Tony McCoy sides with Grand National regarding deaths of two horses on Saturday – Horseracing news
Tony McCoy voiced his opinion as he recently took the side of the Grand National in wake of the criticism that it has been receiving.
Grand National has had a lot of fingers pointed in its direction after the tragic deaths of two horses took place on the Saturday gone by.
The criticism that the Grand National has been getting is majorly focused on the allegation that it tasks the racehorses heavily. Critics voiced their opinion by saying that the horses that run the race have to undergo vigorous training to be qualified to
take part and once they do, the standards of competition are too high to be effectively met by the racehorses.
However, McCoy has publically disagreed with this opinion by telling BBC Sport what he thinks upon the matter in the following words, “In every walk of life, you have things that don't turn out the way people would like them to. I personally don't think
the sport could be in any better shape for horses or jockeys… You are always going to have falls. It's probably been highlighted a little bit more because a meeting like Aintree has more people watching.”
The horses that have fallen victim to the allegedly high taxing Aintree racecourse were named Ornais and Dooneys Gate. Both the horses fell after consecutive fences. The first one to fall and die was Ornais, who could not overcome the fifth fence. As the
shocked crowd watched the horse near its death, Dooneys Gate fell moments afterwards at the sixth hurdle, sending a wave of horror through the spectators.
McCoy dismissed the fact that the deaths of the horse occurred one after the other as pointing to the fact that the track is not suited for live horse racing. According to McCoy, the incident has been exaggerated because the deaths of the two horses took
place consecutively, otherwise, it is not uncommon in horse racing to witness horses fall while or after they have run races.
The race that had taken place on Saturday was one of the fastest. The officials of Aintree have expressed their deepest condolences.
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