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If a non-horsey person was lying on a psychiatrist's couch and the psychiatrist said:
"I'm now going to say a word and I want you to tell me the first thing that comes into your mind.......WHIP"
No doubt the person would think of something unpleasant like beatings or lashings (note to Malcolm Tomlinson - no more lashings, please).
If the main reason for the new rules is perception then maybe we need to come up with a new name for the 'racing whip'. Which isn't unreasonable if it has been uniquely designed for persusding a horse to race / quicken / keep it under control.
Definition of a whip: "a length of leather or cord fastened to a handle"
Are the new whips made of leather
Whatever, we need to change the name.
I'm happy to go with the "tickler", though I'm happy to settle for the "persuader" or the the "cajoler".
Any other name suggestions, iyo?
"I'm now going to say a word and I want you to tell me the first thing that comes into your mind.......WHIP"
No doubt the person would think of something unpleasant like beatings or lashings (note to Malcolm Tomlinson - no more lashings, please).
If the main reason for the new rules is perception then maybe we need to come up with a new name for the 'racing whip'. Which isn't unreasonable if it has been uniquely designed for persusding a horse to race / quicken / keep it under control.
Definition of a whip: "a length of leather or cord fastened to a handle"
Are the new whips made of leather
Whatever, we need to change the name.
I'm happy to go with the "tickler", though I'm happy to settle for the "persuader" or the the "cajoler".
Any other name suggestions, iyo?
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'Bilbo's Coercer' - named after bilbobaggins, the loon who invented it.
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tullulah
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call it the shovel
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Duster
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No, unless you think all 'non-horsey' people are stupid.
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Vanquishing flagellator
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'No doubt the person would think of something unpleasant like beatings or lashings'
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A whip suggests an object with which to "beat".
Defintion of "beat" - hit someone repeatedly and violently. That is definitely not what we do to horses. A new name for the 'horse whip' is definitely required, imo. How about - 'the quickener' - as in an object designed to encorage a horse to quicken. |
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*encourage
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'Winner' |
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There is no welfare issue with the whip - all this furore because of its name.
People hear the word "whip" - and some think violence, while others like duncan think of something perverse. Having given the subject a deal of thought, I'm going to write to the BHA and propose they rename it the THE TICKLER. The public will love it - after all, who doesn't like to be tickled? So in future the public won't think of a horse being "beaten" by that nasty whip, they'll just think it's being tickled by the tickler. |
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Foam stick? Car aerial? Or just annoy everyone and call it the Equine Annihilator or the Laceration Maker
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the slapper
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'The rule of Law'!
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Not sure so, timeless. There could be whole new campaign to ban slappers from racing.
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Wasn't it being referred to as a persuader by some commentators.
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persuading slappers to perform
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dont all post about the spelling but ive always like d the irish lads getting the shailegh out
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the benign basher
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slapper won't work; if a jockey drops his slapper at aintree 20,000 orange women will be in uproar
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Cudgel or even better call it the "Mediator". It makes the mind up for a lot of horses
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fluffer
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I'm warming to the idea of having a slapper. The idea of a jockey being accompanied on a horse by a slapper could attract an entirely new audience to racing, imo.
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rider gets 3 days for slapper abuse ...
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I suppose they could introduce some sort of digital device... expensive no doubt, and of course open to fraud. Maybe something that attaches to the reins and gives the horse a *gentle* sensation... and can only be pressed/squeezed so many times.
Or a digital whip that registers when it's used and changes some sort of output on the horse's head so the jockey knows to stop. then again... perhaps not  |
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are you offering the bha your rampant rabbit foor a trial period?
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Ann Summers Equine Requisites
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Fast Instant Speed To Equine Racing = FISTER
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god, you lot are soooo out of date... it's all we-vibes these days!
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i thought they were in x factor
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YYW blimey, you live and learn
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elise, tbh, not sure I like the sound of fistering a horse with a fister.
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Get rid of the whip once and for all and get spurs back on the boots of jockeys.. (Joking!) we could change the name of the whip to the 'spurrer' so we spur the horses on.. see how he spurred the horse on their classic horsemanship..
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i favour The Tickler or, perhaps, even The Tickling Stick
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just thinking inside the box george
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