4 November 2020 

WHIPPING HORSES HURTS THEM - THATS WHY JOCKEYS DO IT

I love racing. But I'm not one eyed enough about the great sport to go around saying the use of the whip does not hurt horses. Of course it hurts them - they feel it - they react to it. 

In fact my horse, Quilate, winner of the Ladies Vase (G3) at Caulfield, absolutely resented the whip being used on her. And there are many horses who are of the same disposition.

We are now in the middle of a crisis for racing. The death of Anthony Van Dyck out of our greatest race, the Melbourne Cup, has turned the race into our greatest shame.

When it comes to issues such as this I have no answer - shit happens and it has happened too often in the big race.

The solutions to this are beyond me.

In the same race jockey Kerrin McEvoy copped a $50,000 fine for overuse of the whip.

This issue can be resolved. 

Ban the whip as a means of encouraging horses to maintain or increase their speed or cover the target areas of the horse to negate any affect of the whip.

The second option is my suggestion. It can be done and can be done effectively. I've designed a Saddle Cloth and Protector All-in-One.

Introduce it gradually via jump-outs, trials, picnic racing and check out the results. Refine it and improve the materials and watch racing progress. 

Do nothing and suffer the wrath of a pissed off society.

RACEHORSES 1ST

All-in-One

Protector and Saddle Cloth

Designed to protect the racehorse from pain

 by absorbing the impact of the whip

 used by jockeys in a

 thoroughbred horse race.