What’s everyone’s thoughts on it?
Horse Racing
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Goodison87
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First and each way …
Gone to the dogs 
No just wanted an amicable discussion about it’s merits as a sport and industry friend.
I don’t mind it myself but have seen others questioning whether it’s humane or ethical as it feeds gambling.
A great day out and a fun way to lose a shed load of money 
Rita_Poon
Player Valuation: £100m
Fears tax hike could cripple horse racing in Suffolk and Norfolk
Jockeys, trainers and owners are protesting in London against a proposed new 21% betting tax rate.
www.bbc.co.uk
I'm not sure multimillionaire horse owners are going to be suffering from a 5% change on online gambling alteration. @Eggs
Something on the news earlier, there is horse racing in the UK every day of the year except for 3 days.
It has the most spectators of any sport* after football.
I can understand the animal rights militia re use of the whip and the number of horses needing euthanising due to terrible injury.
Also...
Rise in illegal meat trade in Kent a danger to UK, report finds
A Parliamentary select committee has urged for change to avoid an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease.
www.bbc.co.uk
Did anyone ever do the pepsi challenge with those findus lasagnas, beef vs horse? It's not as though they were passing off squirrel as rabbit is it.
Fears tax hike could cripple horse racing in Suffolk and Norfolk
Jockeys, trainers and owners are protesting in London against a proposed new 21% betting tax rate.
I'm not sure multimillionaire horse owners are going to be suffering from a 5% change on online gambling alteration. @Eggs
Something on the news earlier, there is horse racing in the UK every day of the year except for 3 days.
It has the most spectators of any sport* after football.
I can understand the animal rights militia re use of the whip and the number of horses needing euthanising due to terrible injury.
Also...
Rise in illegal meat trade in Kent a danger to UK, report finds
A Parliamentary select committee has urged for change to avoid an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease.
Did anyone ever do the pepsi challenge with those findus lasagnas, beef vs horse? It's not as though they were passing off squirrel as rabbit is it.
….i find discussion with posters who don’t like the sport a bit pointless, nobody will change their opinion whether you’re for it or against.
Rita_Poon
Player Valuation: £100m
He could have led with their being more medicine in competitive horses now than the entire pharmacy at the nearest hospital.
The tax change only covers online, so they'll still make millions at the turnstiles and bars and race ground bookies all the same. Seems a bit manufactured this outrage.
Those that can make a living out of owning and training horses and auctioning them off probably aren't shy of a few quid. I don't believe for one second the (stable)staff see a penny of the online revenue generated.
ITV could do with a dedicated channel for their racing coverage, they bounce it between 1 and 4 and it can annoy.
Nigel Twiston-Davis was a regular in my Pub.
He'd always said 'Never bet on Irish racing' because it crooked as snakes.
He'd always said 'Never bet on Irish racing' because it crooked as snakes.
jaycee
Player Valuation: £60m
Personally never had any interest in it, I can see why people enjoy it but the gambling side isn't for me, if banning it because of gambling, then people will still bet on other things, ban it because it's cruel? I don't know if it is, maybe the horses enjoy it, without the racing there isn't much call for horses as pets or for industry
LAD????????
jaycee
Player Valuation: £60m
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