attention is focussed on an unfortunate small minority of the 14,000 racehorse population dying whilst racing, when most racehorses are loved and treated wonderfully well (probably in a safer environment than many humans). At the same time no consideration is given to the environment of the rest of the estimated 840,000 UK horse population. Many of whom can be seen in poor conditions as you drive around the country. [/QUOTE]

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