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And in the real world where humans insist on putting horses in these situations, the jockey could have simply not whipped a horse with a...

Perhaps in circumstances like this,if a horse falls there should be automatic disqualification. It removes the responsibility from the...

To the person writing about the small trainers and syndicates, and I know this is going to open a new can of worms. . . I confess to...

The jockey is the one sitting on the horse, he is a highly trainer professional with years of experience behind him... Paul Towned...

Low value is anything that has not fit to race or not worth the training fees, as long as you can get someone to pay the training fee it...

I think low value TB's have never been treated well. The H&H used to print auction results and there would always be a few that went for...

And weirdly I feel like if he was a rank amateur he would probably have been sanctioned!

Nobody is saying that there isn't more than could and should be done by (people in) various stakeholder organisations. But the welfare...

But that's the thing, really - it can't be their job. They are only employed to do the job of riding races with the aim to win. Jockeys...

It was stated that the horse became wobbly and collapsed behind the screens. I would think once stationery the horse could not stand...

Yes - it's systems not people that are the problem. People live within systems. If systems reward animal abuse and punish welfare then...

Why not? The jockey was in charge of the horse at the time, he should have pulled up immediately. I've been a fan of racing and horse...

I think this behaviour should not be rewarded in any way, at the end of the day money is involved and even if he didn't know or the...

He was probably going to be pts regardless but id have rather seen him be pulled up after sprawling, than whipped 3 times during a drive...

Yes. I think the issue here is he was ridden through it and that was wrong