Is the Grand National still considered to be a cruel and tortuous race or have they reduced the risks?

Question

Is the Grand National still considered to be a cruel and tortuous race or have they reduced the risks?

Answer 1

The Grand National Steeplechase has always enjoyed an element of notoriety.

It is a tough race, with casualties being the result of poor riding by jockeys.  It is the most famous horse race in the world, and I think that those who grumble are only jealous that Liverpool is the focal point of the nation for the day.

I blame the namby pamby woolly minded south of Watford Gap brigade for the adverse publicity - these are the same bunch who wanted fox-hunting banned.  Political correctness and the people who uphold it are the only species worthy of annihilation.

Answer 2

My answer is: Both

The risks HAVE been reduced but frankly I feel they are still too great.

The horses are treated cruelly and the risk of injury is way too high

Answer 3

reduced the risks

Answer 4

the fences are 100 times easier on the hose than they used to be