Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
At one stage, when concern for animal welfare was at its zenith in the wake of the greyhound live baiting scandal and racing authorities in all codes were wanting to be seen to be tough on perceived abuses, the whip rule was taken seriously. Drivers were hit hard for breaches, particularly in cases where the shoulder […]
You can appreciate brotherly love, and the fact that Kevin Lerena is simply sticking up for his brother, but how does anything you see in the video that K. Lerena posted on X justify Gavin Lerena doing what he did by attacking a rival jockey with his whip in the straight? The simple answer is […]
Archie The whip study you wrote about yesterday is full of nonsense. The majority of horses in the final 100m of a race are tiring, and a 3 second delay in judging acceleration/deceleration is ridiculous. A horse can almost instantly shiver its skin if an insect lands on it, it doesn’t take 3 seconds to […]
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 […]
