Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Whip use in all equine sports continues to be a hot topic for regulators and welfare advocates. Researchers in Sweden wondered whether the use of the whip in harness racing there actually accomplishes part of its purpose in encouraging horses to run faster. In a study published this month in the peer-reviewed journal Frontiers in Animal […]
Archie I think your words about trots and racing in NZ are true they will come for them. The emboldened activists with the wind in their sails will almost certainly come for all 3 codes in Australia too. I think one thing we and the thoroughbred authorities in New Zealand should be is proactive and […]
These are the whip rules. Thou shalt: Only apply the whip and/or the rein in a wrist only flicking motion whilst holding a rein in each hand with the tip of the whip pointed forward in an action which does not engage the shoulder. Thou shalt not: Generate force by using the elbow or shoulder […]
Watch driver Tiarna Ford’s use of the cane on the winner Hurricane Rock from the 400m mark on in the 6th race at Launceston on Sunday. Hurricane Rock’s the horse in the green and gold coming around the outside. Ford doesn’t just breach the whip rule, she smashes it into little pieces as she smashes […]
We appreciate that we’re starting to sound like a broken record, but it’s not our fault it’s his. By he we mean Australia’s most suspended apprentice jockey Dan McGillivray, who was sent on yet another holiday by the Stewards at the Gold Coast yesterday. This time the persistent rules breaker wasn’t outed for careless riding […]
Keepcrackingjokes is a 6yo pacer trained (on paper) by Maryanne Laffan, driven by her partner Steven Matson, and owned by Matson’s daughter Dellareece. On Tuesday night the horse turned out to race in an NR up to 34 affair at Albury, the track where it had last won a race fifteen starts back in December […]
Hi Archie Get a load of this for a “workout” last 50 meters Dylan Ferguson with the whip. Bloke is a shocker, constantly getting suspended for the whip use. I think he needs to find another hobby to let his anger out! What do you think? Aaron from Aorangi Editor’s note I reckon Dylan Ferguson […]
In an amazing feat rarely or maybe even never sever been before, Vlad Duric landed two winners and three suspensions all in the one day at Eagle Farm on Saturday. The former Victorian rider via Singapore won the Dalrello on Mishani Lily and the Victory Stakes on Antino, his big day out was dulled a […]
Can anyone tell me how when we have relatively simple national racing rules that apply across Australia they can be interpreted so differently from State to State? I refer here specifically to the whip rule, and the disparate application of it by the Stewards in Victoria and NSW. Yesterday the Racing Victoria stipes outed rider […]
Apprentice Y. Lewis should go and buy herself a lotto ticket after escaping a fine or suspension for her ride on Fay Faye in the last at Rockhampton yesterday. Not only did she whip her horse 15 times down the straight, she did it in consecutive strides, and she whacked it at least once, or […]
