A Hiding to Nothing an ANIMAL AID INVESTIGATION March 2004
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A Hiding to Nothing AN ANIMAL AID INVESTIGATION March 2004 Use of the Whip Data Tables Researched & Compiled By Dene Stansall Report Scope, Terms and Criteria This examination into the Use of the Whip in British horse racing was undertaken during October and November 2003. Data was collected from 161 races run on 20 racecourses. Three British horse racing disciplines were covered: All Weather Racing - AW Flat Racing - Flat National Hunt Racing - NH The National Hunt discipline included: Hurdling, Chasing and NH Flat racing. The 20 racecourses were selected to give a balanced representation of the varied conditions encountered by horse and rider: i.e. Left Handed L-H course; Right Handed R-H course; Figure 8 course; undulating surface; sharp/tight track; a galloping surface. AW Lingfield • AW Southwell • AW Wolverhampton • Flat Ayr • Flat Brighton • Flat Catterick • Flat Newmarket • Flat Redcar • Flat Windsor • Flat Yarmouth • NH Lingfield • NH Haydock • NH Huntingdon • NH Ludlow • NH Market Rasen • NH Newton Abbot • NH Plumpton • NH Uttoxeter • NH Warwick • NH Wetherby The Ground Conditions at the racecourses included: Firm; Good to Firm; Good; Good to Soft; Standard Fibresand; Standard Polytrack (although the artificial surfaces varied in their give and holding). Races studied included all Classes: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H. And they included: Sellers; Claimers; Conditional / Apprentice Jockeys; Amateur Jockeys; Maidens; Nurseries; Handicaps; Novice; Classified Stakes; Listed; Groups 3, 2 and 1. Race distances (approximate) miles and furlongs - m f - included: AW: 5f; 6f; 7f; 1m; 1m 2f; 1m 4f; 1m 7f. Flat: 5f; 6f; 7f; 1m; 1m 1f; 1m 2f; 1m 3f; 1m 4f; 1m 6f; 2m. NH Hurdles: 2m; 2m 1f; 2m 2f; 2m 4f, 2m 5f; 2m 6f; 2m 7f; 3m; 3m 1f; 3m 2f. NH Brush Hurdles: 2m. NH Chases: 2m; 2m 1f; 2m 2f; 2m 4f; 2m 6f; 3m; 3m 1f; 3m 2f. NH Flat: 2m; 2m 1f; 2m 2f. NH AW Flat: 2m. The 161 races covered featured 2 to 19 runners. Horses' age range in years covered: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14. A total of 285 jockeys were studied. AW: 120 Flat: 116 NH: 135 86 riders were included in both AW and Flat. 1,500 horses and thus jockey rides were examined. Races were split into three sectors for the study: Start (s), Middle (m) and Finish (f). Examples: 6f race = start 0 to 2f; middle 2f to 4f; finish 4f (2 out) to winning post 6f. 2m Chase 13 fences = start: 0 to 3rd fence +; middle: 4th fence to 11th fence; finish: 3 fences out to the line. Individual race data was proportioned to the three sectors and viewed as a whole, and also as part of an overall compilation. Use of the Whip Data Key to Layout and Abbreviations used in the Use of the Whip tables. Layout Date Racecourse •Race Time •Class of Race •Race Conditions •Distance Ran •Discipline •Going •No. of Runners Horse •Jockey •Trainer •Finishing Position in Race •When Whipped •Number of Times Whipped •If Shown Whip •Sectional Totals of When Whipped •Whipping Totals •Shown Whip Totals Researchers' Comments upon viewing the race Abbreviations Race Conditions: Con. = Conditional Jockeys; Ap. = Apprentice Jockeys; Am. = Amateur Riders; Hand. = Handicap; Maid. = Maiden; Nov. = Novice; Juv. = Juvenile; Nur. = Nursery; F & M = Fillies & Mares; Sell. = Selling; Claim. = Claiming; Au. = Auction; St/Stk = Stakes; List. = Listed; Grp/G = Group Race Distance: m = mile; f = furlong; i.e. 1 mile 4 furlongs/1m 4f Finish Ps: Finishing Position of the horse in the race as in the official form record When Wh: The stage of the race where the horse was whipped: s = start of the race; m = middle of the race; f = finish of the race NB not to be confused with race distance in miles and furlongs i.e. 1m 2f Further details on this can be found in the Scope, Terms and Criteria section. No. Whips: Number of whip strikes to the horse that were counted At the base of the No. Whips column, three figures are given The first is for the number of horses whipped, the second for number of times they were all whipped, the third for the number of runners in the race, i.e. 10//29//13 ten horses were whipped, 29 times, from 13 runners. Sho/Whip: If the horse was shown the whip during the race, the data is displayed as: sw. If the horse was not shown the whip a blank space is left. Shown the whip is also interpreted as a tap down the shoulder/neck hands on the reins. It is to be noted that, although a horse is shown the whip, the horse may not have necessarily been shown the whip before being hit for the first time. At the base of the Sho/Whip column a total is given for the number of horses shown the whip to the number of runners in the race, i.e. 9//13 nine horses shown the whip from thirteen runners. Wednesday 15th October 2003 Lingfield 2.45pm Class E 3y+ Hand. 1m AW Stan.Poly 12 ran Horse Jockey Trainer Finish Ps. When Wh. No.WhipsNo. Whips Sho/Whip Mallard M Fenton JG Given 1 f 8 sw JR Stevenson SW Kelly Wigham 2 f 3 sw Free Option Dane O'Neill B Hanbury 3 f 3 sw Gryngolette E Ahern G Butler 4 f 4 sw Stateroom Lisa Jones (3) JAR Toller 5 0 Labrett S Drowne Kelleway 6 f 3 sw Indian Welcome JF Egan Morrison 7 mf 7 sw Scottish River G Hannon M Usher 8 mf 6 sw College Delinquent C Catlin K Bell 9 0 Bathwick Bruce G Baker B Millman 10 mf 5 sw Star Of Normandie A McCarthy Margarson 11 m 2 sw One Last Time R Hughes R Hannon 12 mf 5 sw 5m 9f 10//46//12 10//12 Comments: McCarthy dropped hit whip in the process of hitting Star Of Normandie, he continued to hit the horse with his hand. Labrett was hit in the face with a whip by another jockey, which stopped his run through this probably lost Labrett - the favourite - the race. Wednesday 15th October 2003 Lingfield 3.20pm Class F 3y+Claim. 7f AW Stan.Poly 15 ran Horse Jockey Trainer Finish Ps. When Wh. No.WhipsNo. Whips Sho/Whip Majhool RL Moore GL Moore 1 f 10 sw Point Of Dispute S Sanders PJ Makin 2 f 2 sw Dixie Dancing S Whitworth CA Cyzer 3 f 6 sw Compton Banker E Ahern G Butler 4 f 4 sw Hawk Dane O'Neill Chamings 5 f 4 sw Legal Set Darren Williams KR Burke 6 f 3 sw Yorker FP Ferris (3) J Eustace 7 f 4 sw Dancing Forest I Mongan DK Ivory 8 f 3 sw Zarzu N Callan KR Burke 9 f 2 sw Genial Genie D Sweeney R Hollinsh. 10 f 2 sw Chateau Nicol R Hughes B Powell 11 0 sw Forzacurity A Daly J Spearing 12 0 Travel Tardia D Nolan (5) IA Wood 13 0 Janes Valentine JP Spencer JR Boyle 14 m 4 sw Top Son C Catlin AP Jones 15 0 1m 10f 11//44//15 12//15 Wednesday 15th October 2003 Lingfield 3.55pm Class D 2yStakes 6f AW Stan.Poly 7 ran Horse Jockey Trainer Finish Ps. When Wh. No.WhipsNo. Whips Sho/Whip Doohulla E Ahern G Butler 1 f 5 sw Khabfair Dane O'Neill A Perrett 2 f 3 sw Petardias Magic J Carroll EJ O'Neill 3 f 4 sw Oro Verde R Hughes R Hannon 4 f 5 sw Kafuwain JP Spencer J Noseda 5 f 5 sw Trotters Bottom S Sanders A Reid 6 0 sw Princess Kai FP Ferris (3) R Ingram 7 f 1 sw 6f 6//23//7 7//7 Comments: Hughes hit his horse down the neck. Wednesday 15th October 2003 Lingfield 5.05pm Class E 3y Hand. 1m 2f AW Stan.Poly 12 ran Horse Jockey Trainer Finish Ps. When Wh. No.WhipsNo. Whips Sho/Whip Golano R Mullen CF Wall 1 f 7 sw Remembrance J Tate Eustace 2 f 9 sw Nuzzle Martin Dwyer M Quinn 3 f 6 sw Captain Darling A Quinn (5) R Cowell 4 f 4 sw Carrowdore R Hughes R Hannon 5 f 8 sw Vanbrugh Lisa Jones (3) D McHale 6 f 5 sw Madamoiselle Jones Dane O'Neill HS Howe 7 mf 2 sw Gunnhildr S Sanders PJ Makin 8 f 1 sw Toro Bravo S Drowne R Beckett 9 mf 7 sw Phred S Carson John.Houg 10 m 1 sw Red Hot Polka RL Moore P Mitchell 11 0 Duescals L Dettori J Gosden 12 m 1 sw 4m 9f 11//51//12 11//12 Comments: Hughes hit his horse down the neck hand off the reins. Tate constantly hit Remembrance and the horse hung badly away from the whip, this must have lost him the race as he was only beaten by a head. Wednesday 15th October 2003 Lingfield 5.35pm Class D 2y Maiden 1m AW Stan.Poly 12 ran Horse Jockey Trainer Finish Ps. When Wh. No.WhipsNo. Whips Sho/Whip Cimyla R Mullen CF Wall 1 f 2 sw Cutting View N Callan PW Harris 2 f 3 sw Master Theo TE Durcan Collingrid. 3 f 6 sw Waziri M Fenton Morrison 4 f 4 sw Turn 'N Burn S Whitworth CA Cyzer 5 f 2 sw Rendoro R Hughes R Hannon 6 f 1 sw Turner L Dettori J Gosden 7 0 Worcester Lodge S Drowne R Charlton 8 f 1 sw Borodin E Ahern G Butler 9 0 sw House Of Blues JP Spencer J Osborne 10 m 5 sw Mix It Up M Tebbutt R Beckett 11 0 sw Bakhtyar S Sanders R Charlton 12 m 3 sw 2m 7f 9//27//12 11//12 Comments: Sanders, Spencer and Durcan all hit their horses down the neck.