Happy Sunrise Posted June 6, 2019 Posted June 6, 2019 See these whip rules are now in use at the Buffalo Raceway. Are they better than our 10 whip rule or is someone going to tell me we have these rules already... Quote
Brodie Posted June 6, 2019 Posted June 6, 2019 We should go back to the old rule, that didn’t have a no.attached to it! Drivers are fined for using the whip more than the 10 times and yet some that use it less than the 10 will be using far more force. The current rule was rushed thru without a consensus or much thought being put into it. HRNZ brought it in, after the Ozzie’s banned the whip over there, which subsequently never came in. If you watch the Ozzie Trots there are so many drivers that give their horses heaps and nothing is said. I certainly don’t condone excessive use of the whip on horses, but the previous rule was working just fine! 1 Quote
the galah Posted June 10, 2019 Posted June 10, 2019 what about the drive on svelt in race 1 at Invercargill. he only started tapping the horse in the last 100m with the force that wouldn't even have killed a fly . Seemed he did not pause in between his tickles and got a fine., Quote
Brodie Posted June 10, 2019 Posted June 10, 2019 I backed Svelt, and watched race on my phone. Didnt realise he had been fined for doing nothing, blatant BS! Galah, you are so right, he was barely touching the horse, and Kelvin Franks is basically an amateur driver! BS rule needs to go and HRNZ need to admit that they stuffed up with this rule! They won’t even though they know they have!,,, Quote
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