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chicken george



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local horse

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/horse-racing/17693319


the village garage owner and mot tester has a horse in the national, hope it goes better than some of the cars he has passed Laughing At work
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Brought down....sad day for the owner, comments editied

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The horse has sadly died Sad LL.B (Hons) - University of Derby
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So has Sychronised Sad LL.B (Hons) - University of Derby
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Two horses put down. It's too bad. Upsetting. ...

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cripes, Pete will be devastated Confused as will most of the village, he's a long term resident and a top bloke. At work
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piattj wrote:
Two horses put down. It's too bad. Upsetting.


It is amazing in this day and age that people will go watch a so called sport that has an established record of killing horses, if it was dogs, or bears, or badgers dieing it would be illegal. The National is well past its sell by date IMHO 2009 GS Auto Zermatt Silver - Sold June 21 after 10 years of ownership

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Have to agree that it seems wrong to run a race that delivers dead horses year after year. I'm not one for 'elf'n'safety' but for creatures that don't have a say (ie gee gees) it's another story. They can't make an informed choice. It's proper upsetting. ...

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I saw the horse and owner on the local news last night. My comment at the time was that if I had any feeling for the animal I would not enter it in that race. Very sad. Sad 2013 RR Evoque Pure Tech
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yes it is sad, but strange how the riderless horses still run and jump the fences ?

wonder if they enjoy it ? but suppose it's in their breeding.

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The horsey brigade claim it shows that they enjoy it.

However it is a combination of total training they will go over a jump if they see one and the ultrastrong herd instinct, thats where all the other horses are going so that where the riderless horse will go. Prog rock is cool! Smile
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-...e-17719966

sadly too late for the gee gee... Sad ...

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I think the term is bike not horse Laughing
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they just look like horses Rolling with laughter
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