STUDY REVEALS FUTILITY OF WHIPPING RACEHORSES

[westcoastpanther]

The research was funded by RSPCA Australia and carried out with the assistance of Racing New South Wales. RSPCA Chief Scientist, Dr Bidda Jones, said the results will help end the debate over whether there is a place for whipping in the future of Australian Thoroughbred racing.
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Hmmn, I've seen this before in other fields. A body gives them the answer they want and ask them to provide a brief supporting it....

[bayman]

ok, boys i was going to keep this to myself but i'll let you know that at warwick tonight in race 4 no 1 'the minack' will win its steeplechase race, time to start at 1.20am sa time

So if we all put $5 on it we will double the win pool from $50 to $100 and it will pay $1.80

that'd be overs

well, it won (paid $1.30), however if the jockey didn't give it 2 taps on the rump after jumping the last the 2nd horse would have won because the winning horse responded to a couple of taps when it was looking like being beaten & it went away from the 2nd horse over the concluding stages of the event....DV, if you don't believe me watch the replay

[BEEJAY]

I dont think it should have gone this far the stewards in charge should have jumped on those who cut them up when they cant earn money and taken the bull by the horns and said this has to stop but they didnt. Now you get all the tree huggers wanting to ban whips etc. Plenty of horses need a good crack or two to get the job done.