@Michael Burkinshaw You are right. Hard lashing while he had the chance to win ! Both ponies should have then had punishment whippings - hard and long.
@Michael Burkinshaw well, in that case, there are other ways to keep the horses going. Whipping just doesn't help. Even professional race horses are whipped by professional jockies but there is a method which is clearly not being followed by there people here. The horses as well as the riders need to be trained. The horses need the training to keep going without being whipped and the riders just need to be less brutal.
