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Murray Howard- $500 Fine excessive!!!!!


Brodie

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I note that Murray Howard driving the horse he trains was yesterday hammered with a $500 fine!

He was fine for using his whip outside the whip regulation rule which I note they have once again renamed the offence!!!!

Murray drives very infrequently and was heavily fined $500 for driving his horse to win!

Gow dare he want to win a race by driving his horse out?

If you watch the replay of race 5 At Waikouaiti Club that raced at Oamaru, it does not appear to have been an overly aggressive whip action from Murray Howard but yes over the last 400metres would’ve been more than 10.

However, Murray did not whip the horse continuously at all, there was a long pause halfway up,the straight and then again when he felt he had a chance to actually win!

What the eff was he meant to do, just sit there without using the whip?

Yes the normal anti whip conglomerate will come on and say that he broke the rule!

The reality is that most know that the rule is blatantly stupid and needs to go!!!

Murray Howard, a very infrequent Driver has had a major part of his weekly income taken off him by HRNZ for trying to win a race and where he was overly vigorous on his own horse!!!!!

Ridiculous HRNZ, Change the rule as you know you stuffed up majorly when you rushed it through without a great lot of thought or support!!!

 

 

 

 

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2 hours ago, Brodie said:

I note that Murray Howard driving the horse he trains was yesterday hammered with a $500 fine!

He was fine for using his whip outside the whip regulation rule which I note they have once again renamed the offence!!!!

Murray drives very infrequently and was heavily fined $500 for driving his horse to win!

Gow dare he want to win a race by driving his horse out?

If you watch the replay of race 5 At Waikouaiti Club that raced at Oamaru, it does not appear to have been an overly aggressive whip action from Murray Howard but yes over the last 400metres would’ve been more than 10.

However, Murray did not whip the horse continuously at all, there was a long pause halfway up,the straight and then again when he felt he had a chance to actually win!

What the eff was he meant to do, just sit there without using the whip?

Yes the normal anti whip conglomerate will come on and say that he broke the rule!

The reality is that most know that the rule is blatantly stupid and needs to go!!!

Murray Howard, a very infrequent Driver has had a major part of his weekly income taken off him by HRNZ for trying to win a race and where he was overly vigorous on his own horse!!!!!

Ridiculous HRNZ, Change the rule as you know you stuffed up majorly when you rushed it through without a great lot of thought or support!!!

 

 

 

 

Whips need to go. I watched the replay and Mr Howard deserved what he got, in fact I think the fine should have been double.

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59 minutes ago, OLDWHITEMAN said:

Whips need to go. I watched the replay and Mr Howard deserved what he got, in fact I think the fine should have been double.

I agree, the rules are there for everyone and are well documented. If someone did strike his horse say 12 times and nothing was done all hell would break loose on here about how hopeless the RIU are for not being consistant. I'm thinking M Howard may have a previous charge or possibly asked for fine over suspension.

 

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2 hours ago, JJ Flash said:

I agree, the rules are there for everyone and are well documented. If someone did strike his horse say 12 times and nothing was done all hell would break loose on here about how hopeless the RIU are for not being consistant. I'm thinking M Howard may have a previous charge or possibly asked for fine over suspension.

 

Greg

Natalie Rasmussen is one of the worst offenders when it comes  to overuse of the whip!

Next time she should get a 6 month suspension for not seeing the error of her ways!

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4 hours ago, JJ Flash said:

I agree, the rules are there for everyone and are well documented. If someone did strike his horse say 12 times and nothing was done all hell would break loose on here about how hopeless the RIU are for not being consistant. I'm thinking M Howard may have a previous charge or possibly asked for fine over suspension.

 

Greg

And right on Cue,this

2 hours ago, Roman said:

How come Matt Anderson wasn't fined for his drive on Letsspendanighttogetha many a whip in his drive

I have no idea as im not sure what race you are talking about but i think most will see the correlation i brought up a few posts ago.

 

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The 2 worst cases were in the NZ Cup by reinswomen and they get fined!

Murray Howard a very part time driver and good horseman gets hammered in a maiden race with a poorish stake and gets fined $500.

Rasmussen and Manning I think got $1000 in a several thousand dollar group 1 race?

Pathetic ill thought out rule, got to go, end of storey!

 

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24 minutes ago, Brodie said:

The 2 worst cases were in the NZ Cup by reinswomen and they get fined!

Murray Howard a very part time driver and good horseman gets hammered in a maiden race with a poorish stake and gets fined $500.

Rasmussen and Manning I think got $1000 in a several thousand dollar group 1 race?

Manning got 2 weeks. It should have been 2 years.

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Mr Howard is obviously not a quick learner. I see he got 3 months and $500 fine for breaches of same rule less than a month after the fine he originally  got.

Well done to RIU, that's the consistency  we are all looking for. And no, this is not directed to antagonize Brodie or anyone else before you come on and attack me for my opinion

 

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5 hours ago, JJ Flash said:

Mr Howard is obviously not a quick learner. I see he got 3 months and $500 fine for breaches of same rule less than a month after the fine he originally  got.

Well done to RIU, that's the consistency  we are all looking for. And no, this is not directed to antagonize Brodie or anyone else before you come on and attack me for my opinion

 

Greg

Well deserved again and the fine should have been doubled. He was fined $500 for the same offence just a few weeks ago, yet in spite of that he does the same thing again. Clearly, a slow learner. He deserved the three months suspension due to being a serial whip flogging offender, but fine should have been $1000. 

Well done RIU. The next step is to ban whips.

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