i know-it really gets me that does

thing is, i wont bet on greyhounds cos ive got 2 retired ones, and i dont believe in racing them

yet-i bet on the horses

guess i wont be anymore-its heartbreaking to see them down like that

It is heartbreaking, Pirate.

It's good that you are giving your greyhounds a happy retirement.

daft thing is, i wouldnt have took much notice if it was the jockeys that got squished

hi does anyone know if, when you put your bet on and the horse is 33/1 but at the end of the race the horse was 14/1 you get the price for when you put the bet on if that makes sense to you.

 

My daughter put my bet on for me about 12.30 and she said it was 33/1 then but when it won it was 14/1 so do i get the 33/1 or the 14/1 price  

I cant get my winning till tomorrow. I ve never won before 'swhy i'm 'cited

You get it at the odds at the time of your bet duchess 

Son says you should get the 33/1 odds, unless you opted for floating odds.

woo thanks guys cant wait till tomorrow now

If you took it online at 33/1 you'll get it.

 

If it was a bookie's and you didn't request the odds at the time - looks like 14/1 

 

Still a winner though  

Alas! If you backed a horse and didn't "take" the price, you get SP.

http://www.horsedeathwatch.com/

 

I'm never betting again..

 

Three deaths at the Aintree meeting.

 

just thought i'd let you know i got £39woo

That's just the tip of the iceberg Katty on the cruelty that goes on in this so called 'sport' and the only way to stop it is to not bet so good on you if you don't.

They are discussing the national on the "The Wright stuff".The jockey of the winner has been censured because of "overuse" of the whip.In the final run in after the last fence he whipped that exhausted horse 16 times. The winner had to go straight to the stables because it was dehydrated and it needed to be given oxygen,three other horses in the top five couldn't go the winners enclosure either due to exhaustion.I'll not bet on racing again,even if it was a once a year thing.I didn't bet this year,glad I didn't.

I watched it too and found it very disturbing. The winning horse being whipped 16 times between the last jump and the winning post was disgraceful. It will be very hard to have this race stopped but as was said on This Morning and the Wright Stuff too, i think, that the amount of horses being entered for the race could be reduced from 40 to possibly 25 making it safer. Its a race i just cant watch. It was said also that horses are not natural jumpers which makes the height of the jumps under question.

I think that you would find most racing fans would like to see the end of this race too ! The only reason it exists is to satisfy some sorta ritual for the ordinary Joe. Otherwise, they are average horses, racing over an unsafe course for a ridiculously inflated prize. I saw the two dress rehearsals on Thursday and Friday and they weren't pleasant viewing. No-one expects weather like this in early April but it was rather unseasonal for this type of race. As someone who was brought up surrounded by horses I can vouch for their care. Any sniff of cruelty and people are warned off. Fat ex scouser footballers for example. Most cruelty takes place where people decide to have horses on a whim, and realise they can't look after them, just like city dwellers with large dogs and children.

Maybe Joe,my late grandad who died over 30 years ago was a punter all his life and the National was the one race he said he'd never bet on. Mind you he was a flat race fan.