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An awful lot of money and research has gone in to making what today's riders carry. It isn't some piece of 3x2 or a plank of wood. It is a highly sophisticated and useful tool that can get a better reaction from the horse as opposed to the old whips. Infact it is so far removed from the old whips that it should be rebranded and renamed.
The general public need educating about this and a change in name would take awa the perceived idea that a horse is being "whipped"
The general public need educating about this and a change in name would take awa the perceived idea that a horse is being "whipped"
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The BHA could start a whip reform select committee, and discuss this matter at various different lavish hotels around the world for the next 3 years.
I recommend re-naming it "The Encourager" or "The attitude adjuster" 
Should be called ''the persuader''.
'Diamond' Joe Quimby 18 Oct 11 19:48
I recommend re-naming it "The Encourager" or "The attitude adjuster"
Plenty of support coming in from the Walsh family for that one....
"He didn't run for the whip. But if I'd thought it would have made any difference I'd have cut rashers off him."
The former Irish amateur rider turned trainer and RTE commentator Ted Walsh explaining his uncharacteristically tender handling of Attitude Adjuster at Cheltenham in 1986
I recommend re-naming it "The Encourager" or "The attitude adjuster"
Plenty of support coming in from the Walsh family for that one....
"He didn't run for the whip. But if I'd thought it would have made any difference I'd have cut rashers off him."
The former Irish amateur rider turned trainer and RTE commentator Ted Walsh explaining his uncharacteristically tender handling of Attitude Adjuster at Cheltenham in 1986
Excellent post ...but far to sophisticated for the BHA to rename the w word or "the stick that must not be named!"
Agrre Persuader would apease the unknowledgeable do-gooders who would prefer to see a human die than an animal being encouraged to work .
Agrre Persuader would apease the unknowledgeable do-gooders who would prefer to see a human die than an animal being encouraged to work .
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