RACING POST MONDAY FEBRUARY 20th 2012
RACING POST WEEK MONDAY FEBRUARY 20th TO SUNDAY FEBRUARY 26th 2012
TODAY'S CARDS Carlisle. Wolverhampton.
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"It sounds really silly, but it's more beneficial for a jockey to finish second and not break the rules than finish first and break them.
JIM within SAM TWISTON-DAVIES context herewith is bloodhorse illiterate. JIM works in a different professional zone to SAM.
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MICK FITZGERALD AND DARYL JACOB JOIN THE RP MONDAY JURY
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GRAHAM DENCH brings us news that Richard Hills
LAYERS got it wrong over LONG RUN'S win last Friday at Newbury
LAYERS got it wrong over LONG RUN'S win last Friday at Newbury
J MARGARET CLARKE TURFCALL COMMENT
THE BRITISH HORSERACING AUTHORITY (BHA)
These regulators are phoney they are choosing to leave the rights and the needs of each and every horse in training out of the equation within their regulation responsibilities. Choosing to leave the handling, riding and minding of the horses who are being prepared to race and to compete when ready to race on equal terms with a rider in a race. This cannot be allowed to continue on any longer. .
SAM TWISTON- DAVIES working his way along in his career and doing very well indeed, a bloodhorse literate, sound junior horseman working in the right highly skilled environment, to enable him to continue to improve in leaps and bounds. The only problem, and make no mistake it is a very big problem he has to face at present is the bloodhorse illiterate regulators. Sam says "Latest bans highlight everything that's wrong. JMC says " Make no mistake about it Sam is spot on with everything he states herewith:-
LIFE IN AND OUT OF THE SADDLE - SAM TWISTON-DAVIES
SAM says "LATEST BANS HIGHLIGHT EVERYTHING THAT'S WRONG.
"I was amazed last week to see two decisions which punished jockeys for excellent rides and highlighted everything that is, and will be, wrong with the whip rules if something is not done to give us jockeys a fair chance.
"First, Nicky Mackey received a ten-day ban for a great ride at Wolverhampton and then Tony McCoy picked up an even crazier four-day suspension for getting up to dead-heat at Leicester when there was no way he should have got there. I'ts ridiculous and doesn't make sense.
"I though Nicky gave a great ride to a horse who was obviously very difficult and inexperienced, and it wasn't anywhere near ideal for him. The horse was hanging into the rails and there was a danger to the horse and Nicky.
"He deserved a bit of leniency and the stewards should have used their common sense and discounted a few of those smacks as they were for safety. I definitely hope the ban gets overturned at the appeal as he should have been praised, not banned, for it.
"If he hadn't taken the action he did he almost certainly wouldn't have won and he's trying his best for the owners, the punters and the trainer.
"I sometimes think this is the only sport in the world where you get punished for trying to hard.
"Watching the replay of Tony McCoy it's amazing that he got his mount up to dead-heat. I was riding in the race and from the last he's got no chance of getting there, but I guess that's why he's champion jockey.
"So, when he's punished for a ride like that it just doesn't seem fair. It's like they're trying to take the best performers away from the game.
"He's banned for four days and that's four days people will go racing without seeing him. It seems so silly that it's happened after a quality ride like that where one reminder has made a difference to him being banned or not.
"I can't understand the thinking behind it. It doesn't seem logical to me that he can pick up such a ban for going one tap over whereas under the old rules you would have got a warning. We're trying best and continually getting punished for it.
"So far I've been lucky enough to have only broken the rules once but on several occasions I've thought maybe if I'd have given them another slap or two and taken the ban maybe we could have finished infront.
"Take Paddy Brennan for example. He got two or three days for breaking the rules and the first prize was only a grand. He's now missing a grand's worth of rides and that's even before he has a winner.
"There's talk in the weighing room that something is going to get done ahead of the big festivals, but I'm not sure what at the moment.
"All we really want is for it to be fair and for the punishment to fit the crime."
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J MARGARET CLARKE TURFCALL COMMENT
JIM McGRATH A SENIOR MEMBER OF THE C4 HORSERACING TEAM
JIM SAYS "THE WHIP REMEDY IS EASY - DITCH THE OLD RULES NOW."
JMC: With respect it was the old rules that were causing concern and rightly so. How was it that the BHA chose to carry out a Bloodhorse Illiterate Whip Review in the first place though? When it was most definitely a Bloodhorse Literate Whip Review that was needed?
Surely if whip tactics are causing concern to anyone at all it is a very serious issue indeed? An issue to do with bloodhorse illiterate horsemen abusing horses with the whip to get to the winning post first no matter if the horse drops dead after passing the winning post, that doesn't appear to matter one jot ... to bloodhorse illiterate stewards ....... What sort of a sport is this? What sort of stewards are these?
With respect those employed within the RSPCA are not Bloodhorse Literate, as neither are Veterinary surgeon's. So here again we observe two entirely different zones, among the myriad of zones attempting to work together to provide a day out at the races.
THE OTHER SHOCKING SCENARIO related to the life and times of the RSPCA is that successive government's failed in their duties to give the RSPCA the powers they needed to carry out the job they were attempting to achieve.
With respect this sport is not a new 'Exotic' whatever this is supposed to mean ... this sport has not and is not being regulated properly, left over decades to get worse and worse at an ever increasingly dangerous rate. Similar to what happened to the Lost Garden
JIM McGRATH, COMMENT.
VIEWPOINT IN AND OUT OF THE SADDLE "WHIP REMEDY IS EASY - DITCH THE NEW RULES NOW."
Jim says "The BHA has backed itself into a corner and sadly the agonising is set to continue.
"THE suspensions incurred last week by Nicky Mackey and Tony McCoy for what were essentially sound, effective rides inevitably brought the whip rules back into the headlines. However, publication of the Grand National weights, sandwiched in between, meant in effect that the same topic dragged racing to new depths, as one of our leading bookmakers opened a market on whether this year's winning Aintree rider will incur a ban over use of the whip.
"As the unjust suspensions and fines imposed on jockeys continues our sport has evidently reached a stage where the subject is now a new 'exotic' . What next, the first rider to 50 days and five grand?
"I still do not understand the reasons why the rules were changed.
" Was it the case to those responsible for running our sport that the way our jockeys rode was no longer defensible?
"Was racing so far out of kilter with the way the general public perceived animal husbandry that such dramatic and controversial revisions were necessary?
"As mentioned before, the detail and subject matter included in the BHA's whip report, which covers a seven-and-a-half year period and analysis 696,000 runners, made for fascinating reading. Notwithstanding that it shows that breaches of the old whip rules had increased, there are no statistics that show concern open, reasonably intelligent minds.
"When it comes to assessing the evidence therein, by what barometer do we measure this against? Well, even though it has no statutory powers, the RSPCA, a charitable organisation founded in 1824 and one with which racing has established a working relationship lasting many years, which also frequently offers comment on racing issues, seems the logical choice. With a mission statement aiming to "stop cruelty to" and "to alleviate the suffering of animals," by all lawful means, the RSPCA is undoubtably powerful, without question effective and, in general, hugely supported by the public. Therefore, it is something of a no-brainer that racing, via the BHA, should have an association with it.
"But that does not mean the RSPCA should be driving or influencing what happens in our sport, which on occasions appears to be the case. In fact, as the BHA's report underlines, there is good reason for thinking it should be trying to emulate the incredible high standards of welfare that generally pertain throughout racing, where anything from the type of nail needed to secure a horse's hoof to the make and shape of a whip comes under scrutiny.
"Interestingly, the latest figures concerning domestic animal abuse over a four-year-period, available on the RSPCA website, provide for a fascinating comparison witrh the BHA data. This to the extent that, far from wringing our hands that we fall short of what the general public expects, set against the RSPCA statistics, racing has nothing to worry about, nor should it be afraid of saying aas much.
"On average, the RSPCA fields 1.4 million calls regarding ill-treatment each year, of which approximately ten per cent are deemed worthy of follow-up. Ultimately circa 2,000 people per annum end up being punished for domestic animal abuse.
"While public perception of the whip remains a challenge, the BHA's report, which panel (a group that agrees to take part in surveys) illustrated that with education and explanation opinion can be and was changed. Surely this is something racing should be doing more of. Instead, it seems easier to apologise for ourselves or pick on our own.
"BHA chairman Paul Roy's preface states that "responsi-ble regulation is about setting the right standards and upholding them rigorously". He is right, of course, and it is largely because racing generally does this that in recent years it has only once been the vehicle of an attempted prosecution by the RSPCA. Contrast that with the facts pertaining to abuse mentioned earlier.
"But for regulation to be respected and work effectively, it has to be fare to all parties, including our jockeys. Rules should not be a sop to a largely ignorant majority. A one-size-fits-all approach is unjust and looks positively stupid as part of an overall disciplinary structure that aspires to be (a) just and (b) proportional.
"Paul Bittar, BHA chief executive, was, quoted as being hopeful a solution will be found soon. But let's be honest, the BHA board has backed itself into a corner. The remedy is easy-ditch the new rules now. Sadly, spin and the potential ramifications, let alone loss of face, mean in reality the agonising is likely to continue.
"Over the last four months, how many breaches have induced thoughts of cruelty or suffering? A thoroughbred runs on adrenaline, instinct and, crucially, if encouraged and put to flight. Rarely (and thankfully) nowadays do racehorses ever come close to being beaten in the name of the sport. For crying out loud, let's say so.
"Sadly, after umpteen weeks, the status quo continues as a report that prompted the changes, despite containing much that upholds racing as a responsible, caring industry, remains the stick with which we continue to beat ourselves."
JMC COMMENT: THE KEY INGREDIENT BLOODHORSE LITERACY
British Horseracing is not a responsible, caring industry. It is a bloodhorse
illiterate scam. British horseracing has been let down right left and centre over decades by government, and bloodhorse illiterate regulation right across the board, nothing more than a bag of wind that now thank goodness looks as if it will soon go pop, before any more of the young ones including the horses get contaminated.
HORSERACING A UNIQUE AND REMARKABLE SPORT TETHERED AND FETTERED BY BLOODHORSE ILLITERACY.
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