Following on top of the above
Check out the whip actions in the Echuca Cup tonight - yeah they're just using a flicking action :rolleyes:
http://www.harness.org.au/racing/fie...21#ECC19032101
It seem the bigger the race , the more the rules are ignored.
Stewards either have to inform participants that from now on - demotion is a real possibility
Or we ban the whip (only carried for horse management)
Or we stop pretending
And don't tell me the horses don't feel it - or why would the drivers being doing it with such force