chiknsmack 486 Report post Posted September 18, 2019 The ride on Rodmar looked pretty aggressive. Firstly the whole "jumping up and down every second stride" thing looks rough, nevermind looking over the shoulder at the 100m, seeing you're home, then smacking the horse three more times anyway for fun. It wasn't balance, poise, and letting the horse do its best with the odd bit of encouragement/persuasion if needed. It was a physical, over-the-top aggressive ride. If a $500 fine gets all jockeys to decide not to ride in such an ugly violent manner, that's great. hedley and Baz (NZ) 1 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baz (NZ) 1,722 Report post Posted September 18, 2019 2 hours ago, chiknsmack said: The ride on Rodmar looked pretty aggressive. Firstly the whole "jumping up and down every second stride" thing looks rough, nevermind looking over the shoulder at the 100m, seeing you're home, then smacking the horse three more times anyway for fun. It wasn't balance, poise, and letting the horse do its best with the odd bit of encouragement/persuasion if needed. It was a physical, over-the-top aggressive ride. If a $500 fine gets all jockeys to decide not to ride in such an ugly violent manner, that's great. Rodmar has had three different trainers from memory so may not be the fastest horse in the barn or a genuine up and go free running type? Even the trainer said after the race he's got no early speed or gate speed? So obviously needs a strong rider to get him up and going and to keep him up to the task. Remember these are jumps jockeys not James McDonald or Hugh Bowman...so they'll never look as pretty. Besides you're missing the point regarding the use of the whip rule as the horse was far from whipped aggressively! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruff 2,793 Report post Posted September 18, 2019 3 hours ago, chiknsmack said: The ride on Rodmar looked pretty aggressive. Firstly the whole "jumping up and down every second stride" thing looks rough, nevermind looking over the shoulder at the 100m, seeing you're home, then smacking the horse three more times anyway for fun. It wasn't balance, poise, and letting the horse do its best with the odd bit of encouragement/persuasion if needed. It was a physical, over-the-top aggressive ride. If a $500 fine gets all jockeys to decide not to ride in such an ugly violent manner, that's great. Violent manner Desenitivity May be at work but my memories from the early eighties on was the yelling and screaming of jocks, the sound of cracking whips and seeing the welts on horses after the finish . It was a 2200m flat race, and I’m sure this horse will be targeted for further, so why not ride the horse through the line .... and I’m sure Reece’s few persuaders didn’t factor in the whip count on the day Baz (NZ) 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
