New Posts For Thread: Whip rules should be amended as followshttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28509259/whip-rules-should-be-amended-as-followsFlat racing Max hits with whip 9..... 7 inside last furlongJump racing Max hits with whip 11.....8 inside last furlongBJG 13 Oct 11 21:40 Bring in the American rules imoJust googled 'American whip rules' and this was first result.http://www.paulickreport.com/news/the-biz/shanklin-u-s-should-emulate-britain-s-whip-rules/https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28509259/whip-rules-should-be-amended-as-follows?post_id=509960315#509960315BJG 13 Oct 11 21:40 Bring in the American rules imoJust googled 'American whip rules' and this was first result.http://www.paulickreport.com/news/the-biz/shanklin-u-s-should-emulate-britain-s-whip-rules/Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:38:43 -0500Good point, Gerry G.There has to be a limit on how much urging a horse receives. When it's got no more to give there's no point in continuing. The whip is an incentive to some (not all) horses to keep trying.Excessive use of the whip could push a horhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28509259/whip-rules-should-be-amended-as-follows?post_id=509959957#509959957Good point, Gerry G.There has to be a limit on how much urging a horse receives. When it's got no more to give there's no point in continuing. The whip is an incentive to some (not all) horses to keep trying.Excessive use of the whip could push a horThu, 13 Oct 2011 16:31:03 -0500I certainly do not want to see any horse abused in any way shape or form and any jockey giving a horse whip abuse should have the book thrown at him. However,the change in the whip rules are wrong and will do the sport no good at all.Nobody could sayhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28509259/whip-rules-should-be-amended-as-follows?post_id=509959631#509959631I certainly do not want to see any horse abused in any way shape or form and any jockey giving a horse whip abuse should have the book thrown at him. However,the change in the whip rules are wrong and will do the sport no good at all.Nobody could sayThu, 13 Oct 2011 16:23:51 -0500Why have any rules regarding its use at all the roggrain?https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28509259/whip-rules-should-be-amended-as-follows?post_id=509959595#509959595Why have any rules regarding its use at all the roggrain?Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:23:05 -0500Celtic. The rules that were in place before these changes would have seen Spencer get 10 days here for that ride. No one is suggesting that those excesses be allowed.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28509259/whip-rules-should-be-amended-as-follows?post_id=509959585#509959585Celtic. The rules that were in place before these changes would have seen Spencer get 10 days here for that ride. No one is suggesting that those excesses be allowed.Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:22:51 -0500the best ammendement would be that it is compulsory to use the whip 40 times if that bufoon mccrirrick is within a 5 yard radiushttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28509259/whip-rules-should-be-amended-as-follows?post_id=509959583#509959583the best ammendement would be that it is compulsory to use the whip 40 times if that bufoon mccrirrick is within a 5 yard radiusThu, 13 Oct 2011 16:22:46 -0500How are the lengths of bans being decided anyway and is it part of the totting up process and if so should all jockeys have started with a clean slate once the new rule came in?Kieren Fox gets 15 days, Richard Hughes gets 5 days and 10 days (presumabhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28509259/whip-rules-should-be-amended-as-follows?post_id=509959573#509959573How are the lengths of bans being decided anyway and is it part of the totting up process and if so should all jockeys have started with a clean slate once the new rule came in?Kieren Fox gets 15 days, Richard Hughes gets 5 days and 10 days (presumabThu, 13 Oct 2011 16:22:32 -0500It has been scientifically proven by examining blood samples in which,if pain had been inflicted certain chemicals would show up. Differentum,have you handled the new whip? Have you hit your hand with it? It has been changed to cause the horse to reshttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28509259/whip-rules-should-be-amended-as-follows?post_id=509959457#509959457It has been scientifically proven by examining blood samples in which,if pain had been inflicted certain chemicals would show up. Differentum,have you handled the new whip? Have you hit your hand with it? It has been changed to cause the horse to resThu, 13 Oct 2011 16:20:19 -0500TRD, again with respect Willo is my favourite pundit but he is a looney.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28509259/whip-rules-should-be-amended-as-follows?post_id=509959407#509959407TRD, again with respect Willo is my favourite pundit but he is a looney.Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:19:05 -0500Did you see the rides Jamie Spencer gave Cape Blanco in America? If you fancy seeing that day in, day out, punters need to move out there. That looks ugly and horrible, whether it hurts a horse or not.Comparing people on riding school horses/privatehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28509259/whip-rules-should-be-amended-as-follows?post_id=509959397#509959397Did you see the rides Jamie Spencer gave Cape Blanco in America? If you fancy seeing that day in, day out, punters need to move out there. That looks ugly and horrible, whether it hurts a horse or not.Comparing people on riding school horses/privateThu, 13 Oct 2011 16:18:51 -0500