Quote Originally Posted by clarkey1974 View Post
When they first limited the use of the whip…I said who are they trying to appease…and as yet no-one has answered…

If the prize money is good jockeys will take a ban for winning by over use of whip or dangerous riding of it means winning…..so the disqualification is the only deterrent they have left….although will they have the right to appeal that’s the key bit..?..perception to be seen to be doing something.?.if they do as with most stewards cases the result can take up to 2/3 months..

Also you can use a corrective whip which in some cases doesn’t count in the total of whips allowed…which is again open to interpretation…

It should have been whip at your Will or don’t whip at all…as soon as they put a limit on it they created the monster…
Good post clarkey, and that was pretty much my point to gru, but he doesnt think that a winning horse should lose the race even if the jockey breaks the rules, which makes no sense.
I suppose their could be a scenario whereby does the horse get disqualified and placed last? or is it just reversing 1st and 2nd placed horses? but to me the winning horse has to at least lose first place or what's the point of making rules which some jockeys discard when it suits them. UTM