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Wicklow Brave......RIP

  • 20-10-2019 2:03am
    #1
    RivetingRoger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,625 ✭✭✭


    Gutted. Angry. Devastated 😢


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  • #2
    madmoose
    Registered Users Posts: 1,022 ✭✭✭madmoose


    RivetingRoger wrote: »
    Gutted. Angry. Devastated 😢

    Prob lost cash on him you tool.

    Was my greatest cheltenham when he won the County and Vautour won the JLT.


  • #3
    tuxy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,983 ✭✭✭✭tuxy


    Mental stuff. Cyclists break their collar bone all the time and recover just fine. Actually I've yet to hear of a human athlete being put down.
    I guess that's a contributing factor to why we are the dominant species. You would think selective breading would work in the horses favour but it would seem non selective breeding as in humans has the advantage.


  • #4
    RivetingRoger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,625 ✭✭✭RivetingRoger


    madmoose wrote: »
    Prob lost cash on him you tool.

    Was my greatest cheltenham when he won the County and Vautour won the JLT.

    Excuse me ???
    What ?


  • #5
    tuxy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,983 ✭✭✭✭tuxy


    RivetingRoger wrote: »
    Excuse me ???
    What ?

    madmoose is more upset about the future prospects of his wallet size than the animal.


  • #6
    RivetingRoger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,625 ✭✭✭RivetingRoger


    madmoose wrote: »
    Prob lost cash on him you tool.

    Was my greatest cheltenham when he won the County and Vautour won the JLT.

    Truly a prick


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  • #7
    Gavin "shels"
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,965 ✭✭✭✭Gavin "shels"


    Fall didn't look great but didn't look as serious as this :( watched it last night then news fed through (must have been after hour after the race finished).


  • #8
    Itziger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,017 ✭✭✭Itziger


    tuxy wrote: »
    Mental stuff. Cyclists break their collar bone all the time and recover just fine. Actually I've yet to hear of a human athlete being put down.
    I guess that's a contributing factor to why we are the dominant species. You would think selective breading would work in the horses favour but it would seem non selective breeding as in humans has the advantage.

    Have you ever counted the number of legs involved?


  • #9
    Scott Tenorman
    Registered Users Posts: 508 ✭✭✭Scott Tenorman


    madmoose wrote: »
    Prob lost cash on him you tool.

    Was my greatest cheltenham when he won the County and Vautour won the JLT.

    In fairness Roger is always devastated when horses die.

    Actually that's not true, he's devastated when SOME horses die. The rest he couldn't give a sh*te about.


  • #10
    tuxy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,983 ✭✭✭✭tuxy


    Itziger wrote: »
    Have you ever counted the number of legs involved?

    Yeah, a human only has two so is even more screwed when they break one of them.


  • #11
    tuxy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,983 ✭✭✭✭tuxy


    Scott Tenorman wrote: »
    In fairness Roger is always devastated when horses die.

    Actually that's not true, he's devastated when SOME horses die. The rest he couldn't give a sh*te about.

    He's probably more old school.
    There has actually been a large increase of people who follow racing out of love for the sport and never put a bet down.
    People who are interested in the gambling side of it are a dying breed.


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  • #12
    2ndcoming
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,573 ✭✭✭2ndcoming


    tuxy wrote: »
    He's probably more old school.
    There has actually been a large increase of people who follow racing out of love for the sport and never put a bet down.
    People who are interested in the gambling side of it are a dying breed.

    Not sure about that. Racing & punting are joined at the hip. Imagine if the ten minutes before any other sporting event were spent discussing the betting odds...

    Anyway RIP Wicklow Brave, a fabulous animal who achieved so much over the past 5 or 6 years. Only 10, seemed like he'd been around forever.


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