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20 Oct 11
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i know you wont but stop spouting innacurate rubbish regarding the whip / they are air cushioned now in case you dont know . all your publicity just gives further fuel to the fire to people who know nothing about the sport an just believe its cruel regardless of knowing the facts . please shut up and retire you eejit. no ones saying excessive use of the air cushioned whip shouldnt be punished but i suppose you enjoy seeing a lazy horse that could win now wont in light of these ridiculous new rules. if it aint broke dont fix it . they should return to the old rules with immediate effect . this is ruining the sport . jockeys cannot do there job properlyu under these rules every horse is different . it should be left to the horseman to decide . if a proffessional as respected as richard hughes cannot ride under these regulations then common sense must prevail he is a consummate proffessional an for him to be banned twice for whip regulations just shows how far wrong these regulations are hughesy lives and breathes horses . hope they sort this mess out . the powers that be should not be altering the sport just to suit an ignorant misinformed non racing pubplic.
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'Racing' needs to put someone forward as a spokesperson to the media to counteract McCririck's inaccurate and one-sided views on the whip. I would suggest John Gosden.
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FFS, Just ask him if he would rather watch animals being torn apart instead, as he seems to support that.
our sport has ZERO appeal to any of the young when he is one of the "Best Known" |
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Why does Radio 5 Live,for instance,always go to that clown for his view on any controversial racing issue. He is the worst ambassador possible for the sport and should be silenced forever!
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Since the new rules primarily affect the jockeys you would think that Kevin Darley would be banging the drum for them - but don't hold your breath.
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excellent suggestion george b.
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He was probably spewing out the usual reactionary, self-serving animal welfare mantra while stuffing his face with a bacon sandwich...
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Or Jugged Hare..
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Talks in one article about racing as "dinosaurs" and "stuffed"
A case of the pot calling the kettle? |
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Quite how he can have a single concern about the public image of racing when he's prepared to do untold damage to the sport by taking money to appear on TV cage fighting in his underpants, is totally beyond me, imo...
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And presumably he'll be accepting payment for his 'work' from C4 / ATR when appearing at NH racetracks where horses will DIE in the name of sport.
No horse is likely to die from being encouraged with an air-cushioned 'jockey's aid'. |
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jrmillman James Millman
No runners 2day but might hve a busy Sat, Shav goes 2 Newb for 50k hcap while some rain at Chep could see Numide out. Unfort John McCririck Has bitten the hand tht feeds him in DMail 2day, such a shame tht he is viewed as important by those outside the industry. No1 shld ever hve anythin 2 do with him, but more worrying is the comments tht appear below article, most non-racing people will agree with him as they dont Understand the facts tht the whip is a tool not a 'barbaric tradition'. A major worry is wht everlastin damage is this debate doin 2 racing |
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McCririck is a failed bookie who had his bacon saved by Barney, if the whip is so appalling he should leave the sport. So hypocritical, sticking his hooter into it....
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donaldmccain Donald Mccain
by gerlyonsracing Time for attheraces and all who employ mccririck take a long hard look at the damage a man they employ is doing to our sport !! 32 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply |
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Come on Mac, do the decent thing, foysc.
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There was a time when I defended this guy thinking that Chappers was bullying him.
How wrong I was. He is well capable of digging his own grave without assistance from anyone. |
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Its alarming that its took this for so called racing people to see what sort of person he is .
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long up there between this and for
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Time for attheraces and all who employ mccririck take a long hard look at the damage a man they employ is doing to our sport !!
nail on head |
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The big fat hairy 1 slagging the jocks off over strikes and stuff..... This from a big ugly man who went on strike in bb because he couldent have a can of diet coke pathetic creature
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I used to think Mc Cririck was a sort of likeable clown that most people put up that no one took seriously. Now I think hes a moron who I would never defend again. If he knows a lot about racing which he claims he will have spoken to jockeys about the air cushioned whip and know that it does not harm horses. He just trying to get himself a more positive profile with those that know little of nothing about racing and sell his mis guided copy.
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He should be sleeping with the fishes .
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He`s NOT sleeping with me.
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There's nothing worse, than seeing a frenzied jockey
whipping a horse. Why some do it on the run in, with 50 yards to go, when they're 20 lengths ahead, is totally beyond me. Time they used their brains, me thinks. They look like nasty horrible little men at times. And it's got to stop! |
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Time for the Honky Tonk Sideburned Tugboat to the decent thing and resign his position at ATR & Ch.4. He says nothing to me about my life.
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edvaughan1 Ed Vaughan
by EdDunlopRacing Mc Cririck makes his living from our sport,while so many in our industry are struggling,now he's getting more media work for running it down |
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Mc Cririck certainly gets carried away far too much and also becomes far too emotive on issues...which leads to him being rounded on...
but i would say that rather than make him a scapegoat for the dreadful PR that racing is enduring ... the chief protaginists in all this the Jockeys/trainers and the BHA should look to themselves first. |
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You only have to look at the battering that horses get in the U.S and the drugging and the mis-treatment from the likes of Micky Quinn to know that the BS spouted about how much those within the industry love animals is a total myth. McCririck's stance flies against the self-serving crap we hear from the animal abusers.
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To be fair to JMc he has always been consistent in calling for a total ban on the whip, which would still be a more desirable outcome than the present mish-mash shambles. When you impose limits on the number of strikes - especially with such heavy penalties - you distract jockeys from doing their job properly and open the sport to widespread cheating by penalising the jockeys who are trying hardest to win while making allowances for the ones making no effort.
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..yes tiptheodds......his consistency on the subject may be part of the reason why he is being rounded on...together with his delivery style of course!!!!
..nonetheless his consistency of position is in stark contrast to the trainers and especially the jockeys whose position seems to change.....if not on an hourly basis..then certainly daily!!!!!! |
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A man with all the intellect and inteligence of the contents of the inside of a ping pong ball.
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Renge, supporting Fox Hunting and Hare coursing whilst calling for a whip Ban is hardly consistent with cruelty to animals
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apparently though manyana ...at the level of atoms...we are all made mostly of air...!!!
...if you took every atom...from all 7 billion people in the world...and took the air from each atom... ..what remains would fit inside an orange!!!!!! incred. |
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no zilzal...but on this subject he has been consistent.
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Hes not that bright. The man is in contact constantly with jockeys. If he was intelligent enough to ask them the right questions he may get a factual answer. Gosh or am I wrong do they really want to know the truth.? It does not sell copy
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Whether hes consistent does not make him right
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why cant channel 4 replace the presentors of the morning line with atoms....or even an orange...
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and i refer you to my 1812 post.....
..having a go at him wont solve the problem........isuspect they are simply deflecting critiscism from themselves......they and the BHA have messed up... |
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So its more cruel to give a horse a hit from an air cushioned whip than to see an animal ripped apart for sport!!
Bit like his free market philosophy when he was bailed out, changes like the wind to suit imo Voice of racing my arse |