After jockeys threatened to strike over new racings rules restricting the use of the whip, the Australian Racing board has offered a compromise.
Jockeys will be permitted to strike the horse up to seven times over the last 100 metres of the race.
There is a very simple way to figure out what is a fair use of the whip:
Get all the jockeys, stewards and board members together and keep whipping them until they say they’ve had enough.
Fair point but horses are much bigger and stronger than humans. Striking them with the whip is like striking us with a twig. I wouldn't want to be hit with a twig either but what hurts us doesn't always hurt them. Just having shoes nailed to my feet would put me over the edge.
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