It's About Time
11. Jul, 2008 
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Hundreds of trainers withdrew their horses from competition at a major Tennessee Walking Horse show last weekend after USDA inspectors arrived on the scene to examine horses for violations of the Horse Protection Act.
Here’s why: 
“If they had been found in violation, they would not be able to show at the Celebration,” said Rogers, who also manages the Owingsville show.
You can read the rest of the article on the soring crackdown in Tennessee and wonder along with me why this has been allowed to go on for so long.
I will never understand why people continue to try to get things from horses that horses do not and cannot do naturally. The Big Lick is not natural. What you have to do to a horse to achieve it is neither natural nor ethical. If people did this or anything like it to their dogs, they’d be in prison. Why is it OK to do it to horses?
The horse is a breathtaking wonder, just as it is. Free to enjoy in its pure form. Why do people want to change it?
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amen… and thanx for stopping inn.
trot on ..
gp in montana
oh my pleasure. I’ve visited before, and will again. Maybe someday it will be more than a virtual visit.
Now that was informative and horrifying.
Never hurts to arm yourself with information, no matter how upsetting.
I think trainers who sore horses should be forced to wear chains around their ankles and built up shoes for a year.
Bill
Maybe just a day? A little dose of their own medicine might open their eyes. Anything more than that would be cruel. I still think education is the answer.