Grand National - predict the winner
Moozimoo
03-04-2004, 15:33
grand national is on in 15 mins - why not put some virtual money on it? here are the odds
http://bestbetting.com/partner/Default.aspx?partner=GrandNational&betting=UK%2bAntepost%2bMartell%2bGrand%2bNational&eventtype=0&page=promotion
i'll start the betting:
100,000 USD on Amberleigh House(17) 16/1
come on!
Moozimoo
03-04-2004, 15:36
less than 10 mins to go
Jeruselem
03-04-2004, 15:39
50,000 on David's Lad (8) 12/1
and this should be moved to NationStates forum.
Moozimoo
03-04-2004, 15:41
we shall see…
Cuneo Island
03-04-2004, 15:43
I don't know.
Moozimoo
03-04-2004, 15:45
oh go on………
Moozimoo
03-04-2004, 15:53
1 minute…
Moozimoo
03-04-2004, 15:55
hh
Moozimoo
03-04-2004, 15:57
missed your chance. betting closed
Moozimoo
03-04-2004, 16:07
8) oh yeah… you may kneel…
Jeruselem
03-04-2004, 16:26
8) oh yeah… you may kneel…
Going to collect your virtual winnings? :)
Moozimoo
03-04-2004, 17:24
from myself :cry:
imported_Joe Stalin
03-04-2004, 18:17
As the race is such a cruel and dangerous one for the horses, I have no intention of guessing the winner!
"Statement: Issued 05.04.03
CALL FOR GRAND NATIONAL BAN AFTER ANOTHER TRAGIC DEATH
National campaign group Animal Aid has called for the annual Grand National horse race to be banned following the horrifying death of Goguenard in Saturday's gruelling race that also saw favourite Iris Bleu carried off in a horse ambulance and Youlneverwalkalone injured.
Just 14 of the 40 starters finished. Goguenard fell several feet from a fence onto his back and a jockey then fell onto the horse's stomach. Goguenard was trained by Sue Smith, wife of former showjumper, Harvey. She also trained The Last Fling, who broke his neck in last year's Grand National.
Twenty-nine horses have now died since 1997 during the three-day Grand National meet - eight of them in the Grand National itself. Two perished in last year's race. Coolnagorna was the other 2003 victim. The six-year-old was destroyed following Thursday's St Austell Brewery Mersey Novice Hurdle Race, after falling and breaking a hind leg.
The deaths are more evidence of the suffering that is an intrinsic part of the Aintree event. Animal Aid believes that such carnage cannot be justified in the name of 'sport' and is therefore calling for a ban on the Grand National.
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Notes to Editors
New NOP poll shows strong public opposition to Grand National. Despite enjoying massive favourable publicity and a virtual news blackout on horse fatalities, 41% of the public believe the Grand National is cruel to horses. A further 9% of respondents to an Animal Aid-commissioned NOP opinion poll - published Thursday April 3 - were in the 'don't know' camp. Among women, there was a clear majority who regarded the Aintree event as cruel. Since 1997, 28 horses have died during the three-day Grand National meet. Four died last year, two during the National itself. Only 11 out of 40 starters managed to finish the deliberately punishing 30-jump, four-and-a-half mile race. The BBC, in its TV and radio coverage, effectively avoided mention of the Saturday fatalities and granted barely a sentence to the earlier deaths".
Moozimoo
03-04-2004, 18:33
Yes it is quite cruel, but no one, horse or man, died this year.
Do you also agree hunting with dogs should be banned?
imported_Joe Stalin
03-04-2004, 18:40
Yes it is quite cruel, but no one, horse or man, died this year.
Do you also agree hunting with dogs should be banned?
Any form of "sport" which involves cruelty to animals should be banned. We are supposed to be civilised sentient beings.
Moozimoo
03-04-2004, 19:44
me too. its so pointless! :x