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Old 20-10-2011, 05:58   #55
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Re: Horse Racing

THREE-TIME champion jockey Ryan Moore became the latest jockey to speak out against the new whip rules on Wednesday evening, stating his discontent with the whole situation and calling for a return to the old rules.



http://www.racingpost.com/news/horse-racing/



THE Professional Jockeys' Association on Wednesday evening released their own proposals for the reform of whip use that would see the financial penalties jockeys have been hit with removed.

PJA chief executive Kevin Darley - along with riders Richard Hughes, Ryan Moore, Frankie Dettori and Tony McCoy, plus trainer John Gosden - met with the BHA on Monday to put forward their own ideas for bringing in a new penalty system for jockeys who break the rules



http://www.racingpost.com/news/horse...34457/related/



DREAM AHEAD, the multiple Group 1 winning sprinter trained by David Simcock, has been retired to Ballylinch stud in Ireland.

Winner of five Group 1 races, most recently the Prix Foret at Longchamp on Arc day, the Breeders' Cup had been under consideration for Dream Ahead for a final run, but those plans have now been shelved



http://www.racingpost.com/news/horse...ud/934175/top/
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