Originally Posted by
Messenger
I am not sure what dogs staying home has to do with not hitting them with a stick (you don't do you?) I have had a few dogs who stayed home without fences even (in the main I have not lived in suburbia)
I am just a fan of harness racing because in my impressionable teenage years I was taken to the Showgrounds
I am a member of the public concerned with animal welfare (my signature for the last few years have been a giveaway) - I am not an Administrator
Yes society does not decide everything for all in society but I think professional racing needs near on a majority of society onside to have the social license it enjoys
I am not rolling over I am just following an industry whose direction I am actually happy with, if you dont agree with the way HRA and RV are moving and want to fight for your beliefs, I say go ahead and argue your case here and more importantly where it will heard
I think you will need more than the jigger argument
The only good horse I was involved with wouldn't let the driver touch it with the whip, in the end I don't think Milesy even carried one
If a horse goes from fast to slow because he isn't being belted he will just race in a lower grade
Check out Self Assured's run in the 'What a Run' thread posted by TC this week after Mark Purdon dropped the whip
ps Don't forget Norway have managed to be whip free