The whip crisis...Seems like some big-name trainers are in 'full support' of the jockeys against the new whip rule...providing it doesn't inconvenience them or cost them a few dollars. The jockeys have a big carrot to dangle in front of the ARB and the Victorian State Government...and that's the spring carnival. The State Govt needs to intervene quickly to get the immoveable heads of the ARB to start giving some ground. At least one person on the ARB is well known for his obstinacy and eyeball a

The whip crisis...Seems like some big-name trainers are in 'full support' of the jockeys against the new whip rule...providing it doesn't inconvenience them or cost them a few dollars. The jockeys have a big carrot to dangle in front of the ARB and the Victorian State Government...and that's the spring carnival. The State Govt needs to intervene quickly to get the immoveable heads of the ARB to start giving some ground. At least one person on the ARB is well known for his obstinacy and eyeball approach. It's now NOT a matter of ego but commonsense.