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Sandman’s part-owner Griffin Johnson discusses his horse’s remarkable journey to the Preakness Stakes and the inspiration it has brought to the lives of fans everywhere. #Preakness150

@T_J_Carroll @maidenking1 @SlicktorNewman @jose93_ortiz Few on either side go over so it sure seems to be working. Penalties for cheating/mistakes has to be severe enough to deter cheating or mistakes.

It’s not cheating if accidental. Riders have literally lost races for going over. That’s a massive deterrent. And that in itself shows you that in some circumstances it’s not as easy to count as some ( mostly non race riders ) seem to think. Ok, granted, sometimes it is straight forward. But that is not the case every time. But again, getting back to the originally tweet. To suggest only American riders have an issue with adhering to whip rules is factually wrong.

It is so hard to give your best effort and keep count of the strikes (6) HISA should take another look at this rule and penalties

@SaratogaRex @Trackfacts @jose93_ortiz @DavidIngordo Physical maturity. Learning is by experience for both horse and human at that age. Only so many days in a year to teach a horse.

@trainerup1 @Trackfacts @jose93_ortiz @DavidIngordo Appreciate the response but a 🏇 at 2 in the racing game has achieved ~33% maturation. A 2yo 👶~3%..not comparable. Not sure I'm all in on their cognitive abilities. I understand their wariness of the starting 𓊏 but most trainers haven't found their responsive chords. Btw 👇💚🍀

Jumping on twitter to inform us hes quietly taking the highroad in some petty dispute with a hotel lol. Thanks, guy

Hewick in good form back at @almracing’s stables following the French Champion Hurdle #TeamHewick

The California Horse Racing Board (CHRB) on Thursday quashed hopes for the traditional late-summer season at Ferndale, voting 4-3 against awarding Aug. 13-Sept. 2 dates to the track. "This is a serious, serious, serious mistake that this board made." thoroughbreddailynews.com/chrb-votes-dow…

I really do find it disturbing that the largest financial burden of aftercare falls on the general public. That’s not acceptable at all. Aftercare should be fully funded BY the industry and FROM the industry.

Social media creator @lmgriffjohnson a co-owner of Preakness contender Sandman, has been a popular figure around Pimlico leading up to the race. We caught up with him to chat, and we captured a special meeting with a fan bearing a gift. Read more: paulickreport.com/news/triple-cr…

@Walls98 @SwiftHitter Running 2 year olds with their tails on fire is an accident waiting to happen

My heart is smiling. So well said! And what beautiful art, @Prairie_Bayou!

We have a racetrack in Cartersville, Georgia running Spring and Fall race meets on the dirt. Thanks to Horse Hound and Hunt magazine for taking the mantle on horse racing in Georgia. #horsehoundandhunt

RT @maggimoss: I preface by saying I do NOT agree with this penalty, and feel the whip rule penalities needs to change: however @RepoleStab…

@jjhorowitz @3coltshandicap Exactly my point. If racing wants to claim that their whips are just for cuing a horse in the same manner as show horses then they need to whip them the same way. A tap as a cue and not a hard,rapid double tap like a jock does. They can’t be compared.

@trainerup1 @3coltshandicap This isn’t a real scenario because riders wouldn’t use a whip in the show ring the same as in racing because it wouldn’t achieve the desired outcome. So, our discussion really comes down to whether the way the crop is used in racing is appropriate. It’s all right if we disagree.

We’re just gonna copy and paste a tweet from last weekend and make some minor changes: A total carbon dioxide violation in 2024 resulted in the trainer receiving a $2,500 fine. For using the crop twice too much, the winning jockey of the Kentucky Derby is fined…$62,000? Seems like the penalty is…egregiously harsh. Especially when you put it into the context above.

RT @jhanlonracing: Hewick has arrived in France ahead of the French Champion Hurdle on Saturday #TeamHewick

I saw a couple posts on here so I will confirm it. I start as the track announcer at @flgaming on Monday May 19. It is not permanent. Excited to get going. Been to the track only one time previously.

@jjhorowitz @3coltshandicap There is no way the force jockeys use to strike a horse would be tolerated in front of the public in any show ring.

@trainerup1 @3coltshandicap When a jockey is using a whip, the horse is going as fast it possibly can. In eventing, it’s usually used in connection with some technical element. So, the technique is going to be different depending on the desired outcome. I don’t see anything in eventing rules about force 🤷‍♂️

@jjhorowitz @3coltshandicap Race riders hit hard. Very hard. No comparison to the force that strikes a horse between the two styles of whipping. Would take a complete novice to not see the extreme difference.

@T_J_Carroll @maidenking1 @SlicktorNewman @jose93_ortiz It is a small % of riders who have a hard time counting. If more were getting caught then the penalties would need to be increased as a better deterrent. Cheaters need to be hit hard enough to deter cheating.

No. I didn’t. If EVERY other rider in the world didn’t have an issue following whip rules we’d have no riders banned or fined for whip rule breaches, but we do. We’d have no horses/connections losing races because of whip rule breaches, but we do. America isn’t the only place it happens. That’s a fact, not an opinion

@SaratogaRex @Trackfacts @jose93_ortiz @DavidIngordo Animals learn response same as humans. Look at how much we ask a 2 yr old horse to know compared to a human at 2. Teach the game as fun and both respond. Same as teach through strikes on a child.

@trainerup1 @Trackfacts @jose93_ortiz @DavidIngordo Humans mentally whip themselves while 🏇 need encouragement.😂 It approaches Pavlov's conditioning experiments. I doubt "pain" even comes into play. The 🦯 have been greatly modified. The cracking sound used 2 be a factor. The saga continues.🫡💚🍀