Whipping

BHA On Whipping Announcement

Officials with Towchester Racecourse announced this past weekend that jockeys riding at their facility would have to adhere to specific whipping policies. The British Horseracing Authority has since c...

British Racecourse To Limit Whipping

The National Hunt course at Towcester in Northamptonshire has announced it will take a tougher stance on whipping effective October 5, 2011

'Give Chrome' Abuser Sentenced; Abuse Charge Dropped

Forty-four-year-old Wilbur F. Frost, the man that abused retired standardbred Give Chrome before being arrested and charged by Pennsylvania police, has been

Uproar Over Results Of Whipping Study

January 28, 2011

A recent peer-reviewed study into the use of the whip in horse races has determined that the act of whipping a horse does not make a difference to the outcome of a race

A Kinder, Gentler Whip?

January 07, 2011

"Mine was basically like a noodle kids hit each other with in a pool. I went to a meeting, I had Bill O'Donnell behind me, John Campbell, Stan Bergstein...and it just fell on deaf ears."

Jockeys Take Stand Against Whipping Rule

In a show of solidarity in the Fort Erie jockeys' room, on Tuesday, July 13, riders at the border oval banded together to fight a whipping suspension which was handed down to the track's leading jock,...

HRA: No Change To New Whip Rules

February 01, 2010

The executive of Harness Racing Australia (HRA) reiterated its support for the recently amended rules pertaining to the use of whips in harness racing at its monthly meeting on January 28, 2010, but h...

Board Quashes Whipping Fines

January 30, 2010

It was resolved at Friday’s Harness Racing New South Wales (HRNSW) Board Meeting that all whip related fines imposed since January 1 will be rescinded

Hefty Whipping Fine Overseas

December 08, 2009

According to a report out of Sweden, star driver Robert Bergh will be much lighter in the wallet, as the sport's governing body has handed the reinsman a hefty fine over a 2007

Pierce Speaks His Mind

October 23, 2009

In early October, driver Ron Pierce declined to go on the record with Trot Insider after the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission handed him a 10-day suspension for putting both lines in one hand to use h...

Whipping Rules Approved Down Under

October 13, 2009

It has been announced that new rules governing the use of the whip in Australian harness racing will come

Updated: Pierce Suspended 10 Days For Whipping Violation

October 01, 2009

Trot Insider spoke with driver Ron Pierce today after he was handed a 10-day suspension from presiding race stewards at the Red Mile due to a violation of the whipping rule on Tuesday, September 29 du...