1°C, more sleet.
A horse called "War of Attrition" won the Cheltenham Gold cup today. A co-incidence because of what happend yesterday it seems. Six horses died in racing yesterday- three in one race. I first heard of this on breakfast TV. It’s strange how pathos and tragedy seem to hit more at that hour of the day than if we hear the news later on.
What an unbearable thought- it seem like a violation of innocence. Horses put absolute trust in their owners/trainers, they live together for years and race for the excitement. A trust builds up as in any relationship Now they are dead. One death was shown on breakfast TV news. The horse fell over a fence and tumbled and tumbled over, body limp & separate from rider. Ragdoll.
"Animal rights group Animal Aid called for the public to boycott the meeting and suggested that Prince Charles and his wife Camilla should stay away on Friday "out of respect for the horses that have died".
I can’t imagine much is going to be done about it though. A sad day indeed.
Micycle 