New Posts For Thread: This furore about the use or misuse of the whip on poor unprotected horses ishttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28510415/this-furore-about-the-use-or-misuse-of-the-whip-on-poor-unprotected-horses-isreally laughable. Is there none of you out there who haveworked in stables who have the balls to tell the forum whatsome ill mannered horses are put through to make them conformto stable discipline. Horses in some yards are brutalisedfar worse thanOff course they would but ignorance is blisshttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28510415/this-furore-about-the-use-or-misuse-of-the-whip-on-poor-unprotected-horses-is?post_id=509986181#509986181Off course they would but ignorance is blissFri, 14 Oct 2011 09:35:12 -0500dod the point I am making is that if the Public knew what actually occurs in gettingsome horses prepared for the track many eyebrows would be raised..https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28510415/this-furore-about-the-use-or-misuse-of-the-whip-on-poor-unprotected-horses-is?post_id=509986077#509986077dod the point I am making is that if the Public knew what actually occurs in gettingsome horses prepared for the track many eyebrows would be raised..Fri, 14 Oct 2011 09:32:37 -0500Wee Eck from my own knowledge i know how dangerous it is working with horses i was not trying to make light of it i assure you.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28510415/this-furore-about-the-use-or-misuse-of-the-whip-on-poor-unprotected-horses-is?post_id=509985811#509985811Wee Eck from my own knowledge i know how dangerous it is working with horses i was not trying to make light of it i assure you.Fri, 14 Oct 2011 09:26:26 -0500dod would be interesting if the BHA would disclose how many stable staff are currently off workat the moment the cause being they have been trampled upon or have been savaged whilst going abouttheir work in stables.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28510415/this-furore-about-the-use-or-misuse-of-the-whip-on-poor-unprotected-horses-is?post_id=509985707#509985707dod would be interesting if the BHA would disclose how many stable staff are currently off workat the moment the cause being they have been trampled upon or have been savaged whilst going abouttheir work in stables.Fri, 14 Oct 2011 09:23:03 -0500Wee eck is that why they stopped giving the strap to recalcitrant children because it did not work.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28510415/this-furore-about-the-use-or-misuse-of-the-whip-on-poor-unprotected-horses-is?post_id=509985391#509985391Wee eck is that why they stopped giving the strap to recalcitrant children because it did not work.Fri, 14 Oct 2011 09:15:11 -0500acey exactly, that is the reason why recalcitrant horses have to taught who is boss.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28510415/this-furore-about-the-use-or-misuse-of-the-whip-on-poor-unprotected-horses-is?post_id=509985209#509985209acey exactly, that is the reason why recalcitrant horses have to taught who is boss.Fri, 14 Oct 2011 09:10:34 -0500Wee Eck,i have seen good stablemen men crippled by wayward horses,it's a very dangerous game.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28510415/this-furore-about-the-use-or-misuse-of-the-whip-on-poor-unprotected-horses-is?post_id=509984479#509984479Wee Eck,i have seen good stablemen men crippled by wayward horses,it's a very dangerous game.Fri, 14 Oct 2011 08:50:36 -0500Acey, I never used the word abused I was pointing out that many trainers will do whatever they think is required to make sure a horse knows who is master, and some of the thingsthey will do to obtain that result are a lot more painful than being whachttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28510415/this-furore-about-the-use-or-misuse-of-the-whip-on-poor-unprotected-horses-is?post_id=509984335#509984335Acey, I never used the word abused I was pointing out that many trainers will do whatever they think is required to make sure a horse knows who is master, and some of the thingsthey will do to obtain that result are a lot more painful than being whacFri, 14 Oct 2011 08:46:22 -0500In a Million years.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28510415/this-furore-about-the-use-or-misuse-of-the-whip-on-poor-unprotected-horses-is?post_id=509983383#509983383In a Million years.Fri, 14 Oct 2011 08:22:52 -0500Wee eck,you have got it all wrong mate,i worked in racing for a long time,no trainer worth his salt will see his horse abused at home.Sure they will get a Smack or maybe two when absolutely necessary.but abused?..........Not a Million years mate.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28510415/this-furore-about-the-use-or-misuse-of-the-whip-on-poor-unprotected-horses-is?post_id=509983257#509983257Wee eck,you have got it all wrong mate,i worked in racing for a long time,no trainer worth his salt will see his horse abused at home.Sure they will get a Smack or maybe two when absolutely necessary.but abused?..........Not a Million years mate.Fri, 14 Oct 2011 08:20:13 -0500