Grand National 2011

[The Peeps]

Finished work and saw a text from my brother. He won £190... I wish I had a proper job that didn't pay minimum wage.

 

Actually if I'm wishing for stuff, I wish to win the lottery 8 weeks in a row (yeah only 8 weeks, I don't want to be greedy).

[AndyWylde]

Part of me hates the Grand National. It's purely for fun from a betting stance as there's too many horses to make a serious wager. Two horses had to be put down this year after suffering nasty falls aswell

[Yars Revenge]

 

The Grand National is the only horse racing I bet on, just a bit of fun.

 

Unless your one of the poor horses that gets its neck broke..

[Ramar]

Here we go. The wild assumption that "just a bit of fun" refers to the race and not the bet.

 

I don't think anyone wants to see the horses or jockies hurt.

[Beast]

As Ramar said, I find it fun for the bet and I wouldn't want to see any of the jockies or the horses hurt. There's a part of me that doesn't like The Grand National because I dislike the whips they use on the horses and the way that the jockies can yank the reigns on the horses looks horrible too. It's partly why I only bet on The Grand National and not regularly.

[MadDog]

The race horses probably have better lives than any others. They have the best everything.

[ReZourceman]

I see dead horses as a bonus.

[Rummy]

For some reason my dad sort of calls jockies jackies.

[Ellmeister]

Unfortunately Coleslaw, they weren't put down, they died on the track!

 

There are many calling for it to be scrapped. I'm not sure about scrapped, maybe lower the bloody jumps a little so it isn't incredibly risky if the horses can make it or not?

 

I dunno.