New Posts For Thread: Whip ban - I'm Finishedhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28629317/whip-ban---im-finishedWon't be donating anymore money to the bookies till it's amended. GLNo whip would've meant both would've received the same number of slaps (zero) and nobody would've been worried about a ban. Doesn't give the jockeys much room for manoeuvre between trying and not trying though which is why the whip is so important tohttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28629317/whip-ban---im-finished?post_id=511797411#511797411No whip would've meant both would've received the same number of slaps (zero) and nobody would've been worried about a ban. Doesn't give the jockeys much room for manoeuvre between trying and not trying though which is why the whip is so important toFri, 28 Oct 2011 08:12:13 -0500Mindful of a ban he administered 4 hits less than allowed while the winner was hit two or three times more than allowed. Sounds just like old times imo.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28629317/whip-ban---im-finished?post_id=511797301#511797301Mindful of a ban he administered 4 hits less than allowed while the winner was hit two or three times more than allowed. Sounds just like old times imo.Fri, 28 Oct 2011 08:08:44 -0500A small race a Catterick a few days ago showed what the game is like now. Fallon on the fav could and should have won,but,mindful of a ban he only hit the horse 3 times. The horse was beaten in a photo,with Fallon saying IF he had given it a couple ohttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28629317/whip-ban---im-finished?post_id=511796613#511796613A small race a Catterick a few days ago showed what the game is like now. Fallon on the fav could and should have won,but,mindful of a ban he only hit the horse 3 times. The horse was beaten in a photo,with Fallon saying IF he had given it a couple oFri, 28 Oct 2011 07:51:13 -0500Of course to establish the correct size and weight ratio we would have to have a dwarf riding on the back of someone twice the size of Valuev with a whip around 3/4 of the size of the present one, oh and we'd have to measure skin thickness so he mighhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28629317/whip-ban---im-finished?post_id=511796285#511796285Of course to establish the correct size and weight ratio we would have to have a dwarf riding on the back of someone twice the size of Valuev with a whip around 3/4 of the size of the present one, oh and we'd have to measure skin thickness so he mighFri, 28 Oct 2011 07:41:59 -0500ima_mazed6628 Oct 11 11:24I suspect though that your comment was based more on who was doing the saying rather than what was being said. Wasn't 2 out of 3 of So You Think's defeat excuses put down on here by many (I wonder were you one of them duncanhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28629317/whip-ban---im-finished?post_id=511796137#511796137ima_mazed6628 Oct 11 11:24I suspect though that your comment was based more on who was doing the saying rather than what was being said. Wasn't 2 out of 3 of So You Think's defeat excuses put down on here by many (I wonder were you one of them duncanFri, 28 Oct 2011 07:38:09 -0500The 'jockey' in that video would be deemed a non-trier had he been on a horse. They were at best equivalent to taps in the backhand position. I preferred the Greg Wood version which established that hitting a horse on the hoof while it was at rest prhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28629317/whip-ban---im-finished?post_id=511795963#511795963The 'jockey' in that video would be deemed a non-trier had he been on a horse. They were at best equivalent to taps in the backhand position. I preferred the Greg Wood version which established that hitting a horse on the hoof while it was at rest prFri, 28 Oct 2011 07:34:12 -0500Someone was asking was there a video of Mike Parry getting whipped by Perry Groves the other day.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFiBOwqD9BII still can't decide whether this helps or hinders the argument.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28629317/whip-ban---im-finished?post_id=511794545#511794545Someone was asking was there a video of Mike Parry getting whipped by Perry Groves the other day.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFiBOwqD9BII still can't decide whether this helps or hinders the argument.Fri, 28 Oct 2011 06:55:05 -0500The answer is simple the BHB dont bet. Over the last two weeks Ive seen horses lose who should have won.. and horses won that should have lost .. forget us punters. What about the guys who put the show on the road ... not trainers not jockeys nothttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28629317/whip-ban---im-finished?post_id=511792213#511792213The answer is simple the BHB dont bet. Over the last two weeks Ive seen horses lose who should have won.. and horses won that should have lost .. forget us punters. What about the guys who put the show on the road ... not trainers not jockeys notFri, 28 Oct 2011 05:34:26 -0500I think it would be long odds on that Jockeys using whips would have an advantage over those that did not.I am pretty sure that those Jockeys that use up their allocation of hits early in a race will be at a disadvantage to those that have saved theihttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28629317/whip-ban---im-finished?post_id=511792173#511792173I think it would be long odds on that Jockeys using whips would have an advantage over those that did not.I am pretty sure that those Jockeys that use up their allocation of hits early in a race will be at a disadvantage to those that have saved theiFri, 28 Oct 2011 05:33:27 -0500duncan idaho 28 Oct 11 08:50 Sure you're cut out for betting, ima_mazed66?Yep, which is exactly why I no longer bet on football and why when a jockey breaks the rules I feel they should be thrown out.I like to think if I get a call wrong and it's dohttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28629317/whip-ban---im-finished?post_id=511791917#511791917duncan idaho 28 Oct 11 08:50 Sure you're cut out for betting, ima_mazed66?Yep, which is exactly why I no longer bet on football and why when a jockey breaks the rules I feel they should be thrown out.I like to think if I get a call wrong and it's doFri, 28 Oct 2011 05:24:37 -0500