Larry Cassidy (jockey) has been hailed a hero after a sickening incident during the Ipswich Cup meeting at Bundamba on Saturday ( 16.6.12 )
6 year old Viva Las lost his life dueing the Ipswich cup, he was pushed beyound his limits and had a heart attack in the last 100m, crashing through the railing and died in agony. The Jockey is been praised as a hero ( and in some articals as a natioanal australian hero ) becouse he stopped the horse from jumping the security fencing and harming spectators - even though he caused Viva's death -
If you actually read the article to full details, which I am assuming you did not you would soon discover that he is being called a hero because he stopped the horse from jumping the security fencing and harming spectators. Also, it is obvious that he did not intentionally mean to harm the horse, trying to calm and patting it would not be the actions of to be actions of someone who is trying to harm an animal.
If you actually read the article to full details, which I am assuming you did not you would soon discover that he is being called a hero because he stopped the horse from jumping the security fencing and harming spectators. Also, it is obvious that he did not intentionally mean to harm the horse, trying to calm and patting it would not be the actions of to be actions of someone who is trying to harm an animal.
I wouldn't exactly call that heroic either though. Just sensible. There's nothing remotely heroic in someone being a jockey. I think that's the key point.
If you actually read the article to full details, which I am assuming you did not you would soon discover that he is being called a hero because he stopped the horse from jumping the security fencing and harming spectators. Also, it is obvious that he did not intentionally mean to harm the horse, trying to calm and patting it would not be the actions of to be actions of someone who is trying to harm an animal.
I did state that as to why he was labeled as a "hero" Glenn1. Please re-read what i wrote.
The horse died becouse it was over worked, he could of easliy pulled up the horse. When you ride a horse you can feel when the horse is exhursted and you can read its body language. He would of known the horse was been pushed to hard, but he chose to continue to push the poor horse literally to its last breath.
Sorry, I misread your post . I can see both sides of the argument and definitely agree he should have felt that the horse was exhausted however I still do not think he intended for the outcome to occur.
He would of easily felt the horse struggling, breathing heavyer and lagging behind the rest - yet he made the desision to continue to run her when a resbonsible person would of stopped the horse - He is the one who killed that poor horse. There is no excuse for his actions.
It is also extremely demening to those who are actually hero's who have risked there lives to save others
Run the horse until it's so exhausted that it has a heart attack, stop it from crashing into a fence, then comfort it while it's dying, even though you're the reason behind its death, and be hailed a hero? He's certainly ironic, but not a hero...
this is discusting it makes me so angry! this poor horse must have died such a horrible death! there is no excuse for this! as you said oinkmoo, the jockey would have ridden this horse many times before this race and would have felt that there was something wrong, but he obviously continued to push this poor horse to the point where his body could not handle it!! horrible !! I HATE HORSE RACING with every part of me!!! rest in peace Viva Las
No Jockey's are hero's when it comes to animals. I have hope that the human race will evolve past using animals as tools for entertainment. To realize that their lives are only more important than others in the way that humans can really have an impact- they have the ability to save hundreds and thousands.
Until then, I'll just have to deal with the fact that people like us are the minority.
Sorry, I misread your post . I can see both sides of the argument and definitely agree he should have felt that the horse was exhausted however I still do not think he intended for the outcome to occur.
That outcome is always a remote possibility with racing. That's why they shouldn't race. It's just cruel.
. I can see both sides of the argument and definitely agree he should have felt that the horse was exhausted however I still do not think he intended for the outcome to occur. 
it makes me so angry! this poor horse must have died such a horrible death! there is no excuse for this! as you said oinkmoo, the jockey would have ridden this horse many times before this race and would have felt that there was something wrong, but he obviously continued to push this poor horse to the point where his body could not handle it!! horrible !! I HATE HORSE RACING with every part of me!!! 
rest in peace Viva Las 
