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Horses and courses
While I don’t ever want to see or hear about a horse dying, animal rights protestors annoy me.
I feel they don’t realise quite how incredibly well these horses are treated – they’re pampered to within an inch of their lives.
And when I worked in the owners and trainers tent, I realised how incredibly fond of their horses they are. They speak about them like treasured children.
I firmly believe that if a horse doesn’t want to race you can’t force it to.
I have been at races where both jockeys and horses have been badly injured. It sounds brutal but it doesn’t ruin the day.
The bottom line is that Ladies Day is the best party you could ever hope to attend.
You bump into loads of old friends, wake up with a stonking hangover, but it’s worth every penny.
Just be sure to avoid the portaloos!
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