howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
#1
will any of our members be backing a nag for this afternoon's race, betting shops bring in extra staff for this annual event.
Guest 710- Registered: 28 Feb 2011
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#2
I've gone right off it.
I wonder when they'll have 'fruit machine' day?...Oh, I forgot, that's every other day and this one.
Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
Guest 657- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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#3
No, too many horses killed or injured.
Guest 756- Registered: 6 Jun 2012
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#4
Two have already perished this week alone. Cruel sport. Mind you , the advert showing a horse and rider crashing thro' a greenhouse did the sport no justice either.
Guest 657- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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#5
I saw that advert Lesley - horrible.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
#6
i wouldn't bet on it, the whole thing is unnatural as no other race is that long let alone with such dangerous fences. last year a cheltenham winner(a true thoroughbred) croaked during the race, which doesn't augur well for the lesser horses.