Whether jockeys will be able to use a whip at Santa Anita and Golden Gate Fields will be decided Thursday when the California Horse Racing Board discusses reform proposals, jcherwa writes.
The compromise, according to a person with knowledge of the negotiations but not authorized to comment, said it deals with a modified or restricted use of the arm, akin to shortening one’s stride.
Mike Smith, who rode Justify to the Triple Crown last year, told The Guardian on Wednesday that the whip helps “a horse to focus when you need it, and a cue to move forward when you need it.” “If you look at these things, it’s like the Nerf bats that kids buy,” Smith said Wednesday in Dubai. “They just make a bit of a noise and it cues [the horse] to move forward and stay focused. All it takes is a fifth of second to lose your focus and then you lose the race.”Today’s whip is shorter, wider and softer than those used in the past, when some horses exited races with welts and bruises.
However, a 2012 independent study released by the Australian-based Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals found that 83% of whip marks left visual indentations and 64% of the time the unpadded part of the whip struck the horse.
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