Bogus argument no 1: All horses involved in racing are well cared for.
Truth: Successful horses are well cared for. Unsuccessful horses are goaded into trucks and sent on journeys of hundred of miles with no food or water. When they finally reach their destination, having been subjected to hours of fear and terror, they are goaded into an abattoir and then slaughtered. If you want to see the so called 'care' they receive, go online, You will not sleep for days.
Bogus argument no 2: Horses enjoy racing and jumping fences. When the jockey falls off, the horse continues to run.
Truth: Horses are prey animals. They run in herds. If a horse see's other horses running it too will run. Running is often a sign of danger to horses. It is no different to a flock of birds on the ground. When one suddenly takes to the air all the others will follow as it is often a sign of alarm. And if horses enjoyed jumping fences how would you keep them in a field. Surely they would see the fence surrounding the field and just jump over it if they enjoy it so much.
Bogus argument no 3: Horses dying on race courses is just unfortunate. That's life.
Truth: Horses rarely suffer fatal injuries on race courses or when they are out in a field. They do,however, suffer injuries that are considered not cost effective to treat. Horses are rarely fatally injured on race courses but many are killed by human hand.
Bogus argument no 4: Owners and trainers care deeply for the horses.
Truth: Except when treatment of the horse will affect their bottom line.
After the last Grand National the trainer Paul Nichols threw a hissy fit during a radio interview and said that people should grow up.
Growing up: ( A definition) Being accountable for your actions and accepting that your actions can affect the lives of others and that you must moderate your selfish tendencies because the world does not revolve around you.
He also commented on the fact that a jockey was lying on the ground injured, but nobody seemed to care about him. I expect, Mr Nichols, nobody cared about him because he was there of his own volition ( definition: choice, self determination) and that he was not minutes away from getting his brains blown out.
Horses are majestic and beautiful animals. They should not be abused, mistreated and, when it suits, tossed to one side. They should be respected. Do I need to define 'respect' for you Mr Nichols? I think I probably do.
Yates of the Yard.
I see that Yates of the Yard, having scurried away from the Met, is now plying his trade with the Bahraini government.The Police are often referred to, in some circles, as 'the filth'. I wonder why?
The Chancellor and Gordon.
It is said that Osborne considers himself successor to Cameron. I sense that there is a touch of the Gordon Browns about Osborne. He has that same glowering, unfriendly and slightly unhinged look about him. I think I will now think of him not as 'Cameron's Successor' but as 'Son of Brown'.
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