Tooting Gull
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- Jul 5, 2003
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Richard Hughes quits racing
- Thread starter Gus is god
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Tom Hark Preston Park
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- Jul 6, 2003
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It's just a heat-of-the-moment flounce. He'll have changed his mind by the end of the month when the mortgage payment's due.
The Lemming Stomper
Under the flag
No coincidence it's the arse end of the flat season and he's banned for most of that!
I wonder if he'd have been so flouncy if it happened at Doncaster in March??
Still, gives him the winter to learn to count to 7
I wonder if he'd have been so flouncy if it happened at Doncaster in March??
Still, gives him the winter to learn to count to 7
There is the Breeder's Cup and BCD though! Wasn't Hughesy due to ride in India or somewhere in the winter? Is he still doing that?
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jezzer
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it shouldnt be carte blanche, dettori was rightly banned for hitting rewilding 20 something times this season, but if hughes is gonna be banned for 2 weeks for one extra whip 6 instead of 5 so he misses the big breeders cup meeting its ridiculous and if its allowed to stand he wont be hardly riding anyway and neither will most big jockeys cos theyll always be banned, the whips are nothing like they were anyway.
kevtherev
Well-known member
Sone horses need a smack to get them going,just like some people need a kick up the arse...there is going to be some strange results,as if picking a winner isnt hard enough.
porkypie
On the road to no where
They have hands and heels racing in this country to, all races at towcester are hands and heels!
bhaexpress
New member
Sad to say I agree, foxes might look cute and cuddly but they are in fact vermin. It may be instinctive for them to kill every chicken in a coop when they only eat one but they are vicious little bastards. As for race horses though, well, I'm not into horse racing so don't give a damn about punters or bookies but I don't like cruelty to animals. Cruelty to bookies on the other hand ....
Gus is god
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- Sep 9, 2011
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BBC Sport - Jockeys planning strike on Monday over new whip rules
seems Jockeys are going on strike now
seems Jockeys are going on strike now
Tom Bombadil
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Oh no, jockeys striking. How will we survive. Do you think the government will send the army in to take over.
looney
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- Jul 7, 2003
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Do they realise it's a PR disaster as it comes across as: "We can't hit our horses so we're not going to play!
They are protesting over the penalties and the ham fisted way the BHA brought it in.
Durlston
"You plonker, Rodney!"
I fully support the jockeys to strike on Monday and at any time they like, even if it means no racing for a few days.
When I or anyone else for that matter has money on a horse I want to feel safe in the knowledge that that horse has given 100% effort in trying to win and just like anything else they need a kick up the arse occasionally to realise their potential. The British Horseracing Authority have no other option than to back down on these new rules they want to introduce or face more problems of their own making. Jockeys are among the bravest sportsmen and sportswomen with the risk of serious injury so the powers that be should stop meddling.
When I or anyone else for that matter has money on a horse I want to feel safe in the knowledge that that horse has given 100% effort in trying to win and just like anything else they need a kick up the arse occasionally to realise their potential. The British Horseracing Authority have no other option than to back down on these new rules they want to introduce or face more problems of their own making. Jockeys are among the bravest sportsmen and sportswomen with the risk of serious injury so the powers that be should stop meddling.
That may be the case, but that isn't how it will be perceived by the masses.
Lord Bamber
Legendary Chairman
Just heard jockeys strike has been cancelled. Not sure why though?
Would you like whipping added to all sports you can bet on? Should we let Gus run on the pitch and whip any player he feels isn't doing their best? Should someone follow usain bol and whip him until he breaks the 9sec hundred metre? People put money on all these sports and accept sometimes the human taking part will have an off day, maybe get over confident, maybe have had a few too many games in too short a period and they just are a little tired?
Tooting Gull
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Ask anyone at the Palace match that question, and you might get a surprising result. I'd have happily let him threaten them with a loaded shotgun at 3-1.
bhaexpress
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At least Channel 4 will be forced to put something on that people want to watch on Saturday afternoon. Also, we'll never see that utter twat John McCririck anymore.
bhaexpress
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Probably because nobody gives a shit.
Gus is god
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- Sep 9, 2011
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BBC Sport - Belgian jockey loses £50,000 in prize money after Ascot whipping storm
shit hitting the fan.
Why not just ban the whip like in other countries?
shit hitting the fan.
Why not just ban the whip like in other countries?