Does whipping a horse when riding a race finish hurt?
For the most part a few smacks is not going to hurt (not that I would really know). Horses are generally pretty thick-skinned. That being said over use (and thus abuse) of the whip does neither the horse or the rider / jockey any good. There are rules to how many times a jockey can hit a horse, and how a jockey can hit a horse. A horse that is left a mark on the skin certainly would have felt the whip, but most times the jockey’s use won’t leave a mark (a mark = slight swelling, no blood).
