In my honest opinion, I think whips SHOULD be banned for several reasons
1) jockeys are always whipping the horses even if they are not winning
2) whipping can cause injuries to the horse
3) the whip use is different from jockey to jockey
4) it’s just overall cruel
I think that if they are going to continue, that they should only have a select number of whip taps (like 10 to 15 in race)
Plus every gate crew has a “whip man” and usually if the horse does not load properly, then the guy would whip the horse until he gets in the gate. The camera is always turned away so the fans don’t see it on tv.
Last edited by CheckMark; 10-30-2018 at 03:53 PM.
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