Sir, – Gordon Elliott sits on a dead horse and the world goes mad. His critics are outraged at his lack of respect for the dead animal ("Trainer apologises over image of him posing on top of dead horse", Sport, February 28th).
How much respect do his critics show for a dead animal when they chew their roast beef for Sunday lunch? The world is mad, and grossly unfair to Gordon Elliott. – Yours, etc,
PETER BOYLE,
Stillorgan,
Co Dublin,
Sir, – Is it the horses the horse-racing industry loves or the money they generate? – Yours, etc,
EVE PARNELL,
Dublin 8.
Sir, – With respect to the dead horse treated with disrespect by its trainer, may I respectfully surmise that it was subsequently respectfully removed to a rendering yard and thence to a brief but respectful memorial service at a respected pet food factory? – Yours, etc,
BERNARD McCARTAN,
Dublin 6.