Grand National

[howardmarks]

If you owned a race horse would you enter it into the Grand National?

[leigh1050]

No! It would be a flat racer.

[GAjon]

leigh1050 said:

No! It would be a flat racer.

You won’t get many horses in an apartment.

[BananaFama]

I'm going to assume there is a barrier to just entering the biggest horse race in the land .

You can't just buy a formula 1 car and rock up at the grand prix expecting an entry .

[shih tzu faced]

BananaFama said:

I'm going to assume there is a barrier to just entering the biggest horse race in the land .

You can't just buy a formula 1 car and rock up at the grand prix expecting an entry .

I think the OP is coming at this from a hypothetical angle in terms of the moral implications of entering a horse for a race that is well known for the regular equine fatalities that occur.

Could be wrong about that though. OP could you elaborate please?

[craigjm]

BananaFama said:

I'm going to assume there is a barrier to just entering the biggest horse race in the land .

You can't just buy a formula 1 car and rock up at the grand prix expecting an entry .

Yes it has to be a certain age and having already competed in a number of similar races previously and a whole bunch of other requirements.

The winning prize is 500k

[cobra kid]

Would I enter a horse?

[TO73074E]

cobra kid said:

Would I enter a horse?

You may want to buy it a drink first.

[nicanary]

BananaFama said:

I'm going to assume there is a barrier to just entering the biggest horse race in the land .

You can't just buy a formula 1 car and rock up at the grand prix expecting an entry .

You used to be able to, before the FIA were conned by Bernie. So many entries there was pre-qualifying and pre-pre-qualifying.

[CanAm]

nicanary said:

You used to be able to, before the FIA were conned by Bernie. So many entries there was pre-qualifying and pre-pre-qualifying.

Well said.

[Wacky Racer]

TO73074E said:

cobra kid said:

Would I enter a horse?

You may want to buy it a drink first.

Kinky.

[The jiffle king]

We have horses..... I would never put them or any other horse in the Grand National

It may be a great event for fans, but there are far too many horse fatalities for me to think this race is a good idea

[Leithen]

I have one running this afternoon at Aintree. Well, four whiskers and a freckle of one.

Much smaller things to jump over. Not sure I’d be happy with it in the big cahoona. But they love it.

[ApOrbital]

Yes camilla parker bowles.

[Monkeylegend]

The Grand National has become a bit like the varsity boat race, you don't know it's on until it almost is, whereas when I was younger there would be several weeks build up to both to get you interested.

Or maybe it's because I don't watch much telly anymore.

[TwigtheWonderkid]

To quote Charlie Brooker:

The Grand National, an event, which is to killing horses, like a giant horse killing machine is, to killing horses.

[pincher]

Wacky Racer said:

TO73074E said:

cobra kid said:

Would I enter a horse?

You may want to buy it a drink first.

Kinky.

Is he in Liverpool this weekend then?

[iphonedyou]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

To quote Charlie Brooker:

The Grand National, an event, which is to killing horses, like a giant horse killing machine is, to killing horses.

They fundamentally altered the fences for the 2013 running, the year after Brooker said that. That had a big impact, with no equine fatalities until the 2019 running.

[dirky dirk]

A lad we worked with his dad did,
got round and he retiured it a few months after.

[anonymous-user]

My sisters Welsh section Ds would just go through the fences.