[DaveinGermany]

I wouldn't say it's a matter of right or wrong, more a case of what is acceptable in a "modern society". The deaths of the Horses today where preventable & needless, had these owners truly considered the welfare of their animals as a priority & not their personal gratification & stroking of their egos, those Horses would've been happily ensconced in their stables this evening after perhaps a run out on a flat somewhere.

The National will always attract people with a certain mentality & attitude, chancers & ne'er do wells it appears whose disregard for their "asset" is amply shown by their willingness to risk the injury & as was the case today, death of a living entity.

You or I would not go & buy a brand spanking new car then hurtle it headlong into a brick wall ! Such recklessness would lead to a fairly certain outcome & as such we'd be wary of making such a mindless decision. Alas these owners not only bought the car they also challenged the wall.

And we're the intelligent life forms in this World ? I sometimes do wonder.