Jockeys voice support for changes to whip regulations
WHIP HAND: Jockeys will still be allowed to use the whip in the forehand position under revised changes to riding rules — but the number of times a rider may strike his mount will be further reduced from next month. Picture: David Davies/PA
Tom Bellamy believes whip rules should be "fairly black and white now" after the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) revised the proposed changes to the current regulations.
The BHA announced a series of alterations to the rules in the summer, with jockeys only allowed to use the whip in the backhand position and serious breaches of the regulations to result in disqualification from races and possible 28-day bans for riders in major races.
