Chief Stipe Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 Damian Lane to miss Derby Day Andrew Eddy@fastisheddy 16 October, 2021 Jockey Damian Lane (Image: Racing Photos) Damian Lane will be missing from the first day of Flemington's Melbourne Cup Carnival after he was suspended by stewards at Caulfield on Saturday for excessive whip use on Tristarc Stakes winner Colette. Lane pleaded guilty to the charge of striking the Godolphin-trained mare with the whip more than five times before the 100-metre mark - but he deferred his suspension for a week to allow him to partner Verry Elleegant in next Saturday's Cox Plate. Stewards suspended Lane for eight meetings for breaching the whip rule for striking the mare ten times before the 100-metre mark, five strikes over the limit and 12 in total, and fined him $4500, which is half of his winning fee. Lane will ride at the Cox Plate meeting and then take his suspension, meaning he will miss the four Group 1 races on Victoria Derby Day, including the likely ride aboard Colette in the Empire Rose Stakes. WATCH: Lane's winning ride aboard Colette in the Tristarc Stakes 7 Caulfield 16 Oct 2021 5:45pm1400m Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damian Lane will be missing from the first day of Flemington's Melbourne Cup Carnival after he was suspended by stewards at Caulfield on Saturday for excessive whip use on Tristarc Stakes winner Colette. Lane pleaded guilty to the charge of striking the Godolphin-trained mare with the whip more than five times before the 100-metre mark - but he deferred his suspension for a week to allow him to partner Verry Elleegant in next Saturday's Cox Plate. Stewards suspended Lane for eight meetings for breaching the whip rule for striking the mare ten times before the 100-metre mark, five strikes over the limit and 12 in total, and fined him $4500, which is half of his winning fee. Lane will ride at the Cox Plate meeting and then take his suspension, meaning he will miss the four Group 1 races on Victoria Derby Day, including the likely ride aboard Colette in the Empire Rose Stakes. WATCH: Lane's winning ride aboard Colette in the Tristarc Stakes 7 Caulfield 16 Oct 2021 5:45pm1400m
Chief Stipe Posted October 16, 2021 Author Share Posted October 16, 2021 If Damian Lane hadn't have got stuck into Collette when he did the lazy B will still be lobbing lazily behind the field! Did the punters a service did Lane. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomates Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 1 minute ago, Chief Stipe said: If Damian Lane hadn't have got stuck into Collette when he did the lazy B will still be lobbing lazily behind the field! Did the punters a service did Lane. I agree , but the issue now is there is a rule , ride within those parameters or cope the punishment , it aint gonna change so everybody needs to move on . And i agree about whether Collette wins without it , but unfortunately we have to live with it now . I'm much more concerned with riders hitting horses that are obviously beaten , a much worse look , i'm no softy but it gets me bloody angry , especially when the ride contributes to a horse getting beaten and then the jock hits it , i know who needs the stick around their arse . 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Stipe Posted October 16, 2021 Author Share Posted October 16, 2021 Yet another case!!! Nash Rawiller cops heavy whip breach penalty over The Everest Nash Rawiller won the St Leger Stakes on Warning at Randwick on Saturday. Photo: Mark Evans–Getty Images By Clinton Payne10:39pm • 16 October 2021 0 Comments Champion jockey Nash Rawiller copped a suspension and $20,000 fine for breaking the whip rules aboard third placegetter Eduardo in the $15 million The Everest at Randwick on Saturday. Rawiller told stewards he was “shocked” he’d struck his mount on nine occasions, four more than permitted, prior to the final 100 metres of the race. “He’s not a horse I really punish,” Rawiller told stewards. “He’s a confidence horse. “I try more to persuade him rather than overdo things. “I just feel he hit that big a flat spot over say 100 metres and I hit every second or third stride and I obviously used up my (strikes) before the 100. “I normally would have just given him two or three. “I don’t even think it was a heat of the moment. I was trying to build my momentum and it was more a horsemanship thing than anything. “I’m actually shocked I hit him that many times.” Rawiller pleaded guilty to the stewards charge and it’s the sixth time he’s been charged in New South Wales for whip breaches over the past 12 months. He’s also been charged on another three occasions for whip breaches in Queensland over the past 12 months. Stewards slapped Rawiller with a $20,000 fine and six metropolitan and provincial meeting suspension which commenced immediately, and he returns to the saddle on Friday, October 29. Eduardo’s third placing resulted in Rawiller earning a riding percentage of $70,000. Rawiller has rides on Private Eye in the Golden Eagle and Think It Over in the Rosehill Gold Cup at Rosehill on October 30. The suspension cost him the ride aboard Forbidden Love in the $2 million The Invitation (1400m) at Randwick next week. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Stipe Posted October 16, 2021 Author Share Posted October 16, 2021 7 minutes ago, nomates said: I agree , but the issue now is there is a rule , ride within those parameters or cope the punishment , it aint gonna change so everybody needs to move on . But with some horses you just can't "move on"! She's lobbing along thinking it's another one of those bloody track gallops or trials - can't be shagged raising a gallop. Lane probably would have got done for not giving the horse "every chance" if it had got beaten carrying the tote on her back. What was he going to do? Stop the race and have a one on one chat with her about her attitude? I agree about bashing horses that have done their best but these rules don't help that either. "Why DIDN'T you hit the horse the allowed number of times in the run home?" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Stipe Posted October 17, 2021 Author Share Posted October 17, 2021 May be we should just give the whips a different name? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomates Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 25 minutes ago, Chief Stipe said: May be we should just give the whips a different name? He is one of the reasons i am proud to call myself a Scotsman . First time i seen him live was in Hamilton , 3 and 1/4 hours he was on stage , my face muscles and ribs were so sore from laughing , up there with whiskey as being synonymous with Scotland . 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gammalite Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 2 hours ago, Chief Stipe said: Damian Lane to miss Derby Day Well some things don't make sense , COLETTE took a bit more winding up than normal , so then jockey punished for winning.? Should be given 'Extra' congratulations if anything, and thousands more slings from the punters. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomates Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 10 minutes ago, Gammalite said: Well some things don't make sense , COLETTE took a bit more winding up than normal , so then jockey punished for winning.? Should be given 'Extra' congratulations if anything, and thousands more slings from the punters. The thing with Collette was that she was really coming off a Caulfield Cup prep , had an issue so missed some work and this was a catch up race , so she was always going to be a bit dour at the distance , so what a great mare she is to be able to win it , perhaps the jock could have looked at going a bit earlier before the pace went on , just a thought . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Stipe Posted October 17, 2021 Author Share Posted October 17, 2021 Hell @Thomass must be having conniptions followed by paroxysms since Saturday. Danielle Johnson in her excellent ride on Savvy Yong Blonk in the Livimol got fined $3,500 for giving her "two strikes with the whip within two consecutive strides before the 100m". What a nonsense rule. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billy connolly Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 1 hour ago, Chief Stipe said: What a nonsense rule. It's a travesty and an indictment on the stupid pricks who dream up these preposterous rules and even more of an indictment on the grotesquely stupid pricks who enforce them. Could you imagine someone being prosecuted for belting their dog (twice) and then fined $3,500 ??? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All The Aces Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 Troy Harris at Hastings on Saturday. Three separate races charged re the whip rules. T Harris (SOLID IMPACT) – Admitted a charge in that he struck his mount SOLID IMPACT six times prior to the 100 metres with the matter being adjourned until tomorrow’s race meeting at Rotorua. T Harris (PALAMOS) – Admitted a charge in that he struck his mount PALAMOS six times prior to the 100 metres with the matter being adjourned until tomorrow’s race meeting at Rotorua T Harris (PRISE DE FER) - Admitted a charge in that he struck his mount PRISE DE FER six times prior to the 100 metres with the matter being adjourned until tomorrow race meeting at Rotorua Suspensions: Race 8 Hawke’s Bay Racing Inc – Saturday, 16 October 2021 T Harris PRISE DE FER Excessive use of the whip [Rule 638(3)(g)(i)] Suspended 18-24/10 inclusive, 5 days and fined as below Fines: Race 3,4, 8 Hawke’s Bay Racing Inc – Saturday, 16 October 2021 T Harris SOLID IMPACT, PALAMOS, PRISE DE FER Excessive use of the whip [Rule 638(3)(g)(i)] $750 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Bloggs Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 S Wynne fined, suspended, you name it, a serial flogger, Irelands gain, NZ's loss, if there is a next life, the horses will ride the jockeys and one S Wynne will cop a good flogging. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomates Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 25 minutes ago, Joe Bloggs said: S Wynne fined, suspended, you name it, a serial flogger, Irelands gain, NZ's loss, if there is a next life, the horses will ride the jockeys and one S Wynne will cop a good flogging. Go look thru the stipes report for the last 8/9 days , plenty of jocks still don't follow the rules , plenty fined and i think 1 got a double suspension . Slow learners . But S Wynne is a very average rider , but considered one of the better ones down south , how bad does that make the rest . 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holy ravioli Posted November 7, 2021 Share Posted November 7, 2021 Whats the pay rate for whip strike counters these days? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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