Most likely than not but the sport itself is horrible.

The horses may enjoy it but I’m sure they don’t when they do not clear the ridiculously high jump and break their neck or leg and have to lie there on the track and if they are in front, get trampled by other horses.

The amount of fatigue the horses suffer because of the long distance is digusting too. I’m sure no good trainer would consider it cruel because essentially it’s not, but everyone treats horses different.

@howzathumdinger this humble pie does nt taste so good. Point taken.

But do u think nicholls o neil gifford etc all genuine horse loverswould put their horses thru cruelty

(cont. On) then the herdles would be banned because of the risk element to it! There is no way that the sport would be continued on with the amount of injuries, fatigue and fatalities that steeple chasing has.

But they are animals, not high in the pecking order so they do not deserve the conservation we get.

So grimlygrim, get a clue, I’m actually not a dimwit. Maybe you need to rethink your intelligence before making an accusation about mine.

I find you incredibly funny grimlygrim! I’m actually a big supporter of flat racing. I exercise racehorses occasionally for a racing stable so I think I’d know a little bit about the fight or flight instincts.

A horse keeps running because it’s a herd animal, it’s instincts tell it to follow the herd. Racehorses are elite athletes and are bred and trained to be equipped for this but it doesn’t make the sport less dangerous.

If the same amount of human athletes fell in the herdles at the olympics

@sohmagirl09 what on earth you on about the most ridiculous thing iv e ever heard

@spazzacake just you

@thefirby1 oooh original.

Theres a horror story in there somewhere

@howzathumdinger its in their blood you ignorant fool be cruel not to race them . Why do you think rider less horses carry on?making a regular horse ride a race maybe but these are RACE HORSES the clue s in the name dimwit

@michaelhobson21 are you forgetting two other wins plus two seconds

it should be horse against horse Crisp was a better horse giving weight.

Its like steve davis givnig ronnie start at snooker steves the better player but he would problably lose giving start end of

red rum was a out n out aintree horse,cart horse at any other track,never see another red rum. Must say dick pitman was didnt look the fittest jockey last 200-300 yards lol

red rum is was an amazing what a horse crisp was carrying top weight not many could do what crisp did that day

Crisp . . . I think he may probalby be the unluckiest loser ever in Grand National history.

And it’s a pity that there will be less chance to produce another great Australian steeplechaser like him since nearly all jump races in Australia have been banned due to the reasons of safety.

best national horse ever

What really sucks is when a horse is unlucky because their jockey was an arse. Wish he had the balls to admit that in his narrative of this clip.

that is amazing, what a great horse

Superstar

@thefirby1 wow, did you figure that out on yourself?

GO ON RED!!

dont think so svendbosanvovski rummy won on top weight at the grand national as well . Crisp was a good jumper but look at rummys grand nationals won three out of five and never fell in the national PS its a shame you wont be able to watch horeses over the jumps in your country. Tell you what if they banned it here horse racing would go under

I was a boy when Crisp emerged on the Australian racing scene. He was unbeatable over the jumps, and won everything he could be entered into. Weight threatened to kill him and so he took on the world. He went to the US and won their richest jumps race before going to the UK.

If this were at set weights, Crisp would have won by many lengths. Clearly, he was greater than the mighty Red Rum, and probably the best jumper ever. Sadly, jumps racing will be ended forever in Australia next year.

Britishrailer yeah sit at your comp by yourself you know nothing loser

Like I would lose sleep over your comments.

jnmkl09 It was the following year, 1974, that Red Rum became a horse apart, a National hero. This time it was Red Rum’s turn to carry 12st, making him 241b worse off with dual Gold Cup winner L’Escargot, third the previous year. Red Rum was not a big horse, but he and Brian Fletcher won by an easy seven lengths, the first horse since Reynoldstown in 1936 to have won the great race twice. Enough said

Sometimes winning isn’t the be all and end all. If there had been no Red Rum and Crisp had won by a distance from L’Escargot, we wouldn’t remember it so well. Crisp has gone down as a great because he ran with such a weight pull, it was a fantastic race and Red Rum went on to do such great things at Aintree. It’s the best race I’ve ever seen and ever expect to see.