World Horse Welfare has published a document on ethical whip use, aimed at starting conversations and improving the horse-human relationship ...

The BHA has aborted plans to restrict use of the whip in the forehand position, with a number of key elements in the whip review set to be amended following a consultation over Christmas. The ...

Regulations limit both the intensity and frequency of whip use during horse racing. Nevertheless, compliance is currently ...

Jockeys in Britain will be allowed to use the whip only in the backhand position, and disqualification will be introduced as the ultimate sanction for whip overuse. The changes are expected to come ...

DEL MAR — Thoroughbred racing and its regulators have enacted rule changes in recent years to limit jockeys’ use of whips, capping the number, timing and ferocity of strikes in an apparently ...

“We’re planting that proverbial tree for the next generation to sit in the shade.” That’s how Marc Guilfoil described why the work he does as HISA’s Director of Stewarding and State Racing Commission ...

July 12 (Reuters) - The British Horseracing Authority (BHA) published a list of recommendations on Tuesday relating to the use of the whip, saying jockeys must only use it in a backhand position and ...