Amateur Paul McMahon 21 day whip ban.

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I think it all begs the question …what level of compliance (given that it was 99.25% under old rules ) would be considered acceptable and provide evidence that the "rules" are working ?

Whether the "rules" are themselves serving purpose is another question.

Good questions,

Seanryan

. BHA needed an Aunt Sally to knock down, in order to fulfil the demands placed on them by their masters at RSPCA. "The old rules weren’t working" allowed Muir and BHA to point to the 959 breaches in 2009, as a number, rather than as the sensible (tiny) percentage you analyse.

I myself looked at the

graphs

in the report, which showed a

levelling out

in whip offences during 2010 (and a

fall

in NH bans and cautions).

Not only was the percentage of offences per ride tiny, but the trend was downwards.

Yet on that basis RSPCA still demanded –

and got

– this drastic tightening of the screw. With the results we see every day…

whip bans doubled

, and the whole sport up in arms.

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