Borel should be fined or suspended

[Scav]

Originally Posted by Bigsmc

Good one, you got me there.

Just keep on thinking that the amount of times a horse is struck with a whip can lead to a bounce and we're all good.

Amazing the people that come out of the brush when crazy things happen in the industry. The natives get restless!!!

[Travis Stone]

I didn't notice the whipping, I was too busy watching one of the most exciting stretch drives of all time.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Borel went to the whip a lot later than most jockeys would have.

he peppered her for all of about 13 seconds.

I don't know if there is any single thing more overrated than the whip. I love it when horses win in hand and people assume they would have run much faster had they been put to an all out drive.

If I was a trainer or owner .. I'd slightly prefer to see my horse ridden out through the wire in the stretch than win in hand. I only say that because of an old study I saw on horses who win "handily" and "easily" and how they fare next out.

[Scav]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

Borel went to the whip a lot later than most jockeys would have.

he peppered her for all of about 13 seconds.

I don't know if there is any single thing more overrated than the whip. I love it when horses win in hand and people assume they would have run much faster had they been put to an all out drive.

If I was a trainer or owner .. I'd slightly prefer to see my horse ridden out through the wire in the stretch than win in hand. I only say that because of an old study I saw on horses who win "handily" and "easily" and how they fare next out.

Which concluded?

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by Scav

Which concluded?

In general, they tend to regress next out and aren't good bets.

Very likely has more to do with other factors though.

[jballscalls]

gotta disagree with the original post. I've seen jocks hit way more than 20 times down the stretch. didn't see anything wrong with calvin's performance down the lane