Is horse racing becoming the new bullfighting?
The News Agents
Global
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🗓️ 17 April 2023
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Animal Rights Protestors are being blamed for the death of a racehorse at the Grand National this weekend after they forced a delay which - trainers say - agitated the animals.
Animal Rising - the protestors - say: Don't blame us - horses are dying on racecourses; with or without the delays.
But they're delighted we're now having a conversation about animal cruelty, sport and what happens to thoroughbred horses if racing stops.
We speak to Ed Chamberlin who saw it all unfold with his own eyes - as the head of ITV's horse racing presenting team.
And to Claudia Penna-Rojas from Animal Rising. We also discuss Rishi Sunak's finances - he's under investigation by the parliamentary standards commissioner.
And we ask if we should all be better at maths - with maths lover and teacher Bobby Seagull.
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| 0:00.0 | The Newsagents podcast is brought to you by HSBC UK, opening up a world of opportunity. |
| 0:08.0 | This is a global player original podcast. |
| 0:11.9 | You're going to hear from Ed Chamberlain, who was presenting the coverage of the Grand National |
| 0:17.8 | 2023 at Aintree this weekend. |
| 0:28.5 | And it's the moment that animal rights activists entered the track and delayed the race. |
| 0:32.5 | Nine of those protesters, they were from the Animal Rising Group, were detained. |
| 0:34.7 | They tried to attach themselves to fences. And their argument is that horse racing is cruel and shouldn't happen. |
| 0:40.0 | And this is Ed just describing what's actually unfolding. |
| 0:44.2 | So this is a developing situation here at Antry. |
| 0:47.2 | Not a total surprise, it must be said. |
| 0:49.3 | The horses, I guess, are being held in the paddock. |
| 0:52.4 | With these scenes going on outside the race course, |
| 0:55.5 | with these protesters trying to break onto the race course over the barriers to disrupt the most |
| 1:01.7 | popular horse race in the world. Well, that was Ed then, and we have spoken to Ed today, |
| 1:08.5 | having had time to reflect on those scenes at Aintry on Saturday, and he's |
| 1:14.2 | feeling towards the protesters. |
| 1:16.8 | Day, I won't forget in a hurry. |
| 1:18.2 | What would I say to them? |
| 1:19.2 | I had no problem whatsoever, John, with the protest in the morning at all. |
| 1:23.2 | I understand it. |
| 1:24.0 | I'm happy to listen. |
| 1:25.3 | They're more than entitled to their point of view. |
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