New Posts For Thread: The BHA could spend Smoullions £53,000 wiselyhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28528047/the-bha-could-spend-smoullions-53000-wiselyIt looks so cool and only £50k Racewood launches new jumping simulator Amy Mathieson, H&H news writer Fancy learning to jump — without the risk of a horse refusing and you making an unscheduled exit out the side door? A new jumping simulator has*Substitute "the jockey should be fined" with "the jockey should be penalised"https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28528047/the-bha-could-spend-smoullions-53000-wisely?post_id=510168521#510168521*Substitute "the jockey should be fined" with "the jockey should be penalised"Tue, 18 Oct 2011 10:40:01 -0500SS - I disagree. Logically, if a horse wins because its jockey has broken the rules then the jockey should be fined (severely). If a horse wins because it is proven that a trainer (or owner or someone else) has broken the rules (or has instructed thehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28528047/the-bha-could-spend-smoullions-53000-wisely?post_id=510168465#510168465SS - I disagree. Logically, if a horse wins because its jockey has broken the rules then the jockey should be fined (severely). If a horse wins because it is proven that a trainer (or owner or someone else) has broken the rules (or has instructed theTue, 18 Oct 2011 10:38:40 -0500Sorry Gerry. Logically if the horse wins because it`s pilot has broken the rules it should be disqualified. Of course they won`t do that but it`s for reasons of expediency not integrity.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28528047/the-bha-could-spend-smoullions-53000-wisely?post_id=510168151#510168151Sorry Gerry. Logically if the horse wins because it`s pilot has broken the rules it should be disqualified. Of course they won`t do that but it`s for reasons of expediency not integrity.Tue, 18 Oct 2011 10:32:30 -0500SS - anyone could ask or 'encourage' a jockey to break the rules not just owners. At some point you have to trust the integrity of the jockeys..... and back it up with some robust penalties!https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28528047/the-bha-could-spend-smoullions-53000-wisely?post_id=510167971#510167971SS - anyone could ask or 'encourage' a jockey to break the rules not just owners. At some point you have to trust the integrity of the jockeys..... and back it up with some robust penalties!Tue, 18 Oct 2011 10:27:50 -0500Are the rule breakers the 'stoppers' or the 'triers'. That is the first thing the BHA should get into its head.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28528047/the-bha-could-spend-smoullions-53000-wisely?post_id=510167943#510167943Are the rule breakers the 'stoppers' or the 'triers'. That is the first thing the BHA should get into its head.Tue, 18 Oct 2011 10:26:52 -0500" the more you stand to gain from breaking the rules the more you should lose via the penalties ". The owner employs the jockey and surely takes some responsibility for his actions. He could after all instruct him to break the rules.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28528047/the-bha-could-spend-smoullions-53000-wisely?post_id=510167687#510167687" the more you stand to gain from breaking the rules the more you should lose via the penalties ". The owner employs the jockey and surely takes some responsibility for his actions. He could after all instruct him to break the rules.Tue, 18 Oct 2011 10:20:11 -0500SSWhy? The penalties should be directed squarely at the rule breakers imo. So in the case of whip infringements it can only be the jockey.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28528047/the-bha-could-spend-smoullions-53000-wisely?post_id=510167381#510167381SSWhy? The penalties should be directed squarely at the rule breakers imo. So in the case of whip infringements it can only be the jockey.Tue, 18 Oct 2011 10:14:17 -0500they have inadvertently made it easier for the stoppers and cheaters to stop horses..i couldnt hit it anymore a i was at the limit..a great and legit excuse?what a shambles..i dont see that oaf mccririck spouting lately..must be muzzled id say..https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28528047/the-bha-could-spend-smoullions-53000-wisely?post_id=510167229#510167229they have inadvertently made it easier for the stoppers and cheaters to stop horses..i couldnt hit it anymore a i was at the limit..a great and legit excuse?what a shambles..i dont see that oaf mccririck spouting lately..must be muzzled id say..Tue, 18 Oct 2011 10:10:29 -0500Jump jockey Mattie Batchelor has been fined £600 after breaking rules relating to contact with the banned Brighton-based punter John McCracken.Trainer Jamie Osborne was fined £4,000 by the Jockey Club for bringing racing into disreputehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28528047/the-bha-could-spend-smoullions-53000-wisely?post_id=510167189#510167189Jump jockey Mattie Batchelor has been fined £600 after breaking rules relating to contact with the banned Brighton-based punter John McCracken.Trainer Jamie Osborne was fined £4,000 by the Jockey Club for bringing racing into disreputeTue, 18 Oct 2011 10:09:20 -0500By that reasoning Gerry the horse has to be disqualified.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28528047/the-bha-could-spend-smoullions-53000-wisely?post_id=510167165#510167165By that reasoning Gerry the horse has to be disqualified.Tue, 18 Oct 2011 10:08:43 -0500