YET another LOCK goes down due to excessive whipping

[blackthroatedwind]

I don't think that horse was going by....so I can't agree that it cost the horse a victory.

You probably pay a lot more attention to the whipping, and how it affects horses, so I can't argue with you about that. In this case it's not hard to believe, however, that the wet track may have at least exacerbated any reaction the horse had.

But, I do generally agree with you about the whip, and really don't understand in general why riders pound away. I understand sometimes the whip may help keep a horse's mind on the business at hand, but it seems to me that logic dictates a more fluid riding motion would be more proficient.

Just another reason I don't pay attention to riders.