I don't want anything banned either. I suppose the system does prey on people's addictions, but so does the government when it taxes beer and fags. Most of the people who bet on the National are probably more like me, once-a-year flutterers, not addicts. Point taken about fence height and the pace of the race. I could be wrong but I don't recall all these fatalities in years gone by. I think there are far too many runners on the race, I think the drop-fences should be done away with and I think that jumps with turns immediately after, causing crowding on the inside, are bad news as well. Something drastic must be done about the way the race is started. It's all far too tense, and rogue horses and false starts are surely just going to give all the riders and horses the jitters, which can't be good for safety.