[quote=“mickee321, post: 893544, member: 367”]good question but people also support indvidual horse owners, bizarre, yes but it happens.
at Cheltenham you will see individuals dressed up wearing replica strips of the colours the jockey is wearing to signify their support for that particular owner, for example in 2010 people went dressed up in green and yellow as they were supporters of the horses belonging to some horrible old English cunt called Clive Smith, scarves, hats the whole shebang.
Im not sure if it is weirder to support a horse, trainer or horse owner, if Monsignor* was still alive he might be able to shed some light on what it means for a horse to have human fans and how the raucous Leopardstown crowd have unsettled many an English challenger before the off
*olympic torch carrier and patron of veteran racehorces society[/quote]
Several interesting points raised, @mickee321.
I know someone who used to visit the horse Danoli and bring him presents.