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OldRockman

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Meadowlands Drivers Meeting discussing new whipping rule
« on: November 05, 2020, 12:02:33 PM »
Drivers meetings before the races this Friday and Saturday at the Big M to discuss the new whipping rule in NJ.
Does anyone have a link to the rule to read exactly what it says?

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Re: Meadowlands Drivers Meeting discussing new whipping rule
« Reply #1 on: November 05, 2020, 12:06:16 PM »
Cannot hit other drivers coming down the lane anymore?

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Re: Meadowlands Drivers Meeting discussing new whipping rule
« Reply #2 on: November 05, 2020, 12:16:04 PM »
 ngc3 ngc3 tmbz1

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Re: Meadowlands Drivers Meeting discussing new whipping rule
« Reply #3 on: November 05, 2020, 01:07:15 PM »
I am against any rule restricting the use of whips.

God gave man dominion over the animals.  That's in the first paragraph of the Bible.




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Re: Meadowlands Drivers Meeting discussing new whipping rule
« Reply #4 on: November 05, 2020, 02:07:55 PM »
Nevermind, I found it:
13:71-20.15 Restricted use of whip and prohibition of goading devices
(a) No person shall possess or use a goading device, chain, or
mechanical devices or appliances, other than the ordinary whip, as
permitted at N.J.A.C. 13:71-20.14, upon any horse while in a race,
training, or at any other time on property subject to the Commission’s
jurisdiction. The brutal use of a whip or blunt spur, kicking a horse with a
foot, striking a horse with the whip under the seat of the sulky, or
indiscriminate use of a whip shall be considered a violation.
(b) The whip cannot be used on a horse in an excessive, indiscriminate,
brutal, or unnecessary manner, as determined in the discretion of the
judges, including, without limitation, that the driver shall not:
1. Cause an injury, visible or not, to the horse with the whip;
2. Use the whip more than three times in succession without giving the
horse time to respond to the whip;
3. Repetitively use the whip when a horse is not responding;
4. Continue to use the whip when a horse is not advancing its position
in the race;
5. Use the whip on a horse that is out of contention; or
6. Use the whip after the finish of a race.
(c) A driver may use a whip only in a conventional manner, as follows:
1. The driver must keep a line in each hand, except as may be necessary
to adjust equipment (that is, pulling plugs, dropping blinkers) beginning
when the horse is behind the starting gate and continuing through the
finish of the race;
2. One handed whipping is prohibited at any time during the race;
3. Whipping shall be restricted to wrist action only and the whipping
arm shall not be raised above the driver’s shoulder height;
4. Drivers shall not move their whipping arm in an exaggerated manner
and the lines shall remain reasonably taut during the race;
5. The driver shall not strike, jab, or use the handle of the whip on a
horse; and
6. The driver shall not strike another horse or driver with the whip or
use the whip in a manner that interferes with, or causes disturbance to,
another horse or driver.
(d) The location where the whip is used is limited as follows:
1. The driver shall not use the whip below the level of the arch or shaft,
or forward of the race bike’s wheels;
2. Above the level of the shaft, the driver may use the whip only in a
sliding, gliding, or tapping manner; and
3. The driver shall not place the whip between a horse’s legs.
(e) Under the supervision of the judges, there shall be a visual
inspection of each horse following each race for evidence of excessive or
brutal use of the whip.

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Re: Meadowlands Drivers Meeting discussing new whipping rule
« Reply #5 on: November 05, 2020, 03:01:32 PM »
2. One handed whipping is prohibited at any time during the race;

WTF does that  mean?

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Re: Meadowlands Drivers Meeting discussing new whipping rule
« Reply #6 on: November 05, 2020, 03:43:35 PM »
WTF does that  mean?

That's what rudi guiliani was doing in the boorat movie

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Re: Meadowlands Drivers Meeting discussing new whipping rule
« Reply #7 on: November 05, 2020, 05:17:22 PM »
Believe me,  not knowing the whipping rules, different in every state can be very expensive!  I know from experience!  Today's top drivers know all the rules and have become very adept at wailing on a horse while holding on to both lines and steering at the same time! 

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Re: Meadowlands Drivers Meeting discussing new whipping rule
« Reply #8 on: November 05, 2020, 08:07:05 PM »
Bongo rule

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Re: Meadowlands Drivers Meeting discussing new whipping rule
« Reply #9 on: November 06, 2020, 02:19:37 PM »
WTF does that  mean?
It means Irish Joe just retired.

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Re: Meadowlands Drivers Meeting discussing new whipping rule
« Reply #10 on: November 06, 2020, 02:37:04 PM »
Nobody knows the whipping rule

Nobody knows the pylon rule

Nobody knows the drugging rules


What other sport do the players, coaches and referees know less about their own rules than harness racing.

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Re: Meadowlands Drivers Meeting discussing new whipping rule
« Reply #11 on: November 06, 2020, 08:22:18 PM »
it means if you have the lead in the race and go fast earlier in the mile you are going to lose

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Re: Meadowlands Drivers Meeting discussing new whipping rule
« Reply #12 on: November 06, 2020, 08:46:51 PM »
Total whipping fines at Hoosier Park during Breeder's Crown totaled over $4,000.
That's sad, any way you care to look at it.

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Re: Meadowlands Drivers Meeting discussing new whipping rule
« Reply #13 on: November 06, 2020, 08:47:38 PM »
Take it all back.
it was over FIVE thousand dollars.

 

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