New Posts For Thread: +++ A Question for the Anti-Whip Brigade +++https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28509473/a-question-for-the-anti-whip-brigadeI presume none of you approve of jump racing. Yes?What is more 'cruel' - asking a horse to risk its life jumping an obstacle at speed / slogging around 3 miles in the mud / jumping round the Grand National course - or persuading a horse with a whip aActually I think the worst cruelty happens to the horses at the end of their careers. People are happy enough paying money to stable & feed their horses while they are in training, but too many don't think about supporting the horse after its racinghttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28509473/a-question-for-the-anti-whip-brigade?post_id=509963761#509963761Actually I think the worst cruelty happens to the horses at the end of their careers. People are happy enough paying money to stable & feed their horses while they are in training, but too many don't think about supporting the horse after its racingThu, 13 Oct 2011 18:01:46 -0500Well said George in fact the whole industry can be seen as cruel as we breed these horses for racing it is not natural. What happens to all the horses who dissappear after 1 season. Then while we are at it Fishing, Greyhounds, Crufts, eating any animhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28509473/a-question-for-the-anti-whip-brigade?post_id=509963463#509963463Well said George in fact the whole industry can be seen as cruel as we breed these horses for racing it is not natural. What happens to all the horses who dissappear after 1 season. Then while we are at it Fishing, Greyhounds, Crufts, eating any animThu, 13 Oct 2011 17:54:32 -0500Feck, anything you want to add?https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28509473/a-question-for-the-anti-whip-brigade?post_id=509963185#509963185Feck, anything you want to add?Thu, 13 Oct 2011 17:46:23 -0500So is that settled - none of you anti-whip boys approve of jump racing and horses risking their lives jumping obstacles at speed?I thought as much.After all, not many horses have died after being persuaded with an air-cushioned whip to try and go fashttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28509473/a-question-for-the-anti-whip-brigade?post_id=509961485#509961485So is that settled - none of you anti-whip boys approve of jump racing and horses risking their lives jumping obstacles at speed?I thought as much.After all, not many horses have died after being persuaded with an air-cushioned whip to try and go fasThu, 13 Oct 2011 17:01:03 -0500*an "air-cushioned" whip, not forgetting.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28509473/a-question-for-the-anti-whip-brigade?post_id=509960975#509960975*an "air-cushioned" whip, not forgetting.Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:50:23 -0500I presume none of you approve of jump racing. Yes?What is more 'cruel' - asking a horse to risk its life jumping an obstacle at speed / slogging around 3 miles in the mud / jumping round the Grand National course - or persuading a horse with a whip ahttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28509473/a-question-for-the-anti-whip-brigade?post_id=509960485#509960485I presume none of you approve of jump racing. Yes?What is more 'cruel' - asking a horse to risk its life jumping an obstacle at speed / slogging around 3 miles in the mud / jumping round the Grand National course - or persuading a horse with a whip aThu, 13 Oct 2011 16:42:13 -0500