The end of Smithfield Horse Fair

hoodie6029

In the IT today. Organisers bemoaning the march of modernity. Horses have no place in a modern city. The sooner this outdated fair is gone and dinosaurs behind it give up, the better.

Remember going to this a couple of times in the 90’s. Awful abuse of animals, kids and adults cantering horses up and down the cobbles, blue ropes for bits. Looks like not much has changed.

https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dublin/2023/09/10/smithfield-horse-fair-protestors-the-heritage-is-gone-out-of-dublin/

anewme

Sulky racing needs to be banned also and actioned, not a blind eye turned as there is now.

Still too many horses in housing estates. Some kids love and cherish their horses, majority don’t though.

Lots of dogs always being stolen in the lead up to Ballinasloe horse fair. Selling peoples family pets for the price of a pack of fags. Ban the bloody thing.

L.Ball

after seeing what happens to horses neglected in the estates around the city, I believe parents who put their children in charge of a horses wellbeing should have their faces melted off with blowtorches

mazdamiatamx5

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058313135/the-end-of-smithfield-horse-fair

Plus horse droppings left everywhere, they don't clean up after them.

Snake Plisken

Glad to see it banned. Hate seeing the neglect and cruelty these poor animals are out through. Sulky racing needs to be dealt with next

whisky_galore

They won't ban the invented "culture" of sulky racing, it keeps the participants placated. Cue screams of discrimination and whatever will the childer do if it was outlawed.

People who think a horse is an appropriate "pet" in a housing estate would really want to cop on.

pjohnson

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121095482#Comment_121095482

They'll move onto the next key culture point. A hit and run outside Supermacs in broad daylight yesterday in Galway during a "discussion" between broods.

Deebles McBeebles

Ballinasloe next, it's nothing but a front anyway.