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01-18-2008, 08:53 AM
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NY: 'Whip Foul' rule formalized
http://racing.bloodhorse.com//viewstory.asp?id=43204
Casual, intentional or otherwise, 'whip fouling' DQ was officially adopted as a rule in NY this week. Had been discretionary for the stewards previously...
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01-18-2008, 09:15 AM
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I cashed on Rahy's Appeal thanks to that DQ. I won't be sending my winnings back. Yet next time I get screwed in that scenario I will b!tch and complain about it. I'm a hypocrite and proud of it.
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01-18-2008, 09:23 AM
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Any chance they will ever tackle the abiquity of what is meant by "excessive use of a whip" as Baze was suspended for last year. The recent incident at Mountaineer where a jock beat a horse senseless prior to a race, that went without consequence just shows how arbitrary these rulings really are. It's nice that formal mention of a cause for DQ is finally in the rulebook but until they define the boundaries of "appropriate" use of "encouraging a horse" with a pain providing baton the job is only partially complete.
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01-19-2008, 06:47 AM
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