I think it's a bit of both. There were 4 deaths yesterday, there usually are about that many at the meeting before the National itself. I think you hear about it more because of the fact that it's Aintree, but surely there must be more with huge novice fields at smaller tracks? Don't know if there are any vets on here, but I don't think that a broken leg necessarily means the end of the line for a horse any more, depends on the type of break etc. I remember pics of Mill Reef in a cast, and Dubai Millenium would have been dead a long time before he was, if he had been any other horse. Oh, now I'm depressed. I'm going back to bed!