KEVIN DARLEY, chief executive of the Professional Jockeys' Association, on Sunday expressed his concerns over the amended whip rules introduced on Friday and called for the BHA to make a further review of the permitted number of times a jockey can use his whip during a race - currently seven on the Flat and eight over jumps.
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Jockeys are still getting banned left,right and centre. I just don't think that these rules are working," the former jockey told At The Races.
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"The punishments are taking the competitiveness away from the jockeys. They're not acting as a deterrent and we need to look at the rule again."
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Kyoto: Kikuka Sho (Japanese St Leger) (Grade 1) 1m7f, turf, 3yo
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JAPAN is toasting its seventh Triple Crown winner after Orfevre (Yasutoshi Ikee/Kenichi Ikezoe) became the first horse since the great Deep Impact to win all three colts' Classics with a convincing 2½-length victory in the Kikuka Sho (Japanese St Leger) at Kyoto.
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