New Posts For Thread: That's why whips are needed!https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28491661/thats-why-whips-are-neededThe hands and heels last race at York was a dreadful spectacle and unfortunately I forgot to check it was one. So I was on Bowser's Brave and I was saying to myself 'Well go on, use the whip' as it hi the front and idled . Because he couldn't use thebilboYou think that the lack of a whip impacted only the horse you backed then?! Same result with whips as without imo.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28491661/thats-why-whips-are-needed?post_id=509694879#509694879bilboYou think that the lack of a whip impacted only the horse you backed then?! Same result with whips as without imo.Fri, 07 Oct 2011 12:30:32 -0500"They are more often than not also used to keep the horse going at full speed rather than to actually get it going at full speed in the first place."------------------------------Good analysis, and point made, ima_Not many horses have 'gears'.I suppohttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28491661/thats-why-whips-are-needed?post_id=509693171#509693171"They are more often than not also used to keep the horse going at full speed rather than to actually get it going at full speed in the first place."------------------------------Good analysis, and point made, ima_Not many horses have 'gears'.I suppoFri, 07 Oct 2011 11:43:23 -0500I'm not making any judgements on the rights or wrongs of the whip but these races are to teach kids that it's not always the first resort when you want to get your horse to quicken. Let's just say they are in an actual race and drop their whip, are thttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28491661/thats-why-whips-are-needed?post_id=509692957#509692957I'm not making any judgements on the rights or wrongs of the whip but these races are to teach kids that it's not always the first resort when you want to get your horse to quicken. Let's just say they are in an actual race and drop their whip, are tFri, 07 Oct 2011 11:37:35 -0500http://www.marcustregoningracing.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=69&Itemid=85Katia Scallan - ApprenticeKat is a 7lb claimer who rode her first winner on SLIP at Salisbury in June 2008. She has had 3 winners from 36 rides.Kat is a 7 lbhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28491661/thats-why-whips-are-needed?post_id=509692831#509692831http://www.marcustregoningracing.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=69&Itemid=85Katia Scallan - ApprenticeKat is a 7lb claimer who rode her first winner on SLIP at Salisbury in June 2008. She has had 3 winners from 36 rides.Kat is a 7 lbFri, 07 Oct 2011 11:34:06 -0500forgot to check it was hands and heels forgot to check it was a sheila as opposed to 'he'you didnt deserve to drawhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28491661/thats-why-whips-are-needed?post_id=509692777#509692777forgot to check it was hands and heels forgot to check it was a sheila as opposed to 'he'you didnt deserve to drawFri, 07 Oct 2011 11:32:10 -0500The day the whip is banned from horse racing is the day I say goodbye to the game...https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28491661/thats-why-whips-are-needed?post_id=509692711#509692711The day the whip is banned from horse racing is the day I say goodbye to the game...Fri, 07 Oct 2011 11:30:10 -0500The hands and heels last race at York was a dreadful spectacle and unfortunately I forgot to check it was one. So I was on Bowser's Brave and I was saying to myself 'Well go on, use the whip' as it hi the front and idled . Because he couldn't use thehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28491661/thats-why-whips-are-needed?post_id=509692651#509692651The hands and heels last race at York was a dreadful spectacle and unfortunately I forgot to check it was one. So I was on Bowser's Brave and I was saying to myself 'Well go on, use the whip' as it hi the front and idled . Because he couldn't use theFri, 07 Oct 2011 11:28:23 -0500