inconsiderate whip use at badminton

beth123 said:
The dismounting jason was on off the first to dismount.
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He was one of the first off 'cos he was one of the first over the line :p

Davey Russell on the other hand was off 'cos he and his horse parted company and I reckon he only grabbed Ballabrigs to walk and wash down so he could get his 5 mins of glory on tv by leading the winner of the National :D I'll ask him next time I see him!
 
EKW said:
He was one of the first off 'cos he was one of the first over the line :p

Davey Russell on the other hand was off 'cos he and his horse parted company and I reckon he only grabbed Ballabrigs to walk and wash down so he could get his 5 mins of glory on tv by leading the winner of the National :D I'll ask him next time I see him!
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hahahha i knew someone would make a joke!! i agree he just wanted to pretend he'd won haha
 
beth123 said:
to me thrashing is an agressive harsh, way were as the 'whipping' that is sued when pushing a racehorse out is a completely different type of 'smack' they actaully really dont hurt, the ammount of times ive been hit across the arse with one from the lads i should know! how i see it is these horses be they eventers, racehorses dressage horses enjoy what they are doing and id much rather one die doing what it loved, adrenelin pumping, crowd cheering than stuck down in a field couldnt get up and not discovered for hours...

Personally i wouldnt push my horses to exhaustion because there not top level horses, but the horses in question are athletes. bred for this, their whole lives have been aimed at it, have you ever felt a super fit horse? dont think you could hurt them with a cushion whip.
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I am sorry, but the first few lines of your top paragraph did not make any sense (grammatically speaking). Were you trying to say that whipping and thrashing are two different things? If so, then you should look at this link. Also search its thesaurus for both 'whip' and 'thrash'. You will find they are one and the same.

Please make a video of yourself being whipped more than a dozen times. With each lash of the whip being exerted at full force. I would love to see your facial expressions.
 
Over2You said:
Please make a video of yourself being whipped more than a dozen times. With each lash of the whip being exerted at full force. I would love to see your facial expressions.
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I think there are other forums more appropriate to THAT kind of video :D
 
have you ever pushed a horse out.......
it isnt a whipping as in normal riding, more encouragement an exta leg if you will!

Have you never slapped, whipped or thrashed youre horse, whichever grammar you wish to use?
if you say no, i find it hard to believe
 
Jennyharvey said:
Sorry, but to say horse's dont experience pain the same way we do is utter rubbish. Yes they use their teeth to scratch friends, and a nip isnt gonna draw blood. They may have a thicker skin, than us, and hair too, but they still feel pain. So what you are saying is that its perfectly ok to hit a horse with a whip, rope, whatever, because they dont feel pain like us?
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Horses experience pain in much the same way as we do - of course! No-one in their right mind would deny that. But there is NO doubt that what would hurt us rather badly - even fatally - doesn't hurt or damage a horse anywhere near as badly!

I can assure you that if my husband crunched on my neck HALF as hard as my stallion does on his mares' necks, I sure as hell wouldn't be cuddling up saying 'take me I'm yours' as they do!! He's be in bloody A&E!!:rolleyes:
 
amandap said:
I don't feel I have a right to hurt a horse to force it to 'earn it's keep'.
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Sadly, horses who don't 'earn their keep' in SOME way - even it is just as a companion - end up in a far worse situation than getting a couple of smacks at Badminton!!

I regularly get horses in for re-educating who are drinking at the Last Chance Saloon. If I can't get them 'right', then they're off to a sale (unwarranted!) or a dealer. If it takes a couple of smacks to correct bad behaviour and get them listening, then that's a very small price for them to pay to ensure a better future! (Obviously, not every problem horse requires smacks - but some do!)
 
I cant get that image of JG out of my mind with her husband off to A&E. I thought Id strayed on to the wrong forum:D Still it did lighten this thread which has got ridiculous. I must have blinked when I watched Badmiinton as I saw nothing untoward, but Im a racing buff so maybe Im hardened to all that whipping:D.
 
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