You all know how much of a huge fan of horse racing I am so I was sad to see the events unfold on Saturdays Grand National at Aintree, during the race two horses were killed and during another race at Aintree one of the jockeys were seriously injured. Unfortunately the Grand National has one of the worst records for fatalities of horses with around 30 dying in the past 11 years and the course is also notoriously bad.
There are now call for it to be changed, or made safer, the RSPCA is to take part in a review of the course, with the charity’s equine consultant, David Muir meeting with representative of the British Horse Racing Authority (BHA). Now I’m not really an expert on the course but do like the odd flutter on the Grand National and I always find it upsetting when some horses die, however I’m not sure how they can change the race without taking away the qualities that attract thousands of people every year to watch it. Plus I doubt they would actually go and ban it completely, but you never know.