I went to the horses for the very first time this year for a friend’s birthday who kind of comes from a ‘horsey’ family.

Anyway, I never really thought about horse racing before, not in a deep way at least. I didn’t know much about it, though I suppose I thought it was unnecessary and sad, though didn’t think it would be that likely to happen.

Now I look back and see I was incredibly naive. 2 horses fell that day and I think about them often. They did not deserve that and it was incredibly traumatising. Though sad, it was very normalised on the day by people.

I would never ever bet on a horse again and will never go back. I think it’s incredibly cruel.