Using the whip

[Charlie Cox]

Im heavily into horse racing and I think you need to whip the horses to make them go faster. Some people think its cruel, some people think there should be rules for whip use, some people think a jockey should be free to use as much whio as he needs. Fact is 75% 0f horses that win get whipped. What do you think?

[britishboy]

I dont think its bad it does no lasting harm

[StoppingTime]

Let's imagine a reverse situation here for a moment. You're the horse, and you've got this jockey sitting on top of you and forcing you to run around a track. If you don't go fast enough, you're whipped repeatedly. Would you really want that? And don't go off telling me that, "oh they're just animals they don't understand." Animals have neves just like you - they feel pain in the same way.

[CharlieHorse]

I don't think hurting horses is right :(

[Elysium]

I took horseback riding lessons for a while when I was younger, and the most difficult part for me was getting the horse to speed up. That issue was partly because I wasn't strong enough, but I think I wasn't strong enough because I had trouble dealing with the fact that I was either whipping or kicking the horse to get it to speed up. I've never really considered how humane it is, but I've never been completely at ease with it.

[Horatio Nelson]

Let's imagine a reverse situation here for a moment. You're the horse, and you've got this jockey sitting on top of you and forcing you to run around a track. If you don't go fast enough, you're whipped repeatedly. Would you really want that? And don't go off telling me that, "oh they're just animals they don't understand." Animals have neves just like you - they feel pain in the same way.

lol I had to laugh at this. It seems so absurd to me to have so much worry over a beast of burden.

[Hunter_Steel]

Let's imagine a reverse situation here for a moment. You're the horse, and you've got this jockey sitting on top of you and forcing you to run around a track. If you don't go fast enough, you're whipped repeatedly. Would you really want that? And don't go off telling me that, "oh they're just animals they don't understand." Animals have neves just like you - they feel pain in the same way.

^This^

A horse has feelings, can feel pain just like we can. Using a whip is cruel and in-humane. If the horse doesn't want to go faster, just keep training it to be faster, not whip it to go faster. You hurt it, and also force the horse to go faster than what it's skeletal structure can keep up with, causing you to hurt the horse's ankles over a longer period of time, the hips of the horse will also start to get hurt aswell.

IMO: Its better to train the horse WITHOUT using a whip to go faster. Pushing it to go faster with pain is not good on the Horse's skeleton and can cause issues later in the horse's life.

And no, the horse is not a beast, it is a gentle creature, it never wanted to be used for racing as our entertainment.

~Hunter

[Charlie Cox]

Let's imagine a reverse situation here for a moment. You're the horse, and you've got this jockey sitting on top of you and forcing you to run around a track. If you don't go fast enough, you're whipped repeatedly. Would you really want that? And don't go off telling me that, "oh they're just animals they don't understand." Animals have neves just like you - they feel pain in the same way.

Well I did get whipped as a kid and I don't have a problem with it. With most horses whipping works and if you look at top jockeys like Craig Newitt they whip their horses really hard and they usually win.

Like if you watch the YouTube video guapo x negrito you can see how the guy gives the horse a whipping and it zooms forward and overtakes the other guy.

[StoppingTime]

lol I had to laugh at this. It seems so absurd to me to have so much worry over a beast of burden.

okay...? It isn't really absurd. It's an animal that can feel pain just like you can. That's not really hard to get.


Well I did get whipped as a kid and I don't have a problem with it. With most horses whipping works and if you look at top jockeys like Craig Newitt they whip their horses really hard and they usually win.

Like if you watch the YouTube video guapo x negrito you can see how the guy gives the horse a whipping and it zooms forward and overtakes the other guy.

I'm not saying it's ineffective, but it is inhumane.

Oh and look you're overage for these forums, so you won't be allowed to stay (as you may only register if you're between 13-19 years of age)

[britishboy]

Oh and look you're overage for these forums, so you won't be allowed to stay (as you may only register if you're between 13-19 years of age)

haha fail did you just ban him? that why you dont mess with a mod:D

[StoppingTime]

haha fail did you just ban him? that why you dont mess with a mod:D

He was overage; that's why he was banned. Otherwise there would be no reason to ban him.

[britishboy]

He was overage; that's why he was banned. Otherwise there would be no reason to ban him.

lol I thought they was allowed to be here if they were good? anyway it was still funny:) GO STOPPINGTIME!! and off topic bad mod;) jks

[StoppingTime]

lol I thought they was allowed to be here if they were good? anyway it was still funny:) GO STOPPINGTIME!! and off topic bad mod;) jks

I PMed you about this. :P

Anyway, let's get back on topic

[britishboy]

I PMed you about this. :P

Anyway, let's get back on topic

lets haha:p and I think it should be banned, if no one whips the poor things no one will get the advantage, however I think it should be allowed privatly as long as its humane but then again you cant whip cows? so im anti whip

[randomnessqueen]

i dont think they should be used.
its meaningless harm

[Stronk Serb]

It should be regulated. Like a maximum amount of whips per race. Exceed it and you are disqualified.

[Adam Cox]

Some horses wouldnt get into the stalls if they werent whipped. Also most horses go faster when you whip them. When I was in Argentina they gave you spurs and a scourge whip to ride and I never ridden so fast in my life.

[Adam Cox]

It should be regulated. Like a maximum amount of whips per race. Exceed it and you are disqualified.

It si in most places but the most successful jockeys whip their horses alot. Basically whipping works.

[britishboy]

I dont really care it doesn't matter people are getting to wrapped up in animal rights

[Jake Morgan]

i've never really watched horse racing, but from what i've read here, it seems like a throwback to 19th century when people didn't know any better. can't they come with something more sensible and humane then a whip in the 21st century?

[britishboy]

maybe electric shocks would be bettet?

[StoppingTime]

OP is banned (and tried to come back as a duplicate). :locked: