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Yes, Ray Paulick, Horseracing Is Animal Exploitation; Yes, Bill Finley, Whipping Horses Is Cruel

by Patrick Battuello | Jun 2, 2016 | Horseracing Business, Recommended, Whipping

Although I am loath (and loathe) to give Ray Paulick, one of Racing’s more notorious hacks, “clicks” or “hits” (for I know he counts them), this short clip was too good to pass up. Speaking in the wake of the duo kills at Pimlico, Paulick...
California: Go Ahead, Whip Your Tired Horses

California: Go Ahead, Whip Your Tired Horses

by Patrick Battuello | May 30, 2016 | Whipping

The California Horse Racing Board has approved a measure that will increase – yes, increase – the number of times a jockey is allowed to strike his horse down the stretch. Currently, jockeys must wait for a “response” after three consecutive...
Breaking News: Whipping Hurts; Whipping Racehorses Is Animal Cruelty

Breaking News: Whipping Hurts; Whipping Racehorses Is Animal Cruelty

by Patrick Battuello | Apr 12, 2016 | Recommended, Whipping

“Last year more than 100,000 people attended the Melbourne Cup, with more than 3 million watching the race on TV in Australia alone. This would have to make whipping in horse-racing the most public form of violence to animals in Australia today, but most people...

Horseracing: Where Beating an Animal is Perfectly Legal (Video Attached)

by Patrick Battuello | Mar 11, 2016 | Whipping

This is horseracing… 5-year-old Forgetthefantasy’s run in the 8th Sunday afternoon at Parx was described thus by Equibase: “FORGETTHEFANTASY…dropped back on the turn, began to bear out nearing the stretch, drifted wider racing into stretch, was...
“Thought His Horse Was Lazy and Needed Some Encouragement”

“Thought His Horse Was Lazy and Needed Some Encouragement”

by Patrick Battuello | Feb 10, 2016 | Whipping

From the Los Alamitos Stewards Minutes, January 23: “Jockey Efrain Hernandez was in to review the third race on Saturday evening where he struck his horse [Sibernation] four times right handed approaching the far turn. Mr. Hernandez explained that he just lost...
“Over-Cropped His Horse Approximately a Dozen Times Without a Pause”

“Over-Cropped His Horse Approximately a Dozen Times Without a Pause”

by Patrick Battuello | Feb 1, 2016 | Whipping

From the Los Alamitos Stewards Minutes, January 1: “Jockey Santiago Mendez was in to review his ride in the eighth race from the previous Sunday evening, when he over-cropped his horse, #5 “Ivy’s Storm,” approximately a dozen times without a pause. Mr. Mendez...
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