I wonder what the HHO Collective thinks of this ….

I thought it was a sensible option and one that most experienced people would think nothing of doing in similar circumstances, I certainly have many times when something is thinking backwards, the horse was in no danger of being hurt by a bit of soft surface and it did the job with no fuss.
 
Crikey! I've thrown whole buckets of water at horses backsides to get them forwards before! Let alone a wee bit of beach donkey derby surface!

Some stewards think they are the be all and end all and are beyond reproach! Utter ridiculous!
 
Lévrier;13667919 said:
Sorry it wouldn't run properly for me - what was the steward's penalty? And did he really just chuck a handful of surface at the horse?
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He really did, one handful of sand at it's bum. He got a one day ban.

Like was said, lucky he didn't have a yard broom to hand!
 
Oh for goodness sake..... ridiculous.....

It reminds me of "extreme HR" - I am sure that the horse suffered major trauma for having a handful of surface chucked at it.....NOT!!!!!!!!
 
Lévrier;13668004 said:
Stop splitting hairs there :p :)
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Haha I wasn't I promise, I was trying to help you visualise him rather delicately picking up a thimbleful of surface and delicately fire it, from some distance, at the horse's bum. Said horse then ambled into the stalls. I'm not sure it noticed tbh. I expect it will be offered counselling, however.
 
It's all for show. The steward would have known full well it didn't cause harm or upset to the horse and that it's a technique sometimes used by experienced people. But he also would have been thinking of how it looked to a non-understanding public always ready to cry abuse, so probably felt he had to be seen to be acting on it. An off-the-cuff PR exercise, sort of.

That little b@$tard in Adelaide though? If I was the steward and had the power I'd have suspended him on the spot and scratched the horse. If I was the trainer I'd have sacked him on the spot and never use him again.
 
LadySam said:
It's all for show. The steward would have known full well it didn't cause harm or upset to the horse and that it's a technique sometimes used by experienced people. But he also would have been thinking of how it looked to a non-understanding public always ready to cry abuse, so probably felt he had to be seen to be acting on it. An off-the-cuff PR exercise, sort of.

That little b@$tard in Adelaide though? If I was the steward and had the power I'd have suspended him on the spot and scratched the horse. If I was the trainer I'd have sacked him on the spot and never use him again.
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^^^^^ Agree !!
 
Also agree with LadySam, and the general consensus that the dirt tossing was harmless and probably effective, while the punching incident was ugly and reprehensible.
 
gently sprinkling it with a bit of sand in a jovial way is no harm to me, compared to the other things i know go on in racing for which the perpetrators should get a rocket up their *******s.

maybe its a tentative, nonsensical, illogical, fumbling step towards making horses lives more humane, a perverse realization that they are being watched and are accountable.
 
I was expecting him to have hurled a big clod of earth at the horse by the way they went on about it, not a gentle, underarm sprinkle of sand, sheesh!
 
I kind of understand it. Even though I would do the same as it's effective and doesn't harm the horse, when yoou have rules, where do you draw the line? What are you allowed to throw at a horse? Sand? Sand and rubber? Gravel? Stones? Obviously, in our day to day life with horses we make informed decisions, however, in a sport watched by Joe Public there have to be rules and it's easier to say nothing should ever be thrown at a horse than to specify exactly what can and can't be thrown.
 
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