The whip rules controversy is moving swiftly to crisis point...A number of well-known jockeys are pressing for industrial action. The jockeys want the poorly-framed new rules to be thrown out. They'll be happy with the laws that are used in New Zealand. One high-profile jockey told me: 'Just about everything we said about new rules was ignored...These rules are insane. Horses who should win are getting beaten because we just can't ride them out as we should. I'm amazed there hasn't been an outcr
The whip rules controversy is moving swiftly to crisis point...A number of well-known jockeys are pressing for industrial action. The jockeys want the poorly-framed new rules to be thrown out. They'll be happy with the laws that are used in New Zealand. One high-profile jockey told me: 'Just about everything we said about new rules was ignored...These rules are insane. Horses who should win are getting beaten because we just can't ride them out as we should. I'm amazed there hasn't been an outcry from punters!'