New Posts For Thread: BHA - This Should Be As Far As It Goeshttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28600927/bha---this-should-be-as-far-as-it-goesAnything else would be ridiculous. You supposedly run the sport and the jockeys participate. It isn't the other way round.There has been quite enough embarassment already. It is now time to simply tell the jockeys if you don't like the latest proposaGood Point TipHow many Complaints should a Clerk be allowed in one year about Misleading Going reports, after all its in the Welfare of a horse to be running on a surface thats suitable for ithttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28600927/bha---this-should-be-as-far-as-it-goes?post_id=511515805#511515805Good Point TipHow many Complaints should a Clerk be allowed in one year about Misleading Going reports, after all its in the Welfare of a horse to be running on a surface thats suitable for itSat, 22 Oct 2011 06:13:19 -0500What the jockeys are, quite rightly, still angry about is the severe penalties for breaking the rules. I can´t think of any other profession where a worker would have all payments withheld just for making a simple mistake.A simple, but severe, suspehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28600927/bha---this-should-be-as-far-as-it-goes?post_id=511515741#511515741What the jockeys are, quite rightly, still angry about is the severe penalties for breaking the rules. I can´t think of any other profession where a worker would have all payments withheld just for making a simple mistake.A simple, but severe, suspeSat, 22 Oct 2011 06:09:35 -0500There is what I would consider a very sensible piece from Alastair Down (who is obviously pro-whip) in today's Post just advising the jockeys to now bite the bullet - because they are not going to get anything else - and just get on with it. They canhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28600927/bha---this-should-be-as-far-as-it-goes?post_id=511512575#511512575There is what I would consider a very sensible piece from Alastair Down (who is obviously pro-whip) in today's Post just advising the jockeys to now bite the bullet - because they are not going to get anything else - and just get on with it. They canSat, 22 Oct 2011 03:58:12 -0500I went to the Animal Aid site. There is a piece about Rewilding.http://www.animalaid.org.uk/h/n/NEWS/news_horse//2523//This refers the reader to the BBC site.http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/horse_racing/13781063.stmThere is the video of Rewilding athttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28600927/bha---this-should-be-as-far-as-it-goes?post_id=511505315#511505315I went to the Animal Aid site. There is a piece about Rewilding.http://www.animalaid.org.uk/h/n/NEWS/news_horse//2523//This refers the reader to the BBC site.http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/horse_racing/13781063.stmThere is the video of Rewilding atFri, 21 Oct 2011 20:16:16 -0500Dettori, who like Richard Hughes and Ryan Moore formed part of the PJA deputation that met the BHA earlier in the week, said: "Now is the time to move on and put it into practice."My opinion is that the structure of the rules is good but some of thehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28600927/bha---this-should-be-as-far-as-it-goes?post_id=511491947#511491947Dettori, who like Richard Hughes and Ryan Moore formed part of the PJA deputation that met the BHA earlier in the week, said: "Now is the time to move on and put it into practice."My opinion is that the structure of the rules is good but some of theFri, 21 Oct 2011 13:17:31 -0500Dildobaggins . . . about sums you up.Go screw yerself.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28600927/bha---this-should-be-as-far-as-it-goes?post_id=511491907#511491907Dildobaggins . . . about sums you up.Go screw yerself.Fri, 21 Oct 2011 13:16:29 -0500Massive own goal not witholding their labour..https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28600927/bha---this-should-be-as-far-as-it-goes?post_id=511491889#511491889Massive own goal not witholding their labour..Fri, 21 Oct 2011 13:16:08 -0500That might be so Aviboyd. Still, I'd rather them hold the sport to ransom, given that they are the ones charged with actually riding these horses, than the chinless wonders at the BHA or the likes of Animal Aid.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28600927/bha---this-should-be-as-far-as-it-goes?post_id=511491831#511491831That might be so Aviboyd. Still, I'd rather them hold the sport to ransom, given that they are the ones charged with actually riding these horses, than the chinless wonders at the BHA or the likes of Animal Aid.Fri, 21 Oct 2011 13:15:04 -0500different keeps banging the same old drum and it's now pretty boring. Without jockeys who put their lives on the line every day there would be no sport. Have you got any other drivel to spout?https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28600927/bha---this-should-be-as-far-as-it-goes?post_id=511491799#511491799different keeps banging the same old drum and it's now pretty boring. Without jockeys who put their lives on the line every day there would be no sport. Have you got any other drivel to spout?Fri, 21 Oct 2011 13:13:52 -0500Kingmambo - and what would all these jockeys do if there was no sport? Most would be too weak to go on the bins...https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28600927/bha---this-should-be-as-far-as-it-goes?post_id=511491775#511491775Kingmambo - and what would all these jockeys do if there was no sport? Most would be too weak to go on the bins...Fri, 21 Oct 2011 13:13:07 -0500