Spotlight on stewards in new whip guidelines

The British Horseracing Authority’s latest revisions to the whip rules will be introduced today.

While retaining the existing threshold for a rider’s use of the whip on both the Flat and over jumps, stewards will now be able to exercise discretion when reviewing a jockey’s use of the whip throughout a race.

The trigger for stewards to review a rider’s use of the whip remains eight times or more for Flat races and nine times or more over jumps.