horse racing whip

British racing's Horse Welfare Board-an independently chaired organization comprising the British Horseracing Authority, racing's stakeholders and the Racecourse Association-has released a five-year welfare plan for horses bred for racing. The strategy focuses on the ambition that every horse bred to race should lead a life well lived, and the overarching themes of the plan are traceability, safety and well being, communication and the use of data. The whip is a prominent topic in the strategy, which calls for racing to make changes to the way the whip is used but...

In a wide-ranging discussion that covers the whip, horsemen's groups, USADA and more, Terry Finley stops in to Patty Wolfe's Orlando studios to be the first guest on Thoroughbred People, the TDN's new podcast series. Listen to the stream here or subscribe to our podcast app on Apple podcasts.