Ricky Smit 3 Report post Posted September 14, 2012 Great win by Franco Ledger last week, going through stipe reports Hamish was fined for excessive use. Any ideas how they come up with a fine like that considering it certainly didnt look aggressive to me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mardy 475 Report post Posted September 14, 2012 Yea that's amazing...if i was too describe a driver as being aggressive then Hamish Hunter wouldn't be one of them.It looks like he only just tickles them with the whip..looks to be a very kind whip driver too me.Good to see him get some success with Franco Ledger..a very talented horse..and a stable that i follow quite often,especially down south. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdc 0 Report post Posted September 14, 2012 I think its to do with the number of times the horse is hit not how hard it is. I agree with you the hits wouldn't have left a mark and didn't look bad, but they have guide lines in place and apparently he broke them. Half as many hits but twice as hard, hurts the horse more than what Hamish was doing. Interesting to note its not the first time Hamish has been fined for this so perhaps he needs to change his whipping action Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tasman man 742 Report post Posted September 14, 2012 ...of this race and the charge seems plain ridiculous. In past week I've seen horses hit more and harder mid-race !!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
showusyourtips 0 Report post Posted September 18, 2012 Great win by Franco Ledger last week, going through stipe reports Hamish was fined for excessive use. Any ideas how they come up with a fine like that considering it certainly didnt look aggressive to me. Horse was hit 18 times in the last 170m of the race. 16-19 hits is considered to be a consideration zone where you may be fined if you had pervious experience in the stipes room with the "Use of the whip" rule. 20+ is a straight fine, doesnt matter if its your first time or 10th its a fine Seeing at Hamish had already had 3 pervious fines in the last 12 months for use of the whip, and for that reason he was fined. The reason why everyone seems to be upset about this is because the hits that hamish has used were not aggressive, but just small "taps", but because of his past fines and the number of times a fine was what it ended up being. a small "tap" is still reated by the stipes as a "hit" maybe they need to bring in a rating system for the hits? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eljay 1,719 Report post Posted September 18, 2012 It's use not hits on the horse. Tap the cart or dustsheet 18 times and you are a bad boy and get fined also. I suppose we have to be thankful that at least you can hit the horse one or two times whereas if it your son you are a criminal. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
showusyourtips 0 Report post Posted September 18, 2012 It's use not hits on the horse. Use.... Hit... Same shit, different day Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
