Watch the horse in the bright red headgear, back second last on the fence.
In particular, watch it’s driver Jeremy Quinlan and see what he does.
Now watch the head on.
Quinlan comes clearly into shot about 5 seconds in.
Watch his actions closely.
They are disgraceful.
What justification in the world can there be for belting a static horse that was out the back of the field and no chance to win or run a place?
There is no justification for doing it even if it was in contention to earn a prize, but a rush of blood in pursuit of victory might mitigate the offence a little.
There was no excuse at all for J. Quinlan’s actions.
It was sheer anger and a desire to punish his horse by hurting it.
Quinlan copped 5 weeks for his actions.
He was very, very lucky.
If you had done what he did to your errant child you would have got five years.
They’re only horses though aren’t they?
Only to some anyway.
Not me.
I hope not you either.
If Jeremy Quinlan treats his horse like this, just imagine what he does to his dog.