Whips and Spurs

Sources on Whips

Sources on Spurs

Resources on Whips:

Study strengthens Case for Banning Whips: https://www.horsejournals.com/equinews/news/international/study-strengthens-case-banning-whips-horse-racing

Humans and Horses Feel Pain the Same: https://amp.theguardian.com/sport/2020/nov/12/horse-whip-humans-feel-same-pain-study-finds

Whip Welts on Melbourne Cup Winner: https://horsesandpeople.com.au/whip-welts-on-melbourne-cup-winner/

Horses Are More Sensitive to Pain Than We Are: https://horsetalk.co.nz/2015/03/25/whip-use-horses-more-sensitive-pain/

Horses Hurt More Than Humans: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8947061/amp/Horses-hurt-humans-whipped-animals-similar-pain-detecting-structures.html

The science is In Whipping Hurts Horses: https://animalsaustralia.org/our-work/compassionate-living/science-reveals-whips-hurt/

The Lie That Whipping Doesn’t Hurt Horses: https://www.all-creatures.org/entertainment/entertainment-whipping-horses.html

Conclusive Evidence That Whips Hurt Horses and Don’t Aid Jockeys: https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2020/11/12/first-conclusive-evidence-horses-hurt-by-whips–whips-don-t-aid-.html

Whipping Doesn’t Make Racehorses Go Faster: https://www.peta.org/blog/whipping-doesn-t-make-racehorses-go-faster/

Research Shows Whipping Horses Doesn’t Make Them Go Faster: https://theconversation.com/research-shows-whipping-horses-doesnt-make-them-run-faster-straighter-or-safer-lets-cut-it-out-144405

Study Shows Horses Feel Just as Much Pain as Humans: https://amp.abc.net.au/article/12871496

Jockeys Get No Benefits From the Whip: https://amp.theguardian.com/sport/2020/oct/30/jockeys-get-no-benefit-from-using-a-whip-in-horse-racing-landmark-study-finds

Whips Don’t Work: https://www.earthintransition.org/2011/02/whipping-horses-doesn%E2%80%99t-work/

Whipping Doesn’t Speed Up Horses: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/wbna41497636

Study in the Use of the Whip Makes Case for Banning: https://www.animalaid.org.uk/scientific-study-into-the-use-of-the-whip-in-racing-makes-case-for-banning/

Time for Horseracing to Ban the Whip: https://www.rspca.org.uk/-/blog-time-for-horse-racing-to-wave-goodbye-to-the-whip

The Whip: https://horseracingkills.com/campaigns/the-whip/

Views on the Whip in Australian Racing: https://faunalytics.org/views-on-whip-use-in-australian-horse-racing/

How Much Whipping is Too much: http://www.wsj.com/articles/horse-racing-how-much-whipping-is-too-much-1432581757

Behavioral Problems are More Likely if Whip is Used: https://www.equinebehaviourist.co.uk/blog/2021/11/24/behaviour-problems-are-more-likely-if-a-whip-is-used-to-load-horses-for-travel

World First Study Makes Case for Banning Whips: https://www.unisa.edu.au/media-centre/Releases/2020/world-first-study-strengthens-case-for-banning-whips-in-horse-racing/

Jockey Jokes About Whipping Horse: https://www.peta.org/blog/horse-racing-industry-censors-jockeys-remark-still-allows-cruel-whips/

RSPCA Calls for Ban on Whipping Horses: https://www.3aw.com.au/rspca-joins-call-to-ban-whips-from-horse-racing/

Pressure Mounts to Ban Whipping Horses: https://heraldsun.com.au/sport/superracing/vic-racing/pressure-mounts-to-ban-whips-as-new-study-indicates-horses-feel-pain-when-whipped/news-story/325b5ad53dbd4cc9c01906bf60fd23bf

Ban The Whip: https://www.al.org.au/ban-the-whip

Drop the Whip Campaign: https://worldbitlessassociation.org/drop-the-whip-campaign/

Every Lash Adds Urgency For Its Critics: https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/06/sports/jockeys-keep-whipping-adding-urgency-for-some-to-a-horse-racing-debate.html

Whip Rule Makes No Sense: https://www.theroar.com.au/2022/12/20/unnecessary-unjustifiable-unreasonable-racings-whip-rule-makes-no-sense-at-all/amp/

Whip Marks Visible on Racehorse: https://www.facebook.com/coalitionfortheprotectionofracehorses/photos/a.267244883317442/4030619063646653/?type=3

Review of the Use of the Whip in Racing: https://www.worldhorsewelfare.org/what-we-do/sport-and-leisure-horses/review-of-the-use-of-the-whip-in-racing

Vets Slam Shameful Whip Rule Change: https://www.vettimes.co.uk/news/vet-group-slams-shameful-horse-racing-whip-rule-change/

Force of Back Handed Whipping: https://phys.org/news/2013-07-backhand-racehorse-scrutiny.amp

Sweden Bans Whipping Racehorses: https://worldanimalsvoice.com/2022/02/17/sweden-bans-whipping-in-horse-racing/

International Rules and Regulations on Using the Whip: https://www.animalaid.org.uk/annex-international-rules-regulations-using-whip/

Jockeys Whining Because They Want to Abuse Horses: https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/258177/whip-rule-controversy-set-to-halt-racing-in-scandinavia

Sweden Bans Whips: https://horseracingkills.com/2022/03/22/march2022e-news/

Jockeys Face Disqualification Under New Whip Rules: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/jul/12/riders-face-disqualification-for-whip-breaches-under-new-bha-rules

10 Reasons to Stop Whipping Racehorses: https://theconversation.com/10-reasons-to-stop-whipping-racehorses-including-new-research-revealing-the-likely-pain-it-causes-149271

New Jersey Bans Whipping Racehorses: https://www.peta.org/blog/new-jersey-commission-horseracing-whipping-ban/

Swedish Horseracing Bans the Whip: https://www.horseracingsweden.com/news-and-features/swedish-horse-racing-bans-the-whip/

American Pharaoh Whipped Over 30 Times in ONE Race: https://sports.yahoo.com/amphtml/news/great-debate–did-victor-espinoza-whip-american-pharoah-too-many-times-192407863.html

Resources on Spurs:

Electric Spur Use in Show Horse: https://www.horseandhound.co.uk/plus/news-plus/full-details-released-of-riders-continued-electric-spur-abuse-after-10-year-ban-hh-plus-748785

Spur Abuse: http://btckstorage.blob.core.windows.net/site900/Abuse%20of%20spurs%20when%20riding%20a%20horse.pdf

when There is Blood on the Horse is it an Accident or Abuse: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/24/sports/blood-rule-equestrian.html