New Posts For Thread: Strike • Towcester rumoured to be target of action for next weekhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28621047/strike-towcester-rumoured-to-be-target-of-action-for-next-weekAndrew Thornton urges fellow jockeys not to strike over whip rules• Senior rider says industrial action would cause more problemsWill Haylerguardian.co.uk, Andrew Thornton has urged his fellow riders not to strike against the controversial whipA simple solution to the Towcester problem is for owners not to enter their horses at any of their future meetings. No horses = no racing. There are plenty of other racecourses!https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28621047/strike-towcester-rumoured-to-be-target-of-action-for-next-week?post_id=511692743#511692743A simple solution to the Towcester problem is for owners not to enter their horses at any of their future meetings. No horses = no racing. There are plenty of other racecourses!Wed, 26 Oct 2011 05:56:58 -0500Ram, last spring Towcester racecourse management in their bid to get a bit of cheap publicity went out on a limb and said that they were going to have a whipless days racing thus giving the general public the impression that these whips were cruel ethttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28621047/strike-towcester-rumoured-to-be-target-of-action-for-next-week?post_id=511690755#511690755Ram, last spring Towcester racecourse management in their bid to get a bit of cheap publicity went out on a limb and said that they were going to have a whipless days racing thus giving the general public the impression that these whips were cruel etWed, 26 Oct 2011 04:43:21 -0500A trial of whip-free racing - why? Surely 'trials' have already taken place via the hands n'heels races that have been in existence for some considerable time. I don't recall any backlash - jockeys, trainers, owners, BHA, RSPCA, punters, etc - from thttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28621047/strike-towcester-rumoured-to-be-target-of-action-for-next-week?post_id=511690607#511690607A trial of whip-free racing - why? Surely 'trials' have already taken place via the hands n'heels races that have been in existence for some considerable time. I don't recall any backlash - jockeys, trainers, owners, BHA, RSPCA, punters, etc - from tWed, 26 Oct 2011 04:37:00 -0500Not everyone who owns horses do so to land a gamble.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28621047/strike-towcester-rumoured-to-be-target-of-action-for-next-week?post_id=511690453#511690453Not everyone who owns horses do so to land a gamble.Wed, 26 Oct 2011 04:29:07 -0500Johnoc99 The same way they don't have to pay them when they get banned for getting their gambles home and using the whip 10 times.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28621047/strike-towcester-rumoured-to-be-target-of-action-for-next-week?post_id=511690359#511690359Johnoc99 The same way they don't have to pay them when they get banned for getting their gambles home and using the whip 10 times.Wed, 26 Oct 2011 04:23:49 -0500The owners of the horses will be delighted with the sugestion that the jockeys use up the whip quotas and pull them up at Towcester.Then,still have to pay them a riding fee.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28621047/strike-towcester-rumoured-to-be-target-of-action-for-next-week?post_id=511690267#511690267The owners of the horses will be delighted with the sugestion that the jockeys use up the whip quotas and pull them up at Towcester.Then,still have to pay them a riding fee.Wed, 26 Oct 2011 04:18:59 -0500By Daniel Owens http://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/news (please don't ask me how i got to reading the Northampton Chron )Published on Wednesday 26 October 2011 07:30JUMP jockeys are understood to have targeted next week’s meeting at Towcester as thhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28621047/strike-towcester-rumoured-to-be-target-of-action-for-next-week?post_id=511690241#511690241By Daniel Owens http://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/news (please don't ask me how i got to reading the Northampton Chron )Published on Wednesday 26 October 2011 07:30JUMP jockeys are understood to have targeted next week’s meeting at Towcester as thWed, 26 Oct 2011 04:17:31 -0500Towcester is the course that lets people in without paying isn't it?Let's punish the bar stewards for trying to get more people going racing.But not at a big meeting when the top jocks might lose a sizeable percentage.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28621047/strike-towcester-rumoured-to-be-target-of-action-for-next-week?post_id=511690077#511690077Towcester is the course that lets people in without paying isn't it?Let's punish the bar stewards for trying to get more people going racing.But not at a big meeting when the top jocks might lose a sizeable percentage.Wed, 26 Oct 2011 04:08:22 -0500OVERSEAS Joined: 31 Jul 01Replies: 4891 25 Oct 11 21:32 once you get the knee deep ground.....some tracks (Towcester, Carlisle to name 2) may well see no finishers with horses pulling up under jocks unable to use the stick to get them up the hilhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28621047/strike-towcester-rumoured-to-be-target-of-action-for-next-week?post_id=511680591#511680591OVERSEAS Joined: 31 Jul 01Replies: 4891 25 Oct 11 21:32 once you get the knee deep ground.....some tracks (Towcester, Carlisle to name 2) may well see no finishers with horses pulling up under jocks unable to use the stick to get them up the hilTue, 25 Oct 2011 19:44:25 -0500Perhaps they ought to consult Graeme McPherson to be on the safe sidehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28621047/strike-towcester-rumoured-to-be-target-of-action-for-next-week?post_id=511677595#511677595Perhaps they ought to consult Graeme McPherson to be on the safe sideTue, 25 Oct 2011 18:10:24 -0500