Hazardous
THE Grand National course still presents the kind of hazardous challenge for horses.
Despite Aintree’s safety improvements, six horses were killed during the 2016 three-day Aintree meeting.
The Grand National race itself features a field of 40 horses, who confront 30 jumps, many of which are extraordinarily demanding and treacherous, over a gruelling distance of nearly four-and-a-half miles.
Fewer than half complete the course.
There is an alternative: Sanctuary Not Cruelty.
Rather than having a ‘flutter’ on the notorious Aintree race, you can donate the money to a specialist horse sanctuary and make a real difference to horse welfare.
Visit Animal Aid’s animalaid.org.
uk.
Robert De Silva Cheshire
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