Why Did He Keep The Race?

Sohofox

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Excessive and illegal use of the whip on the run-in.
Fined £400. Plus 9 day ban (bit irrelevant seeing as he has retired).
So why was he not disqualified?
He won it through cheating and inflicting unnecessary punishment on the horse.
 
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Sohofox said:
Excessive and illegal use of the whip on the run-in.
Fined £400. Plus 9 day ban (bit irrelevant seeing as he has retired).
So why was he not disqualified?
He won it through cheating and inflicting unnecessary punishment on the horse.
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Under BHA rules excessive use of the whip does not carry a disqualification. Simple as that
 
Yes but he was done for excessive use of the whip AND whipping the horse in an illegal place (presumably on the neck?)
So it wasn't just a case of hitting the horse too many times. He also hit it in a place which is outlawed
 
Sohofox said:
Yes but he was done for excessive use of the whip AND whipping the horse in an illegal place (presumably on the neck?)
So it wasn't just a case of hitting the horse too many times. He also hit it in a place which is outlawed
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ANY misuse of the whip doesn't carry a disqualification from that race, The jockey could get a lifetime ban but he won't be disqualified.
 
It has been looked at many times and the only answer is to disqualify the horse, nine day ban 400 quid fine peanuts when you have just won the grand national. I think that a study was done a few years ago and a whole load of top races would have had the platings altered had the rules of the whip changed.
The whip itself has changed so that there is more of a cushion to it, but it still looks unsightly when some jockeys just go eyeballs out with it. One of the greatest jump jockeys of all time John Francome used the whip very sparingly and the ride on Sea Pigeon to win the champion hurdle in the mid 1980,s was a masterclass of how to get the best out of a horse without recourse to the whip.
 
George Ferris said:
It has been looked at many times and the only answer is to disqualify the horse, nine day ban 400 quid fine peanuts when you have just won the grand national. I think that a study was done a few years ago and a whole load of top races would have had the platings altered had the rules of the whip changed.
The whip itself has changed so that there is more of a cushion to it, but it still looks unsightly when some jockeys just go eyeballs out with it. One of the greatest jump jockeys of all time John Francome used the whip very sparingly and the ride on Sea Pigeon to win the champion hurdle in the mid 1980,s was a masterclass of how to get the best out of a horse without recourse to the whip.
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The only way to stop it is to ban it altogether
 
I don’t disagree. But you should be allowed to carry a whip.I have spent a lot of time with horses and sometimes controlling half a ton of horse is very hard .
 
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