Tyler Brady

⚫️🔴A disappointing result on the road, but this afternoon was my first game in my new role as Matchday Media Lead @WidnesRL. Having worked in and around the club for three seasons, I’m very excited to take on this additional responsibility and put my own stamp on our media coverage!

Credit where it is due. loverugbyleague.com/post/st-helens…

@Livin_Liverpool This is a regulated allocation for European games, usually player tickets etc i believe. Happens every European game at Anfield, you can just about make out the Qarabag fans here.

Who sold these Galatasaray fans the tickets!

@MyNath14 Group here outside Lime Street taking a picture with a big flag ffs 🤣

@MyNath14 Honestly can’t believe how many I’ve seen so far 😭

There’s a few fair Gala fans in town this afternoon.

@MilesThe38285 @Jsize18 In recent weeks we’ve lost 2-1 to Wolves and gave Tottenham a point on the road. And you think we’re not capable of losing to Gala?

@Tylerbrad47 @Jsize18 Relax lol.. I’ve been slot out since October but even I’m not being this much of a baby. We should beat them even if it’s a shitty 2-1 and penalties I would still back them over gala

3-1 today. Not saying who for but it's ending 3-1.

And we wonder why there was hundreds of tickets going spare, this football is ATROCIOUS, and it doesn’t even work.

This team is an absolute disgrace…

That time of year again is it?

Plenty of Championship clubs waiting in the wings who’d offer a lot more to Super League than Huddersfield, that’s the harsh truth.

Bit of a dark day for jumps racing all told, what a disgrace!

Going to be a bit of a long one here so I apologise for advance but I think context is needed…. What happened today to Envoi Allen was unmistakably sad; he was such a popular horse in the NH game and was loved across both Britain and Ireland. For him to collapse after what was always going to be his final race was absolutely tragic and was such a heartbreaking blow after the exhilaration of Gaelic Warrior’s GC win I understand that people, just like me, are deeply upset about this. But people must careful that when (rightfully) expressing their sorrow, they must not at the same time look to pin the blame on certain people without due consideration Yes, he was a 12yo, yes, he was running at Championship race in a Championship pace over a searching and stamina-sapping course and distance. These points are inarguably true But at the same time, he had won his last race in a G1 a few months ago over 3m and looked to be enjoying an Indian Summer; some people like to say that “horses are long enough retired” and the fact is Envoi Allen loved what he was doing and was still producing the goods at the top level Sure, they could have retired him but he wasn’t exactly running as if he was gone at the game. I can understand the argument that maybe there should be age limits which prevent older horses from running in these races but at the same time, Kauto Star won a KG at 11 and ran in a GC at 12, Tidal Bay won a Hennessy at 12, even L’Homme Presse finished 5th today in the GC at 11 If we put in an age limit, where do we put it? And should we putting in a limit based on one example when other examples suggest otherwise? Welfare regulation changes should not be based on a few high-profile examples but rather on a large sample size of data People must also be careful to not use hindsight bias here. You cannot blindly argue that just because Envoi Allen died, he should not have run or should have been pulled up earlier. Of course, you can argue either or but any review of whether they were right or wrong to run him should take into account that connections were not operating with the benefit of hindsight. Any argument should instead be made with the same information that was available to his connections In my view, with the knowledge that was publicly available at the time, I would’ve run Envoi Allen. People must understand that while his death was tragic, not all bad outcomes are the result of factors that were in the control of either him as a racehorse or his connections Where there is life, unfortunately there is death too. Horses are immensely powerful animals but at the same time, they are also very fragile animals. They could die jumping a fence, breaking down on the flat, working at home, from a sickness, or just out in a field doing nothing. There is always risk attached with racehorses even in seemingly harmless situations (Same way there is risk attached to almost any human activity be that driving or running a marathon); the question we must answer is whether the risk they are put under can be justified by the joy they give to both us and to themselves (Given they were effectively bred to do this job) Maybe Darragh should’ve pulled him up earlier, I don’t know but you’d imagine he’d feel as bad as anyone right now. I’m sure if he knew what would happen, he would’ve pulled him up but alas, no-one operates with perfect foresight and IMO, it is unfair to blame him given Envoi Allen finished 53l last and was likely eased up the straight This was a tragedy and the NH game is a lot worse for Envoi Allen’s absence. But just because there was a tragedy does not mean that someone was necessarily at fault. This can be a very tough game as Envoi Allen’s connections only know too well right now. Better for people to mourn the loss of one of the most loved jumps horses in recent years than to demand their pound of flesh off someone without proper consideration. RIP Envoi Allen, you were a real one

This was a much deeper race sure, but he was still coming into the race with Grade 1 form. If we’re going to rightfully bring horse welfare to the forefront then of course accountability needs to happen. But at the same time I know connections of the horse will be absolutely broken at the moment.

@Tylerbrad47 He was never going to win this race though there were way better horses so why even take that risk? We can say oh it’s easy saying it in hindsight but accountability and consequences need to happen when this shit happens. This was entirely preventable.

That’s actually ruined the festival for me that. It’s devastating. I’m not one that says horse racing should be banned but there needs to be serious conversations about letting horses like Envoi Allen run when they never should have.

I’m absolutely devastated about Envoi Allen, what a legendary horse he was, for it to all go wrong in what was meant to be his last race just breaks my heart 💔

MEETMEBYTHESEA 😮‍💨😮‍💨

What a sensational training performance, we all feared the absolute worst after Ascot, to get up and win like that is absolutely sublime. 👏👏

Kopek Des Bordes could’ve won as he liked approaching the last, poor jumping concerns come home to roost…