The Orange

Any excuse to get a decent (or indecent) music vid into the post although there is a real risk that I’m showing my age here.

Still, the jockeys in Oz are up in arms (as opposed to coming up to the armpits) about restraints over the use of the whip.

… jockeys have warned they will boycott Spring Carnival racedays unless the ARB changes its stance and allows jockeys to use the whip without restriction in the last 100m of a race.

As it stands, they can only flog the poor horse five times in the last 200 metres.  Mind you, if I’ve backed it, there shouldn’t be a limit!

The Aussies have a real nut case of animal lovers.  The anti jumping lobby is adamantly and fundamentally opposed to jumping races yet when asked what to do with the redundant jumping horses, one of the suggestions was to put them down!!!  Now, if I was a jumping horse I’d rather take my chance in a race thank you very much.

As for the whipping, it will be interesting because it’s quite clear that the racing carnivals rely on the jockeys.

One solution proposed by Craig:

“Instead of strike action. Why don’t the jockeys just continue to ride as they did prior to the new whip rule. Will the stewards then suspend every jockey?”

Anyway, enough of the racing – no one really cares about racing any more do they so let’s just cut to the obligatory related music vid.

And today, it’s a goodie … Devo!