New Posts For Thread: this whole thing could end up with a....JOCKEYS STRIKEhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28500645/this-whole-thing-could-end-up-with-ajockeys-strikeand trainers.......what a firking balls upJust wonder how they seem to deal with this in other countries, being public perception and all that.Mind you public perception says the national is safer for racehorses, only trouble is if you google equine fatalities you find there's probably morehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28500645/this-whole-thing-could-end-up-with-ajockeys-strike?post_id=509833545#509833545Just wonder how they seem to deal with this in other countries, being public perception and all that.Mind you public perception says the national is safer for racehorses, only trouble is if you google equine fatalities you find there's probably moreMon, 10 Oct 2011 17:21:38 -0500Feck,whatever credibility you had.YOU JUST LOST IT!!!! napBtw I hope you are either pissed or fishing,if neither then you are on your way to join charnier and fraudboy at the trick cyclists clinic.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28500645/this-whole-thing-could-end-up-with-ajockeys-strike?post_id=509830145#509830145Feck,whatever credibility you had.YOU JUST LOST IT!!!! napBtw I hope you are either pissed or fishing,if neither then you are on your way to join charnier and fraudboy at the trick cyclists clinic.Mon, 10 Oct 2011 15:43:20 -0500Trust me scotboyass. The whip is the no 1 cause of horses straying from a straight line. It's like Toyotah drivers complaining because all Toyotahs are being recalled for having defective steering because they won't be able to steer properly once thehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28500645/this-whole-thing-could-end-up-with-ajockeys-strike?post_id=509829171#509829171Trust me scotboyass. The whip is the no 1 cause of horses straying from a straight line. It's like Toyotah drivers complaining because all Toyotahs are being recalled for having defective steering because they won't be able to steer properly once theMon, 10 Oct 2011 15:21:28 -0500Feck are you deliberately avoiding the issue of safety or have you never tried to get a galloping horse to change direction?Trust me,hands,heels and reigns are not enough at 30 mph mostly.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28500645/this-whole-thing-could-end-up-with-ajockeys-strike?post_id=509828631#509828631Feck are you deliberately avoiding the issue of safety or have you never tried to get a galloping horse to change direction?Trust me,hands,heels and reigns are not enough at 30 mph mostly.Mon, 10 Oct 2011 15:06:39 -0500Its not so much how many times they can/can't hit the horse thats bothering the jocks its the severity of the punishment.They wanted it like the previous rules where the punishment didn't fit the crime, basically it allowed them the luxury of breakinhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28500645/this-whole-thing-could-end-up-with-ajockeys-strike?post_id=509828529#509828529Its not so much how many times they can/can't hit the horse thats bothering the jocks its the severity of the punishment.They wanted it like the previous rules where the punishment didn't fit the crime, basically it allowed them the luxury of breakinMon, 10 Oct 2011 15:03:59 -0500i watched it back, i counted it and for me he's spot on with his drive and he's right about hitting it once before the 1f pole, but he def hits for correction in the middle of his drive up the neck and for me that is harsh to get a ban because that whttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28500645/this-whole-thing-could-end-up-with-ajockeys-strike?post_id=509828209#509828209i watched it back, i counted it and for me he's spot on with his drive and he's right about hitting it once before the 1f pole, but he def hits for correction in the middle of his drive up the neck and for me that is harsh to get a ban because that wMon, 10 Oct 2011 14:56:32 -0500elise 10 Oct 11 20:35 onlooker, you can hit for correction, but if your hand is off the rein then it counts as a strike as per any backhand strike in a finish corrective or nota tap down the neck with hands on the reins wouldn't have counted inhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28500645/this-whole-thing-could-end-up-with-ajockeys-strike?post_id=509827997#509827997elise 10 Oct 11 20:35 onlooker, you can hit for correction, but if your hand is off the rein then it counts as a strike as per any backhand strike in a finish corrective or nota tap down the neck with hands on the reins wouldn't have counted inMon, 10 Oct 2011 14:50:59 -0500An essential aid to what scotboyass? You do realise there would still be a result without one?https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28500645/this-whole-thing-could-end-up-with-ajockeys-strike?post_id=509827955#509827955An essential aid to what scotboyass? You do realise there would still be a result without one?Mon, 10 Oct 2011 14:49:51 -0500Ginger never advocated thrashing horses,I used the analogy purely as a measure of trusting someone with many years experience as opposed to an anti.The modern whip was instigated by Peter Scudamore who was a brutal user of the old stick,now he is conhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28500645/this-whole-thing-could-end-up-with-ajockeys-strike?post_id=509827681#509827681Ginger never advocated thrashing horses,I used the analogy purely as a measure of trusting someone with many years experience as opposed to an anti.The modern whip was instigated by Peter Scudamore who was a brutal user of the old stick,now he is conMon, 10 Oct 2011 14:43:49 -0500perhaps andy thornton can be used as a role modelhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28500645/this-whole-thing-could-end-up-with-ajockeys-strike?post_id=509827425#509827425perhaps andy thornton can be used as a role modelMon, 10 Oct 2011 14:37:17 -0500