jockey does a zidane

[lisaward]

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/25072006/140/jockey-sorry-headbutting-horse.html

 

[Doublethyme]

Should have the book thrown at him and banned for a very long time in my opinion.

 

[Toadeyes]

Jockey needs shooting.

 

[Beanyowner]

Would have thought it will have hurt the jockey more than the horse! Bet the horse was a bit baffled thoguh...poor thing!!

 

[JM7]

good thread about this from double-scoop in the new lounge...

 

[lisaward]

i was not sure if i should have posted there or here.

 

[JessPickle]

they have said the punishment could be a 1-28 day ban but is likely to be a ban in the lower of the possibilies that is outrageous

 

[MissDeMeena]

Ok, so it's a stupid thing to do in public, but i don't see the problem.. it's obviously an awkward horse.. porbably did it some good!!
*rushes out before getting shouted at*

 

[JessPickle]

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Ok, so it's a stupid thing to do in public, but i don't see the problem.. it's obviously an awkward horse.. porbably did it some good!!
*rushes out before getting shouted at*

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yes but to be honest he didnt even fall off, he just bailed out and racehorses are just not going to be the best behaved are they, they are basically bred to be highly strung!

 

[MissDeMeena]

have just watched video.. and see NO problem at all with what he did!!!
As i've said before, untill you've ridden pratting around racehorses with your knees up round its withers, don't comment on how easily he fell off!!

 

[Zebedee]

Ditto above.

 

[hayliana]

i really dont see how a headbutt is the right way to deal with a TB racehorse!!! for me it's more an issue of an idiotic attitude than the actual harm caused

 

[CastleMouse]

It was on the cover of the Irish Independent today, with a photo of the jockey headbutting the horse and Zidane headbutting the italian guy.

 

[Zebedee]

From what I saw on the news it didn't even look as if his head made contact - just the peak on his hat silk. No I agree not a very wise way to deal with any horse no matter what the misdemeanor, BUT it would seem that alot of the outrage is a 'kneejerk' reaction - esp in the way its been dealt with by the media. The powers that be have no option but to throw the book at this guy now - if only to satisfy the general public.

 

[hayliana]

someone on the news said the largest penalty he can get for his actions is a 20 day ban or something! it is a kneejerk reaction, but tbh racing isnt always seen in the best light anyway, apparently "cruel" and what with fallon's expeditions, this is exactly NOT what racing needed!

 

[Sarah1]

Agree with everything you've said on this post!!!! It's like you read my mind, spooky!

 

[kayleigh_and_rocky]

How can anyone condone that?really??? There is absolutely NO excuse for headbutting a wound up racehorse none at all i dont care what the excuses are!! Its just ridiculous that anyone would condone that its violent and out of order, if i fall off the last thing i do is head butt the horse for crying out loud!!!cant believe some people on here are condoning it!

 

[spotty_pony]

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Should have the book thrown at him and banned for a very long time in my opinion.

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I agree!

 

[monica123]

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I agree!







i sort of agree but how much damage could it have actually done??

 

[Zebedee]

Nobody is condoning it - some of us are just pointing out that the horse made far less fuss about it than people are, and that it would appear that it was the peak on the hat silk that made contact not the jockeys forehead.

 

[PapaFrita]

I honestly don't think anyone is condoning it, and if it'd been my horse I would've had a few choice words to say to the jockey, but if you see the video the horse barely seems to notice (it certainly doesn't throw its head up in the way you'd expect to, or if it had been slapped in the face) and since jockeys are allowed to whip horses during the race it simply seems as if things have been blown out of proportion.
Even a jockey who's been charged with excessive use of the whip only gets a temporary suspension and it doesn't become front page news.

 

[MissDeMeena]

I'm condoning it.. and openly laughing at comments like "Should have the book thrown at him and banned for a very long time in my opinion."

 

[PapaFrita]

Wouldn't you be cross if someone headbutted your horse? Even if it wasn't hard?

 

[MissDeMeena]

no i wouldn't.. infact i've done it myself (with my hat on).. horse went to barge past me to look at something interesting, was about to clout me round the head, so i got him first! no big deal, no arms waving round to frighten it, just a shock on the nose!!

 

[PapaFrita]

Just as well you weren't on tv then, isn't it!

 

[MissDeMeena]

haha unless Big Brother is watching us all

The thing i find shocking is, someone posted a while ago about stallion fighting in China, and no one seemed to give a damn.. a jockey over here gives a horse a bop on the nose with his own head, and all hell breaks loose!?!?!?!?!
Explain that!?!?!?!

 

[PapaFrita]

Well, similarly we don't see any jockeys on the front page for excessive use of the whip which I think is worse...

 

[MissDeMeena]

Or trainers running lame/unfit horses, which i think is even worse!!

I mean i can be the biggest tree hugger of them all, i'm really soft when it comes to horses (all animils really) and even i can't see the problem with this!!
And some peoples reactions above are way OTT IMHO

 

[PapaFrita]

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Or trainers running lame/unfit horses, which i think is even worse!!

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Very true!! but Joe Schmo General Public wouldn't know a lame/unfit horse from a sound one, and they see jockeys smacking horses all the time (so then it must be OK) whereas they recognise a headbutt....
The comments I saw on one of the websites (possibly BBC) were of the opinion that it wasn't such a big deal really.

 

[MissDeMeena]

Totally, this guys only mistake was to do it within the public eye!!
The only reason i've posted so many replies, is due to the reaction on here!