I myself did not see this years Aintree grand national, so i am asking those who did for their opinion,

during a recent TV raceing programme the subject of if the use whips should be banned, most who were asked said yes to a ban except where needed to control a horses direction from wandering on line & possibly causing an accident

*the report on TV also said the grand national winning jockey had received a 9 day ban for excessive whip use & that the horse which won needed oxygen after the race.

is this true? did anyone know & what do you think of it? personally i think if it is true a 9 day ban is far too lenient, the jockey still has the 'glory' of a national win...even if he flogged the horse,

a 9 day ban so what! a nice holiday to celebrate in, why not a prosecution for un-nessesary suffering or the disqualification of the win?

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I think there should be a total ban on whips! Then we'd see some proper skilled riding from horses who run because they want to.

[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] on the banning of whips, sounds like a bit of a tall tail, that you need a whip to keep a horse running in a straight line i'm not surprised to hear that the horse that won needed oxygen, there was definately something wrong by the way they were all flapping around, wouldn't be suprised he hasn't broken his wind
i don't want to see the race stopped, but there are definately things that should be changed [again] to make the race safer.
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