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Jockeys strike whips deal

Source: The Courier-Mail

Sydney : Australia | 2 months ago

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The Australian Jockeys Association and Australian Racing Board agreed to an amendment of the new whip rules, allowing jockeys to use the whip up to seven times in the last 100m of a race. But one of Australia's biggest punters, Sean Bartholomew, believes the ARB should have accepted the jockeys' proposal...

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