New Posts For Thread: Cork 4.30 yesterday made a mockery of new whip rulehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28525253/cork-430-yesterday-made-a-mockery-of-new-whip-ruleThe 4.30 Cork yesterday made a mockery of the new whip rule, Davey Russell & Ruby Walsh fought out a tremendous finnish in the race with Walsh winning by a nose on his mount De Valira beating odds on favorite Flight Leiutenent yet both Walsh & Russelbilbo has just e-mailed me. Says he thinks "butchered" might be a better word than "thrashed". Fine by me.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28525253/cork-430-yesterday-made-a-mockery-of-new-whip-rule?post_id=510122083#510122083bilbo has just e-mailed me. Says he thinks "butchered" might be a better word than "thrashed". Fine by me.Mon, 17 Oct 2011 10:09:21 -0500bilbo - the OP talked in terms of the horses being hit 12 - 15 times AFTER the last. That, by anyone's reckoning, equates to about one smack per second. How would you define such rides?https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28525253/cork-430-yesterday-made-a-mockery-of-new-whip-rule?post_id=510119241#510119241bilbo - the OP talked in terms of the horses being hit 12 - 15 times AFTER the last. That, by anyone's reckoning, equates to about one smack per second. How would you define such rides?Mon, 17 Oct 2011 09:01:39 -0500'thrashed' Gerry - that's the sort of emotive language you specialise in.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28525253/cork-430-yesterday-made-a-mockery-of-new-whip-rule?post_id=510119173#510119173'thrashed' Gerry - that's the sort of emotive language you specialise in.Mon, 17 Oct 2011 08:59:34 -0500ReimerpYsatnaf - as we are both betting men i would gamble i am far nearer to the correct number of times the 2 jockeys hit their horses 12-15 than what you are claiming in 6 times. £20 bet here if your willing to wagerhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28525253/cork-430-yesterday-made-a-mockery-of-new-whip-rule?post_id=510118989#510118989ReimerpYsatnaf - as we are both betting men i would gamble i am far nearer to the correct number of times the 2 jockeys hit their horses 12-15 than what you are claiming in 6 times. £20 bet here if your willing to wagerMon, 17 Oct 2011 08:55:47 -0500don't think the new whip rule applies in Ireland does it ?https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28525253/cork-430-yesterday-made-a-mockery-of-new-whip-rule?post_id=510115657#510115657don't think the new whip rule applies in Ireland does it ?Mon, 17 Oct 2011 07:28:04 -0500You don't think it's possible to have the excitement of neck and neck finishes without horses being thrashed "12 - 15 times after the last fence" then! By my reckoning 12 - 15 after the last would equate to about one smack per second; must have beenhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28525253/cork-430-yesterday-made-a-mockery-of-new-whip-rule?post_id=510113791#510113791You don't think it's possible to have the excitement of neck and neck finishes without horses being thrashed "12 - 15 times after the last fence" then! By my reckoning 12 - 15 after the last would equate to about one smack per second; must have beenMon, 17 Oct 2011 06:26:03 -0500I think you will find Davy hit First Lieutenent 6 times after the last fence and Ruby hit De Valira 6 times also but it's harder to see how many times Ruby used the whip from the replay but it was certainly nowhere near the amount of times you claimhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28525253/cork-430-yesterday-made-a-mockery-of-new-whip-rule?post_id=510113769#510113769I think you will find Davy hit First Lieutenent 6 times after the last fence and Ruby hit De Valira 6 times also but it's harder to see how many times Ruby used the whip from the replay but it was certainly nowhere near the amount of times you claimMon, 17 Oct 2011 06:25:08 -0500so if both jocks had been limited to 5 or 6 strikes after the last, would not also have resulted in a neck and neck finish?https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28525253/cork-430-yesterday-made-a-mockery-of-new-whip-rule?post_id=510113713#510113713so if both jocks had been limited to 5 or 6 strikes after the last, would not also have resulted in a neck and neck finish?Mon, 17 Oct 2011 06:23:31 -0500The 4.30 Cork yesterday made a mockery of the new whip rule, Davey Russell & Ruby Walsh fought out a tremendous finnish in the race with Walsh winning by a nose on his mount De Valira beating odds on favorite Flight Leiutenent yet both Walsh & Russelhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28525253/cork-430-yesterday-made-a-mockery-of-new-whip-rule?post_id=510113385#510113385The 4.30 Cork yesterday made a mockery of the new whip rule, Davey Russell & Ruby Walsh fought out a tremendous finnish in the race with Walsh winning by a nose on his mount De Valira beating odds on favorite Flight Leiutenent yet both Walsh & RusselMon, 17 Oct 2011 06:07:21 -0500