Steeplechase Comes Under Controversy - Pace and Cap

alydar_ David · 04-27-2009, 12:53 PM

MELBOURNE, Australia (April 27) - Four horses had to be euthanized in four days from injuries suffered in steeplechase races in Victoria state, renewing calls for the races to be banned.

http://www.fanhouse.com/news/main/st...versy%2F446943

Tim Y · 04-27-2009, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by alydar_David

MELBOURNE, Australia (April 27) - Four horses had to be euthanized in four days from injuries suffered in steeplechase races in Victoria state, renewing calls for the races to be banned.

http://www.fanhouse.com/news/main/st...versy%2F446943

That is not surprising as many of those contests have the same outcome. The Grand Velka Pardubice is famous for this in the Czech Republic

Profiler8 · 04-27-2009, 05:59 PM

Hi everyone,

you are right with Pardubice. I watched the races in the last years. There are sometimes 25 runners and only three or five finish the race. There was a news report some years ago about this. A German trainer said, that many trainers bring unfit horses to the races. I do not like to play jump racing, but it is very famous in France and Britain. I was on many racetracks in France and there it is very seldom, that a horse fell. Many jockeys pull the horses up when they are tired. In Britain, where the purse money is often not so high this is not the case. But it is not cruelity there. It is very seldom as well there, that a horse die.

It is more a problem of the structure of racing, but jump racing is more dangerous, that is for sure. The main problem are the trainers, who send out the horse who can not jump.

Greetings
Tim

04-27-2009, 12:53 PM	#1
alydar_ David Grade 1 Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 2,654	Steeplechase Comes Under Controversy MELBOURNE, Australia (April 27) - Four horses had to be euthanized in four days from injuries suffered in steeplechase races in Victoria state, renewing calls for the races to be banned. http://www.fanhouse.com/news/main/st...versy%2F446943

04-27-2009, 05:59 PM	#3
Profiler8 Grade 1 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Germany Posts: 148	Hi everyone, you are right with Pardubice. I watched the races in the last years. There are sometimes 25 runners and only three or five finish the race. There was a news report some years ago about this. A German trainer said, that many trainers bring unfit horses to the races. I do not like to play jump racing, but it is very famous in France and Britain. I was on many racetracks in France and there it is very seldom, that a horse fell. Many jockeys pull the horses up when they are tired. In Britain, where the purse money is often not so high this is not the case. But it is not cruelity there. It is very seldom as well there, that a horse die. It is more a problem of the structure of racing, but jump racing is more dangerous, that is for sure. The main problem are the trainers, who send out the horse who can not jump. Greetings Tim