http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/jockey-suspended-six-months-after-whipping-horse-in-eye-18479 Celebrity sports gossip since 2001 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:46:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/jockey-suspended-six-months-after-whipping-horse-in-eye-18479#comment-20472 Diane M. Zippi Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:05:48 +0000 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/jockey-suspended-six-months-after-whipping-horse-in-eye-18479#comment-20472 I am a member of PETA and an ex-jockey who is against most horse racing because I've been there and seen it all.  We need agencies like PETA to monitor any exploitation of animals.  The DTC should be grateful to them instead of worrying about them "galloping down their necks."   Even though I was never a stick rider, I know that there's quite a distance between a shoulder and an eye, so I find it hard to believe his strike was simply an attempt to "hit the mare on her shoulder."   He should be ashamed of himself.  Six months and a few anger classes don't seem like enough time.   I wish Appeal a quick recovery. I am a member of PETA and an ex-jockey who is against most horse racing because I've been there and seen it all.  We need agencies like PETA to monitor any exploitation of animals.  The DTC should be grateful to them instead of worrying about them "galloping down their necks."   Even though I was never a stick rider, I know that there's quite a distance between a shoulder and an eye, so I find it hard to believe his strike was simply an attempt to "hit the mare on her shoulder."   He should be ashamed of himself.  Six months and a few anger classes don't seem like enough time.   I wish Appeal a quick recovery.

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