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There is an easy answer. Make the jockey accountable. Increase the fines to $10,000 for every additional strike in breach of the rules. You will see jockeys conforming to the rules immediately. If it doesn't have the desired effect, increase it to $15,000. Suddenly you won't have a problem whatsoever. To start disqualifying horses would penalise punters and owners, which would just make racing more dodgy than it is.
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Its a padded whip fiddlesticks , remove the stupid rule.

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The only reason the whip rule is not being adhered to is:

1). The stewards are doing nothing to enforce it.
2). Jockeys are just breaching the rule because the current penalties are just a bandaid measur.

It is a no brainer, increase the financial penalties for any jockey who breaches the rules.

We won't even be having this discussion if the penalties are far more severe.
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We won't be having it if we get rid of the dumb rule
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Originally posted by bradjm bradjm wrote:

We won't be having it if we get rid of the dumb rule


I'm with you mate, I wonder how many races Octagonal would have won without the persuader, and many more top class horse I have seen in my time including Tulloch who at times needed a little reminder, the rules an ass, and they crucify Margaret for her thoughts, go figure!
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Originally posted by bradjm bradjm wrote:

Its a padded whip fiddlesticks , remove the stupid rule.


What does that mean, "It's a padded whip" ?


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Originally posted by bradjm bradjm wrote:

We won't be having it if we get rid of the dumb rule


I do agree with this.

Although I suspect differently to you.

We should have the same rule as they have in Europe and I suspect the US.


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Originally posted by djebel djebel wrote:

Originally posted by bradjm bradjm wrote:

Its a padded whip fiddlesticks , remove the stupid rule.



What does that mean, "It's a padded whip" ?





What do you think it means

The new padded whips were introduced in 2009 replacing the conventional whips, to placate idiots that have nothing to do with horses.
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PADDED WHIP

"DAYDREAM EXPLORER"resents it

Go to Kembla race 1 SATURDAY 10 JUNE


THE WHIP STILL WORKS FINE
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I noted Lachie King put the whip away over the last 100m on Savannah Moon y'day at Swan Hill & she did noticably lift to win narrowly, a fact he made mention of in his interview.
Pretty rare to see green kids have the courage to do this but he's had a super grounding & imo, a few more brains than some Smile
I see Nikata got time for overuse x 3 prior to the last 100m with her serial offender record landing her the suspension.
Wisdom has been chasing me but I've always outrun it!
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Good point Gay3 , the young lad has a great tutor if his dad is who I think it may be, there has been a number of times I've seen young jocks hitting a bit low ( flank area) and wondering why they can't " read." the resentment or horses fading while under the whip, the ones that can feel this are either naturals or mature beyond their years, but this should also be shown to the young ones at apprentice school, if anyone had the privilege to watch Geoff Lane , Bill Williamson , or Billy Cook they would understand that having your horse fully balanced and at full stride before the last resort is applied, the debate on the whip rule imo will always cause angst among the racing fraternity, but really it should be back to the apprentice school under the guidance of someone like Darren Gauci.
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Some years ago prior to the new rules I was on a roughie ew at Sandown. Loomed up over the last furlong and a half but instead of continuing his whip riding, on three occasions his apprentice jockey reverted to hand and heels. Each time he went for the whip the horse visibly surged - something I've rarely seen. Horse went down by a half neck opr so iirc. Jock's intermittent use of the whip undoubtedly meant the diff between winning and losing. That experience is one of the reasons I don't support banning of the whip. Some horses, esp those educated under its use, undoubtedly respond to it.
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Originally posted by djebel djebel wrote:

Originally posted by bradjm bradjm wrote:

We won't be having it if we get rid of the dumb rule


I do agree with this.

Although I suspect differently to you.

We should have the same rule as they have in Europe and I suspect the US.


We should have the same rule as Hong Kong.
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What is their rule ?

They do have the very best hand picked jockeys up there.


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Smile 
Had dismissed that from my memory until Gay's comment djebel  but the recollection still irks me somewhat. Fortunately for the jockey I've forgotten both his and the horse's name. 
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Originally posted by djebel djebel wrote:

What is their rule ?

They do have the very best hand picked jockeys up there.


They don't have one Wink
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(3) The Stewards may punish a jockey if in their opinion he has used his whip to excess or in an improper or inappropriate manner.
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Originally posted by Sneck Sneck wrote:

Originally posted by djebel djebel wrote:

What is their rule ?

They do have the very best hand picked jockeys up there.


They don't have one Wink

I guess they can do that in their environment.

As I said they have the best hand picked jockeys up there who know what they and their horses are doing.

When I watch footage of old races I cringe at the slather and whack they got away with back in the day.




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Originally posted by djebel djebel wrote:

Originally posted by Sneck Sneck wrote:

Originally posted by djebel djebel wrote:

What is their rule ?

They do have the very best hand picked jockeys up there.


They don't have one Wink

I guess they can do that in their environment.

As I said they have the best hand picked jockeys up there who know what they and their horses are doing.

When I watch footage of old races I cringe at the slather and whack they got away with back in the day.




Pavlovian conditioning.

They were doing things the right way back then, if you don't ride like that you fail to give your horse every opportunity to win.
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Originally posted by djebel djebel wrote:

Originally posted by Sneck Sneck wrote:

Originally posted by djebel djebel wrote:

What is their rule ?

They do have the very best hand picked jockeys up there.


They don't have one Wink


I guess they can do that in their environment.

As I said they have the best hand picked jockeys up there who know what they and their horses are doing.

When I watch footage of old races I cringe at the slather and whack they got away with back in the day.



Is that why they were lured o/s to ride for royalty and the mega rich , pity the
" slather and whack" wasn't employed more today especially for the ones that go around in the human race!
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Agree djebel and whips were a lot harder then as well. Don't know when it was introduced but we had the overuse rule (think it was something like 'unnecessary use of the whip') for decades and I recall a few jocks being sanctioned for it. It was generally only applied when horses were being continuously belted despite having no hope of finishing in the placings.

I know little about them but would have thought spurs are a bigger issue
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I am not talking George Moores day, I am talking more 80s and 90s.


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Cultural change was necessary and overdue even if the new rule is hit and miss. Most jockeys are far more aware these days and are being trained for every second stride hits, which is a both a worthy skill and a good thing generally speaking. 
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Originally posted by djebel djebel wrote:

I am not talking George Moores day, I am talking more 80s and 90s.


Well thank you djebel for being more specific, suppose I could give you another 10 but I don't want to bore you.
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Originally posted by Carioca Carioca wrote:

Originally posted by djebel djebel wrote:

I am not talking George Moores day, I am talking more 80s and 90s.


Well thank you djebel for being more specific, suppose I could give you another 10 but I don't want to bore you.

Give me another 10, it will not bore me Beer

Apart from McEvoy riding for Godolphin, who was the last jockey to go to Europe or India to ride for Royalty ?


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Originally posted by djebel djebel wrote:

Originally posted by Carioca Carioca wrote:

Originally posted by djebel djebel wrote:

I am not talking George Moores day, I am talking more 80s and 90s.


Well thank you djebel for being more specific, suppose I could give you another 10 but I don't want to bore you.

Give me another 10, it will not bore me Beer

Apart from McEvoy riding for Godolphin, who was the last jockey to go to Europe or India to ride for Royalty ?


They go to Asia now.
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Originally posted by djebel djebel wrote:

Originally posted by Carioca Carioca wrote:

Originally posted by djebel djebel wrote:

I am not talking George Moores day, I am talking more 80s and 90s.


Well thank you djebel for being more specific, suppose I could give you another 10 but I don't want to bore you.

Give me another 10, it will not bore me Beer

Apart from McEvoy riding for Godolphin, who was the last jockey to go to Europe or India to ride for Royalty ?



JMac?

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Originally posted by djebel djebel wrote:

Originally posted by Carioca Carioca wrote:

Originally posted by djebel djebel wrote:

I am not talking George Moores day, I am talking more 80s and 90s.


Well thank you djebel for being more specific, suppose I could give you another 10 but I don't want to bore you.
Fo

Give me another 10, it will not bore me Beer

Apart from McEvoy riding for Godolphin, who was the last jockey to go to Europe or India to ride for Royalty ?


For Uk royalty the latest ( from reading) would be QLD. jock Russell Maddock
before that both Edgar Britt ,Garny Bougoure, and Billy Cook for KG V1 ,
In India both Britt and Cook for the Maharaja of Baroda, but it's immaterial really,
If you get of your pc one day you may like to read Edgar Britt 's book Post Haste on what he said to the Queen about the whip, it's right up your alley.

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Originally posted by Britt Britt wrote:

 

“With a twinkle in her eyes Princess Margaret said ‘if it is naughty, you better give it one,’” Britt wrote. It turned out the whip was redundant that day; the horse behaved impeccably.

Britt won seven classics in England. In his career he rode more than 2000 winners. He is an inductee of the Australian Racing Hall of Fame and in 2004 received the Order of Australia Medal for services to racing.



 
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