A jockey’s long suspension sparks debate over whipping rules as the sport’s best meet at Del Mar for this week’s Breeders’ ...

UPDATE: Upon review, Los Alamitos Race Course stewards determined there were violations under California's new whip rule July 2. Read the story about the violations at this link. The transition to ...

Racing Australia chairman John Messara defended his organization's approach toward modifying whip use after the Australian Jockeys Association voted for the third time to support postponing any rule ...

THE WELFARE OF THE HORSE IN THE HORSE RACING INDUSTRY IN A CENTURY. >> THIS IS A UNIFORM NATIONAL STANDARD FOR DRUG TESTING ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES UNDER THE U.S. ANTI-DOPING AGENCY THAT CAUGHT ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jockeys competing in California won't be allowed to strike a horse more than six times during a race, and then only in an underhanded position, according to a new rule approved by ...

“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 ...

The California Horse Racing Board unanimously adopted a new rule during its monthly meeting Thursday at Santa Anita that prohibits a jockey from using a riding crop in any manner except “as a ...

Among the special skills demonstrated by actors in regional theatre in the past few years: playing gin rummy, cracking a whip, riding a horse, rope tricks, roller-skating, fly-fishing, knitting, ...

Hall of Fame jockey Pat Day read Kentucky’s proposed regulations on whip use Tuesday afternoon and was relieved to be retired. “It’s a good thing they didn’t have these rules when I was riding,” Day ...

DEL MARDEL MAR — For the California Horse Racing Board meeting that will be held Thursday across the street from the Del Mar racetrack, the item about jockeys’ use of the riding crops is buried on the ...