[Kerry]

Sky News story

This has sickened me to the core

[ILoveTRW]

nothing new, horses die every single year at these races

[Kerry]

A probe has been launched after two horses collapsed and died in the paddock within moments of each in a freak incident at Newbury race course.

The horses were clearly seen to rear-up at the same point by the fence.

One trainer said he believed they may have been electocuted by a cable under the paddock.

For safety reasons the meeting was abandoned shortly afterwards after the first run.

A further two horses were seen to "wobble" and a lead rein on one of the dead animals was rumoured to have shown traces of burning.

An inquiry and immediate post-mortem examinations for the horses was announced.

Jonjo O'Neill, trainer of Fenix Two, said he noticed the horse in front of his, Kid Cassidy, go down on his knees before his horse was struck.

Paul Barber, owner of Denman, was in the paddock at the time of the incident. He said some people felt a "tingling" as they led horses around the paddock.

Marching Song's part-owner Graham Thorner said the fallen horse had "great potential".

ITV News Link

[Kerry]

Originally Posted by ILoveTRW

nothing new, horses die every single year at these races

Not like that they don't

[Judas]

This is terrible, hopefully Newbury get the **** sued out of them, there is no excuse.

[Kerry]

Originally Posted by Judas

This is terrible, hopefully Newbury get the **** sued out of them, there is no excuse.

It's pretty likely to be deliberate

[Judas]

Originally Posted by ~Kerry~

It's pretty likely to be deliberate

Do you reckon? I thought it was just some genuine laziness on their behalf.

[Kerry]

Originally Posted by Judas

Do you reckon? I thought it was just some genuine laziness on their behalf.

No. They're looking for who was stood near the horses in the crowd at the time as both horses reared up in the same spot.

[Jords]

[Jordan.]

My horse died in the grand national a few years ago.

[Novo]

^ Was that Exotic dancer?

[Kerry]

Originally Posted by Jordan.

My horse died in the grand national a few years ago.

Very tough race on horses that one :/

This doesn't look accidental though. It's very strange.....

[joeysteele]

Awful thing to happen,this needs a really big investigation done.

[Novo]

RIP to both of them anyway, saw the footage earlier on it was shocking.. on the + side thank god Kauto wasn't racing there today.. I need him to bring in the money for me at Cheltenham

[Judas]

It is strange, and depressing if it was on purpose.

Out of interest does anyone bet much? I'm a whimp these days and normally only spend about Ł30 a month (like Ł2 a race on ones that are odds out and I can make it up on)... normally get around Ł90 back though, so I suppose I still make a profit, but its mainly for the fun and getting involved. Although normally I'm the only guy in a betting shop under 60.

[Kerry]

Originally Posted by joeysteele

Awful thing to happen,this needs a really big investigation done.

Other horses were injured too so I can't see this being an accident. Then again, it's horse racing.... it'll be covered up as one

[Kerry]

Originally Posted by Judas

It is strange, and depressing if it was on purpose.

Out of interest does anyone bet much? I'm a whimp these days and normally only spend about Ł30 a month (like Ł2 a race on ones that are odds out and I can make it up on)... normally get around Ł90 back though, so I suppose I still make a profit, but its mainly for the fun and getting involved. Although normally I'm the only guy in a betting shop under 60.

I don't but a few do on here. Novo might be able to point you to the bet thread

[Kerry]

Judas - a bet thread Here

If you like a flutter there should be like minded folk in there

[Kerry]

Heard the latest - there was supposedly a broken cable under the paddock

I've never heard such bollocks in my life

[Novo]

What's the bet Kid Cassidy goes on to win the Supreme Novices Hurdle, 40/1 everywhere the other week, down to 20/1 at William Hill now.. Tony Mccoy rates the horse, fairytale story written all over it.. Horse pulled out the paddock seconds away from death to winning a massive race like that.

The electricity cable has been removed now can understand how it happened Horses are far more sensitive to electricity then Humans

[Kerry]

Originally Posted by Novo

What's the bet Kid Cassidy goes on to win the Supreme Novices Hurdle, 40/1 everywhere the other week, down to 20/1 at William Hill now.. Tony Mccoy rates the horse, fairytale story written all over it.. Horse pulled out the paddock seconds away from death to winning a massive race like that.

The electricity cable has been removed now can understand how it happened Horses are far more sensitive to electricity then Humans

It's such a corrupt sport though. Like many admittedly but it's rife in the gambling field.

OK it could have been an accident but I'm not convinced.....

[Novo]

Originally Posted by ~Kerry~

It's such a corrupt sport though. Like many admittedly but it's rife in the gambling field.

OK it could have been an accident but I'm not convinced.....

It's not corrupt in that sort of way though, Fixing is always involved ( If you can call it that ).. a lot of trainers have 2/3 horses in one race and let the 100/1 shot go on and set the pace for the other horse to follow...to me it's good tactics rather then a fix they wouldn't needlessly Kill horses that make money for them and the horses in that race had the potential to go on headline bigger races in the future,

You always see Jockeys not whipping the horse at all though throughout the whole race leading easily and just holding the horse back and just letting other horses past at the line...

[Kerry]

Isn't it known for some stable hands to be paid to give some horses drugs too though?

[Novo]

Originally Posted by ~Kerry~

Isn't it known for some stable hands to be paid to give some horses drugs too though?

They get drug tested

[Kerry]

Originally Posted by Novo

They get drug tested

Oh. Maybe I'm going back a bit too far