Amazing stuff from the Australian Racing Board chairman Bob Bentley...In the face of massive opposition from jockeys, trainers and owners to his new whip rules, Bentley dismisses them as 'so-called experts' in his official statement about the crisis. He says: 'Many so-called experts have criticised the changes made by the Australian Racing Board but the fact is that the industry has come light years ahead on this issue.'Don't believe for one moment that jockeys are giving up their industrial cam

Amazing stuff from the Australian Racing Board chairman Bob Bentley...In the face of massive opposition from jockeys, trainers and owners to his new whip rules, Bentley dismisses them as 'so-called experts' in his official statement about the crisis. He says: 'Many so-called experts have criticised the changes made by the Australian Racing Board but the fact is that the industry has come light years ahead on this issue.'

Don't believe for one moment that jockeys are giving up their industrial campaign against the whip rules...The Daily Telegraph reports that the jockeys plan a campaign of indefinite strikes from next Monday.

Gai Waterhouse has dismissed the new whip rule as a joke. She told the SMH: '...the silliest rule ever made...It is like telling John McEnroe he can hit the ball every second time, or telling a chess player you can't use a pawn...Every punter, owner, breeder, trainer must be against the new rule.'' Gai says both punters and owners are being put off the sport. ''They want to see horses win...What's the point of having padded whips if you can't ride a horse out? It is ridiculous. We have to let these athletes [jockeys] be athletes - give them padded whips and let them use them.''

Bookies are wary of a nationwide plunge on Whobegotyou in Sat's Grp 2 Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes. Trainer Mark Kavanagh has decided to put blinkers on the horse for the first time as he tries to win his first race since last October's AAMI Vase success. The Dato is run at Moonee Valley where Whobegotyou is unbeaten in 3 starts.

Don't miss the next issue of PRACTICAL PUNTING MONTHLY magazine...It's our big October Caulfield Cup issue...Get our top 6 picks for the big race...And check out Mark Oberhardt's big Melbourne Cup article...