New Posts For Thread: Well done Donn McClean and Colin Russell in today's Posthttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28620889/well-done-donn-mcclean-and-colin-russell-in-todays-postJust about the best two pieces on the new whip rules the Post has come up with. Well done.If you read the thread Differ, you would find I never said whether or not I agreed with them I just thought they put their views across very well. Thank you. My views are clear and have not changed.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28620889/well-done-donn-mcclean-and-colin-russell-in-todays-post?post_id=511703663#511703663If you read the thread Differ, you would find I never said whether or not I agreed with them I just thought they put their views across very well. Thank you. My views are clear and have not changed.Wed, 26 Oct 2011 10:41:55 -0500I actually got my hands on yesterdays post this morning, I read both articles, Russell is a complete dinosaur everything about the article was old school, he's institutionalized so I ignore anything they have to say.McClean does at times come acrosshttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28620889/well-done-donn-mcclean-and-colin-russell-in-todays-post?post_id=511701723#511701723I actually got my hands on yesterdays post this morning, I read both articles, Russell is a complete dinosaur everything about the article was old school, he's institutionalized so I ignore anything they have to say.McClean does at times come acrossWed, 26 Oct 2011 09:57:51 -0500Is Colin Russell an ex-jock? Whatever, he comes across as a complete dinosaur - a chip off the Tom O'Ryan block. Having said that he does at least appreciate that 'we should still count ourselves fortunate that a rider can still use the whip'. Bit suhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28620889/well-done-donn-mcclean-and-colin-russell-in-todays-post?post_id=511701067#511701067Is Colin Russell an ex-jock? Whatever, he comes across as a complete dinosaur - a chip off the Tom O'Ryan block. Having said that he does at least appreciate that 'we should still count ourselves fortunate that a rider can still use the whip'. Bit suWed, 26 Oct 2011 09:45:39 -0500Liberator the only reason they pursue these higher profile issues is because it gives them the publicity they need to survive and to get donations without paying for advertising. Oxfam relies on natural disasters while the RSPCA rely on human disastehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28620889/well-done-donn-mcclean-and-colin-russell-in-todays-post?post_id=511688801#511688801Liberator the only reason they pursue these higher profile issues is because it gives them the publicity they need to survive and to get donations without paying for advertising. Oxfam relies on natural disasters while the RSPCA rely on human disasteWed, 26 Oct 2011 02:32:45 -0500rscaughtboy hit the nail on the head: 'All the bollox about public perception is a smokescreen imo for furthering some hidden agenda.The general public do not have any interest in horseracing.'https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28620889/well-done-donn-mcclean-and-colin-russell-in-todays-post?post_id=511688771#511688771rscaughtboy hit the nail on the head: 'All the bollox about public perception is a smokescreen imo for furthering some hidden agenda.The general public do not have any interest in horseracing.'Wed, 26 Oct 2011 02:30:16 -0500STOP making donations to them.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28620889/well-done-donn-mcclean-and-colin-russell-in-todays-post?post_id=511687007#511687007STOP making donations to them.Wed, 26 Oct 2011 00:07:35 -0500If the RSPCA gave a s**t about anything of significance they could start by getting all the MacDonalds and Burger Kings etc. closed down. Hitting a well-fed, trained -to-the-minute thoroughbred horse with a foam padded stick is a drop in the ocean cohttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28620889/well-done-donn-mcclean-and-colin-russell-in-todays-post?post_id=511680221#511680221If the RSPCA gave a s**t about anything of significance they could start by getting all the MacDonalds and Burger Kings etc. closed down. Hitting a well-fed, trained -to-the-minute thoroughbred horse with a foam padded stick is a drop in the ocean coTue, 25 Oct 2011 19:29:49 -0500https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28620889/well-done-donn-mcclean-and-colin-russell-in-todays-post?post_id=511677783#511677783Tue, 25 Oct 2011 18:15:31 -0500Zilzal will you stop this,it is frightening.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28620889/well-done-donn-mcclean-and-colin-russell-in-todays-post?post_id=511677655#511677655Zilzal will you stop this,it is frightening.Tue, 25 Oct 2011 18:11:37 -0500It looks that way, b1. An agenda which will eventually only allow the whip to be used for safety reasons, imo.Transgression of the rules is unlikely to be totally eradicated and if they weren't satisfied with with the less than 1% under the old ruleshttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28620889/well-done-donn-mcclean-and-colin-russell-in-todays-post?post_id=511677567#511677567It looks that way, b1. An agenda which will eventually only allow the whip to be used for safety reasons, imo.Transgression of the rules is unlikely to be totally eradicated and if they weren't satisfied with with the less than 1% under the old rulesTue, 25 Oct 2011 18:09:42 -0500