Whipping up a storm: Does whipping a racehorse make them run faster?

Hypothesis: beating tired racehorses with a whip stimulates them to run faster

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After watching the sadly amusing and not entirely inaccurate video by The Onion, you probably aren’t surprised to learn that horse racing is experiencing a bit of a crisis: to whip or not to whip? This passionate debate has been ongoing for decades, and is often cited as the reason that many people actively dislike horse racing.