It's time for all factions of Racing to 'cold shoulder' Big Mac.

Yep

His racist comments turned me off him years ago and his hypocrisy re Frankie is laughable

The vast majority in racing do NOT agree with your INSULAR opinions, and AGENDA - There's absolutely no place for insular opinions and agendas in 'racing'!

Chap went to Harrow.
Explains it all.

When you think of the respectable people that we have had on TV for this sport.
Sir Peter
Julian Wilson
Brough Scott
Ian Carnaby
We also have some great people that we could turn to surely head of communications should come on and say in no way does Mac represent British racing today.

We would like to thank you for all your good work over the years,and wish you well in whichever path you choose to tread.
Your final pay cheque,with any holiday pay due will be forwarded to you with your documents within the next few days.
We would prefer you not to discuss this with your colleagues.

Steamship - If Salmon can't have Mac on the basis that he went to Harrow you can't have Julian Wilson as he's an Old Harrovian too (Mac was his f a g I believe)

He'd slot in seamlessly! He's pretty successful at whatever it is he does now though.

That's true - getting paid for being an obnoxious oaf is a living i s'pose.......

Comingupthehill,surely you must have realised that it is hard to respect people that want to foist their opinion on you without having the knowledge to know they are correct.If you are unsure about the facts on any topic you should keep your opinion to yourself,as you are not speaking in a correct way,just assuming.It's always the cold hard facts that count,not perception,not distorted views,but true knowledge on your topic.
When you are in a position of knowing what you are on about you get respect,when you don't know you get pulled up and, possibly,abuse.

Soz coming but i couldn't care less about his views on the whip as he merely says what he believes is the populist view of the time - which makes his support for hare coursing all the more surprising........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xK4ifBmkIeU

"... just as he withrew the biggest bogey from his nose and he ate it !!  He is the most disgusting thing ever to appear on TV."

If you want to see something even more disgusting, Google in

'John Mccririck s-e-x tape education'

just make sure you've got a bucket or something to be sick in !

Completely agree with you comingupthehill, you should have been here yesterday. I dared to put across the other side of the argument and was set upon as a nutter ! I am still stunned so many here are pro wanting to hit a horse umpteen times despite all the press coverage about the whip doesn't hurt or do anything. If it doesn't hurt (absolute balls if you ask me)what's the jockey's big problem?

Imagine if you got up one day, felt a bit crap as many of us can, going out for a run and having something on our backs hitting us with a stick to make us keep going despite being knackered! We wouldn't be too chuffed, can't imagine a horse thinks it's great after trying their hardest.

What I took from yesterday was that too many people are stuck in their ways and can't handle change. They don't like the fact that they won't see driving finishes where whips are being used excessively, despite us all being told they don't actually hurt. I think this has a lot to do with people's habits not the rule changes as such.

I don't know what the answer is, perhaps a total of seven in the last furlong is correct, the prize money take away does seem excessive, but what happens if someone wins a big race breaking the rules while another jockey doesn't, where is fairness then. The runner-up is basically losing his chance of a big pot while the other takes the prestige of winning a big race, even if it means losing his money. No matter what the rules are, Group 1s are always going to be a source of such bans because I can't imagine that Tom Queally wouldn't have used more than his allowance in a driving finish if it meant Frankel's unbeaten career remained intact. The horse's stud value and place in history would be more important than staying within the rules on the day.

You don't need to be a horse welfare supporter to work out that a lot of the hype surrounding the whole issue is that plenty of people can't handle change. We've all seen jockeys over the years still win a race when dropping their whip in the final stages of a race, and we lorded them as amazing rides. Make it a rule and everyone goes nuts.

Another typical pro-whip thread just slagging someone with a different view. As I said on the other recent thread I don't like him either but I happen to concur with most of his thoughts on this subject.

If he wasn't on the screens who else is offering the remotest bit of balance to the argument. That's right - nobody because RUK and ATR have produced nothing but pro-whip propaganda from the outset. Are they not foisting unsubstantiated opinions?

"I dared to put across the other side of the argument and was set upon as a nutter ! I am still stunned so many here are pro wanting to hit a horse umpteen times"

No, you were 'set upon' because, exactly like that above, you constantly misrepresented the position of others.

celtic,the real facts wont come out,its like i previouly posted ,theres private agendas and resons why they want to keep the old rules,and your jumoped on ,as they are deliberately on here to make sure their view and only their view gets listened to,it was so much easier when they owned the press/t.v,now this dam internet is allowing us peasants to dare voice our opinions,and unless you ve raced as a jockey you cant have a view.but surely everything jockeys do is so people will come and watch them,without an audience they ve got nothing ,and if the audience want less whips - then the jockeys have to do what the audience want ,telling the audience your all idiots and we no better ,so stay out of it isnt going to wash- frustrating for the people who are used to doing what they want,and never getting questioned about it,but if you want their money - youve got to dance to their tune,

All well and good, Celtic ...

But - the issue here IS -  McCririck being both seen by, and presented to, the General Public as the REPRESENTATIVE of RACING.

The Public see him as how he is portrayed by the TV NEWS channels - 'phone for a quote' Radio5Live - Talksport, et al.

They think and ASSUME he is the 'All knowing EXPERT' on ALL things Horse Racing - and, consequently believe whatever emotive outburst he spouts forth with.

Sadly - for RACING - that same General Public ALSO see him being obnoxious on Big Brother - Celebrity Wife-Swap - dressed only in his underpants, once, I believe, on some other non-descript afternoon 'show ... and now COACH TRIP.

How does that reflect on RACING?

His TWO Persona are NOT compatible ...

Certainly NOT to RACING'S benefit.

So the public's perception of Big Mac is important, but it's perception of whipping a horse isn't?

agree steamship - dont know why they didnt just say after national we will look into it,then 6 months later when its all died down - report back whip is ok,politicans front it ,look at fox,they just need to pretend they re all bothered ,but then kick it into long grass.