THE RACING POST TUESDAY NOVEMBER 1st 2011
RACING POST WEEK MONDAY OCTOBER 31st TO SUNDAY NOVEMBER 6th 2011
TODAY'S CARDS: Exeter, Kempton and Redcar
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PRICEWISE HORSE TODAY, CAPTAIN CHRIS in action at Exeter
2.50 Betfred Haldon Gold Cup Chase (Limited Handicap) (Grade 2) (Class 1) for 4yo+ over 2m1f+ winner £34,170
WIN: MEDERMIT (FR) 7 11-4 partner ROBERT THORNTON handler presenter SARAH WELFORD trainer Alan King for The Dunkley and Reilly Partnership. Breeder Philipippe Gasdoue 7-2 from CORNAS 16-1
http://www.exeter-racecourse.co.uk/Home.htm
RODNEY MASTERS "CAPTAIN hands it to MEDERMIT as luck runs out for JOHNSON.
"PHILIP HOBBS drove away from Exeter last night in a distinctly positive mood despite the double-barrelled anguish of seeing RICHARD JOHNSON unseated from the stable star CAPTAIN CHRIS and MENORAH when both looked winners in a day of high drama.
RODNEY MASTERS "CAPTAIN hands it to MEDERMIT as luck runs out for JOHNSON.
"PHILIP HOBBS drove away from Exeter last night in a distinctly positive mood despite the double-barrelled anguish of seeing RICHARD JOHNSON unseated from the stable star CAPTAIN CHRIS and MENORAH when both looked winners in a day of high drama.
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ANDREW SCUTTS NEWS MP’s TO DISCUSS WHIP WITH HORSEMEN
“THE ISSUE OF THE WHIP will exercise minds in not one but two corridors of power today, as the BHA and Professional Jockeys Association discuss the controversial subject at the governing authorities London base, before MP’S have the chance to quiz horsemen and officials at the House of Commons.
"TRAINER RICHARD PHILLIPS was delighted to accept an invite to the meeting with MPs by Laurence Robertson, the joint – chair of the All- Party Racing Group, and while he feels the implementation of the new whip rules has been crass, he also believes that long-term “Everything will get sorted and be fine”.
JMC TURFCALL Who are the MP's who make up the All-Party MP Horseracing Group?
“Everything will get sorted and be fine ….Who will get this sorted exactly? The Bloodhorse Literate? The Bloodhorse Illiterate ? Or a miss - mash of both? More of the same empty- gestures? More of the same fob- off Lip Service? More of the same taking horsemen and the horses for granted?MONTY ROBERTS introduced to this country by our own Queen Elizabeth in the early 1980’s. Monty often uses the word gestures in his BLUSHING ET Documentary. MONTY’S gestures are bloodhorse literate gestures.
Blushing ET documentary link: http://www.turfcall.co.uk/montypage.htm
“PHILLIPS will attend the meeting, scheduled to last an hour from 6pm along with rider Andrew Thornton, PJA chief executive Kevin Darley and the BHA’s Tim Morris and Jamie Stier.
JMC TURFCALL Who are the bloodhorse illiterate MP’s attending?
“PHILLIPS said “My views will be my own but I would imagine other trainers would share some of them. Laurence Robertson is a friend, he loves his racing and horses, and any chance for a trainer or jockey to explain their view to MP’s is a good thing.”
JMC TURFCALL But will the bloodhorse illiterate MP’s understand what the bloodhorse literate horsemen are attempting to say properly to get accurately in context?
“THE TRAINER CONTINUED: “It is plain to see horses aren’t being hit as much and that’s a positive.
“RACING had to be seen to be self regulating over this, not being told what to do. That’s very important.”
JMC TURFCALL: “Racing has to be seen … What, to fob off the general public? To fob off the punters? To subject the racehorses in training to constant bloodhorse illiterate abuse?
“I THINK THE RULES are largely acceptable but that asking people to do it quickly created the problem. In hindsight there should have been a trial and the timing of the changes was not the most suitable. It’s like giving up smoking-most couldn’t do it overnight.
JMC TURFCALL: Christophe Soumillon (FR) at Ascot to ride on Qipco Champions Day did not think “the British rules are largely acceptable.” How many more horseracing countries around the world would take Soumillon view? How are jockeys supposed to manage when riding in countries around the world, if all the countries have different rules?http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/oct/15/whip-ban-christophe-soumillon-ascot
“PROFESSIONAL RIDERS develop habits which you can change only over a period of time. Joe Mercer was a great jockey without using his stick too often. It’s about style, that’s the route to go down.”
JMC TURFCALL: “It’s about style … No good having style if you are out of tune with your horse.
“THAT STEWARDS have no discretion in the early days of the whip rules in incidences such as Ruby Walsh’s widely claimed ride at Aintree last month that earned him a five- day ban for one strike over the limit, and which is subject of an appeal this Thursday, is one aspect of the rules Phillips believes could be tweaked as jockeys seek to adapt to change.
JMC TURFCALL: What sort of discretion? Bloodhorse Literate discretion? Bloodhorse Illiterate discretion? Or a confusion of discretion? No jockey can wave a magic wand in a race and change a horse’s behaviour by a stroke or more of a whip.
“YOU HAVE TO RESPECT the fact that whilst jockeys are professional sportspeople they do things sometimes that breaks a rule when the adrenaline is pumping-all – all professional sportspeople would understand that,” said Phillips.
JMC TURFCALL: Much depends upon the horse you are riding if he has been prepped properly at home … or not as the case maybe.
If a horse whilst competing in a race needs constant whipping of any sort there is something going very wrong at home in his prep training. You can tap a horse if he is loosing concentration but that should be all that is needed.
If a horse whilst competing in a race needs constant whipping of any sort there is something going very wrong at home in his prep training. You can tap a horse if he is loosing concentration but that should be all that is needed.
“PENALTIES will be discussed tomorrow and there is a case for discretion being used, as its early days. Nobody should have had a problem with Ruby’s ride.
“MAYBE there should be discretion over penalties for one hit over. “To take a jockey’s livelihood away for that is perhaps unfair, and I do have sympathy for jockeys. They are pros and do their jobs well.”
JMC TURFCALL: There is a case for discretion being used … How horses are prepped at home the issue, as to what ride each horse gives a jockey at the races in a race. …… The whip can sometimes be used as a quick fix in a race to save the day on a horse not prepped properly at home.
“THE WAY FORWARD, Phillips believes, is to “calm down and get this sorted, but without rushing. “
JMC TURFCALL Severe harm unjust punishments have been dished out already. BHA authority responsible have taken nearly a year to set this shocker up. At what cost? If this is the best that they can come up with, dread to think how bad their worst is. Or perhaps their worst has been left to get so bad for so long that we have all lost hope. What is it that people say ? "Oh that's racing ...." It maybe bloodhorse illiterate racing, but it most certainly is not bloodhorse literate racing.
“HE ADDED “ The commonsense approach is to let the wider world know the whip isn’t a welfare issue; it’s a foam- covered stick which encourages horses. Its up to racing to explain to and educate the public. My door’s always open, to the RSPCA, Animal Aid, everyone. I’d happily show how much a racing yard cares for horses .
JMC TURFCALL: “To let the wider world know the whip isn’t a welfare issue … In whose hands is a whip not a welfare issue? Whips of any sort are known universally as tools to inflict punishment. To attempt to mislead punters and the general public otherwise, misleading to say the least. Ask Monty Roberts about the whip and how the whip is used around the world.
“BEFORE THE All-Party Racing Group meeting, there will be further talks between BHA and PJA officials, with the BHA keen to express that their assertion that constructive dialogue would continue over the whip rules is not an empty gesture.”
JMC TURFCALL “The BHA keen to express that their assertions that constructive dialogue would continue over the whip rules is not an empty gesture …. They may be keen but are they able? Is this the last straw that broke the camels back?
TWO RACES THAT HAVE TURNED THE BRITISH HORSERACING AUTHORITY REGULATION, DISIPLINARY, LICENSING AND THE RULES OF BRITISH HORSERACING UPSIDE DOWN, BACK TO FRONT, AND INSIDE OUT ALL AT THE SAME TIME
THE AINTREE GRAND NATIONAL 2011
WIN: BALLYBRIGGS partner JASON MAGUIRE (Broke the whip rules and won)2nd: LONG RUN partner SAM WHALEY COHEN (Stayed within the Whip rules and lost )
ROYAL ASCOT 2011
PRINCE OF WALES STAKES (run on Wednesday June 15th 2011)WIN: REWILDING partner FRANKIE DETTORI (Broke the whip rules and won)
2nd: SO YOU THINK partner RYAN MOORE (Stayed within the whip rules and lost)
HORSERACING A UNIQUE AND REMARKABLE SPORT
