New Posts For Thread: Bumpy ride ahead for latest attempt to impose whip ruleshttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31792331/bumpy-ride-ahead-for-latest-attempt-to-impose-whip-rulesExpecting jockeys to change habits of a riding lifetime heading into the cauldron of Cheltenham next month is a huge ask.Greg Wood @Greg_Wood_Mon 13 Feb 2023 15.34 GMTBritish racing’s latest attempt to impose once-and-for-all rules on use of the whNo thankfully it hasn't but it will be next week before we know for sure if anyone did break the rules.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31792331/bumpy-ride-ahead-for-latest-attempt-to-impose-whip-rules?post_id=563022965#563022965No thankfully it hasn't but it will be next week before we know for sure if anyone did break the rules.Sat, 18 Mar 2023 10:26:55 -0500Thankfully, a topic hardly mentioned all week.Sad, that Harvey felt the need to return to it for no obvious reason. Terrible interview from Skelton, just confirming why there have been so many issues. Basically, seems to think that administering rulehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31792331/bumpy-ride-ahead-for-latest-attempt-to-impose-whip-rules?post_id=563022543#563022543Thankfully, a topic hardly mentioned all week.Sad, that Harvey felt the need to return to it for no obvious reason. Terrible interview from Skelton, just confirming why there have been so many issues. Basically, seems to think that administering ruleSat, 18 Mar 2023 08:22:46 -0500And if you think cheats should be allowed to prosper you have a very different moral compass to me.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31792331/bumpy-ride-ahead-for-latest-attempt-to-impose-whip-rules?post_id=562988187#562988187And if you think cheats should be allowed to prosper you have a very different moral compass to me.Mon, 06 Mar 2023 07:45:29 -0600The whip limit has been reduced by one. The only significant difference is the stewards will now bother to enforce pre-existing over shoulder height rules and the numbers correctly. From all the fuss you'd think jockeys had been asked to ride with thhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31792331/bumpy-ride-ahead-for-latest-attempt-to-impose-whip-rules?post_id=562988185#562988185The whip limit has been reduced by one. The only significant difference is the stewards will now bother to enforce pre-existing over shoulder height rules and the numbers correctly. From all the fuss you'd think jockeys had been asked to ride with thMon, 06 Mar 2023 07:43:31 -0600Flat racing still seems to be thriving on the world stage, but apart from Ireland France and UK, jumping is a minority part of the sport and probably in decline. The reasons are many and various but the BHA seem to think that the concern about welfarhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31792331/bumpy-ride-ahead-for-latest-attempt-to-impose-whip-rules?post_id=562987699#562987699Flat racing still seems to be thriving on the world stage, but apart from Ireland France and UK, jumping is a minority part of the sport and probably in decline. The reasons are many and various but the BHA seem to think that the concern about welfarMon, 06 Mar 2023 02:29:55 -0600If this goes belly up big time as seems perfectly likely Chelters week and sport gets front page headlines for all wrong reasons hope the Chief has the decency to go immediately. That happens might suggest a mess of the highest order. BHA seem to behttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31792331/bumpy-ride-ahead-for-latest-attempt-to-impose-whip-rules?post_id=562986773#562986773If this goes belly up big time as seems perfectly likely Chelters week and sport gets front page headlines for all wrong reasons hope the Chief has the decency to go immediately. That happens might suggest a mess of the highest order. BHA seem to beSun, 05 Mar 2023 11:03:39 -0600You love your circular arguments. Any rules can be 'followed' in practice. Doesn't mean that they are the right rules. The last few years tells us that.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31792331/bumpy-ride-ahead-for-latest-attempt-to-impose-whip-rules?post_id=562986691#562986691You love your circular arguments. Any rules can be 'followed' in practice. Doesn't mean that they are the right rules. The last few years tells us that.Sun, 05 Mar 2023 10:17:49 -0600if jockeys follow the rules there will be nothing to seehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31792331/bumpy-ride-ahead-for-latest-attempt-to-impose-whip-rules?post_id=562986647#562986647if jockeys follow the rules there will be nothing to seeSun, 05 Mar 2023 10:05:55 -0600we'll see over the next few weeks, won't we.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31792331/bumpy-ride-ahead-for-latest-attempt-to-impose-whip-rules?post_id=562986643#562986643we'll see over the next few weeks, won't we.Sun, 05 Mar 2023 10:02:40 -0600it's the people complaining about it who've drawn the attention - noone would have noticed otherwisejust follow the rules - couldn't be simplerhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31792331/bumpy-ride-ahead-for-latest-attempt-to-impose-whip-rules?post_id=562986599#562986599it's the people complaining about it who've drawn the attention - noone would have noticed otherwisejust follow the rules - couldn't be simplerSun, 05 Mar 2023 09:50:11 -0600