Hey Jack, be careful what you type on here, as you might cop a suspension or an outright ban. I speak from experience
Hey Guys, Barbara Scott appears to be doing a good job in SA going on the latest stewards reports.
Hey Jack, be careful what you type on here, as you might cop a suspension or an outright ban. I speak from experience
It would be good if you could find a couple of races from this season to support this Jack
Last edited by teecee; 08-19-2014 at 02:49 PM.
per un PUGNO di DOLLARI
I hear ya, but it can get you in strife on here..
Like so many other poorly thought out edicts that Industry Participants must labour under...the ridiculous and ultimately abortive attempt by HRA to restrict the use of various bits/associated pieces of equipment being a classic example...rules such as this come to pass as a result of the 'idle hands do the Devil's work' efforts of non-horsemen and associated Industry funded desk pilots.
It is a FACT that a Driver can get infinitely more of an effort from a horse by way of brushing its Hocks or banging the wheel disks etc than they ever could from using a whip on them.
Horses respond to the surge of adrenaline produced by an unexpected brush of its hocks or a loud noise much much more than they'll ever respond to pain ...BUT whipping is Ok while brushing and banging wheel disks is not. Absurd.
To fine a driver for dropping a foot and brushing a horse in a race is a stretch for mine. To do so for brushing them in the prelim is ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS. All Gavin was doing was pre-racing a horse with its own Adrenaline and there is no rule against that...although now that I have said it no doubt some dickhead somewhere has been given the idea to try it on.
Before anyone jumps on the animal welfare train...brushing their hocks does not hurt them one bit.