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More horses die at Cheltenham Festival

35 replies

Carlie97 · 14/03/2026 08:44

This brings the total to four. How on earth is this allowed to happen? It's disgusting these gentle beings die for human entertainment. Humans are absolute bastards.

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randomchap · 14/03/2026 17:25

Mrsmouse71 · 14/03/2026 16:56

If we don’t have horse racing we have absolutely no need for horses. The vast majority would have to be killed, we have no other purpose for them

Yeah. Right

Plenty of people enjoy riding without racing them

4 horses dying for entertainment is barbaric.

Mrsmouse71 · 14/03/2026 16:56

If we don’t have horse racing we have absolutely no need for horses. The vast majority would have to be killed, we have no other purpose for them

LVhandbagsatdawn · 14/03/2026 09:09

Millions of animals are subjected to cruelty every day for human entertainment and pleasure.

Zoos, battery farms for cheap eggs, awful conditions for cheap meat, the innumerable pets kept in poor conditions, backyard breeding so people can have some overbred fashionable accessory...

I've never really understood why it is that horseracing is the focus for so many when comparatively it is a drop in the ocean.

Maybe the true scale of it is too hard to comprehend. Maybe people are prepared to turn a blind eye when they're the ones benefitting from their McDonald's and cute little Frenchie who can't bloody breathe.

MissyB1 · 14/03/2026 09:03

Gingernaut · 14/03/2026 08:55

And all the coverage of everyone getting drunk and the slebs and what they're wearing is just making it worse

Animals are dying and there is no respect or recognition about how cruel this all is

And the drunken brawls, and the strip club that opens every March to keep the men happy 🤮

cupfinalchaos · 14/03/2026 09:01

We were invited into a box and met people with horses racing and this is a huge part of their life. They seemed like such lovely people at odds with any kind of cruelty. I will never be going again, sickened.

Skybunnee · 14/03/2026 08:56

I would just put all horses down and then all the cruelty issues would go away -not just racing but under nourished, under exercised, left unattended for months etcetc

Gingernaut · 14/03/2026 08:55

And all the coverage of everyone getting drunk and the slebs and what they're wearing is just making it worse

Animals are dying and there is no respect or recognition about how cruel this all is

MissyB1 · 14/03/2026 08:54

We are locals and never go to the races and never will do, every year horses die, makes me sick! 😡

randomchap · 14/03/2026 08:52

Bookies making money is more important than horses.

It's a shocking state of affairs.

It's another good reason to ban gambling

LakieLady · 14/03/2026 08:49

It's the same every bloody year, and at Aintree.

I wish they'd ban national hunt altogether.