New Posts For Thread: BHA you should be ashamed of yourselveshttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28599201/bha-you-should-be-ashamed-of-yourselvesFrom the outset I was not an advocate of rule change knowing full well that no jockey sets out to abuse their horse and those who show excessive exuberance are either pulled in by the stewards or admonished by their peers.For the BHA to revise theseI did set out to praise the way horse racinghas progressed. It just came out that way!Whips are what they are, whatever anyone says.At least they don't draw blood and thank Godfor that!https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28599201/bha-you-should-be-ashamed-of-yourselves?post_id=511483825#511483825I did set out to praise the way horse racinghas progressed. It just came out that way!Whips are what they are, whatever anyone says.At least they don't draw blood and thank Godfor that!Fri, 21 Oct 2011 09:55:07 -0500"But at the end of the day, a whip's a whip,which will obviously still be very painfull."Where is the logic in this?The evidence of the BHA professor is the whip is not cruel.The RSPCA do not say it is cruel.The journalist got a wack and it did not hhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28599201/bha-you-should-be-ashamed-of-yourselves?post_id=511481929#511481929"But at the end of the day, a whip's a whip,which will obviously still be very painfull."Where is the logic in this?The evidence of the BHA professor is the whip is not cruel.The RSPCA do not say it is cruel.The journalist got a wack and it did not hFri, 21 Oct 2011 09:09:12 -0500hithttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28599201/bha-you-should-be-ashamed-of-yourselves?post_id=511481643#511481643hitFri, 21 Oct 2011 09:01:29 -0500Jim Crowley hir the Guardian writer Greg Wood over the hands with the whip with full force and didn't feel a thing. So don't talk bollocks 'one footed pony'.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28599201/bha-you-should-be-ashamed-of-yourselves?post_id=511481633#511481633Jim Crowley hir the Guardian writer Greg Wood over the hands with the whip with full force and didn't feel a thing. So don't talk bollocks 'one footed pony'.Fri, 21 Oct 2011 09:01:19 -0500'Hurt like hell' One Footed Pony?How many times have you seen a horse veering across the course INTO the whip? If it hurt they wouldn't do it.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28599201/bha-you-should-be-ashamed-of-yourselves?post_id=511481445#511481445'Hurt like hell' One Footed Pony?How many times have you seen a horse veering across the course INTO the whip? If it hurt they wouldn't do it.Fri, 21 Oct 2011 08:56:16 -0500'Hurt like hell' One Footed Pony?How many times have you seen a horse veering across the course INTO the whip? If it hurt they wouldn't do it.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28599201/bha-you-should-be-ashamed-of-yourselves?post_id=511481443#511481443'Hurt like hell' One Footed Pony?How many times have you seen a horse veering across the course INTO the whip? If it hurt they wouldn't do it.Fri, 21 Oct 2011 08:56:14 -0500LuckyLucan 21 Oct 11 11:37 ".... a series of strikes in rapid succession in the final furlong"-----------------------------------------------------------------You can equally argue that is precisely what the '5 limit' rule could have encouraged.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28599201/bha-you-should-be-ashamed-of-yourselves?post_id=511481067#511481067LuckyLucan 21 Oct 11 11:37 ".... a series of strikes in rapid succession in the final furlong"-----------------------------------------------------------------You can equally argue that is precisely what the '5 limit' rule could have encouraged.Fri, 21 Oct 2011 08:45:18 -0500Angel, are you for real?https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28599201/bha-you-should-be-ashamed-of-yourselves?post_id=511480463#511480463Angel, are you for real?Fri, 21 Oct 2011 08:31:29 -0500The BHA have done the right thing for the sport. The whip is not a weapon of torture, it is a tool to remind a powerful animal to maintain its gallop in a straight line.The majority of race horses are well looked after and only have to work for no mohttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28599201/bha-you-should-be-ashamed-of-yourselves?post_id=511480293#511480293The BHA have done the right thing for the sport. The whip is not a weapon of torture, it is a tool to remind a powerful animal to maintain its gallop in a straight line.The majority of race horses are well looked after and only have to work for no moFri, 21 Oct 2011 08:27:15 -0500The new cushioned whips must be a good thing.Some horses used to get very badly marked up.But at the end of the day, a whip's a whip,which will obviously still be very painfull. The jockies don't exactly tap them with it,do they?Let's be honest, it mhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28599201/bha-you-should-be-ashamed-of-yourselves?post_id=511479793#511479793The new cushioned whips must be a good thing.Some horses used to get very badly marked up.But at the end of the day, a whip's a whip,which will obviously still be very painfull. The jockies don't exactly tap them with it,do they?Let's be honest, it mFri, 21 Oct 2011 08:14:06 -0500