Re: Now I will cry myself to sleep...

Sue Leopold wrote:
law <lawiserGONE@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I'll disagree. She was in her gait. She was moving out ... but she has
those big overbuilts on that make them pick up their feet. To me, there
was nothing in her gait that indicated being sored. Now, the probably
used weighted chains to get the movement while exercising, but none of
that means the filly was actually sored (as I understand the concept).

OK, sounds good Lisa. You could put what I know about gaited
horses in a thimble.

With anything else, those within the breed have to stop the practices,
preferably before they start in force, but at least once it's apparent
that a minor training turned into major mistreatment.

I don't find major gait alteration a minor training thang. Sorry,
but that's just me.

"Major gait alteration?" The TWH has a specialized gait. The alteration made for the "Big Licks" is that done with those stupid "high heels" they put them in. It causes them to hunker down more in back and do that goose step in front. But, basically it's still the gait.

Now, take a Plantation shod TWH, get them into that gait, and it's a Very Pretty Thing. Similarly with other gaited horses. For example the Rocky and Kentucky Mountain horses have a lovely gait, flowing tail ... and rules in place that limit what can be done artificially to modify that gait (like, shoes that only weigh so much, etc.). It's not the gait that is the problem ... it's what Stoopid Humans have done to it.


Are you doing anything within the H/J world to stop such treatment? Isn't there any form of checking done with horses before they enter a
show ring?

Ha! I am such a small potato in the H/J world that TPTB would
scoff at me. I support people who treat their horses well; who
do what is right. Thankfully, I have a lot of friends like that.

I am working on getting my judge's card for H/J and hunter
breeding. I figure that pinning happy, sound and athletic
horses is at least a start.

I hope you get your card and maintain your integrity in how you place .... and hopefully, those in the sport give you the chance to judge the horses for their merits and able to eliminate those not moving right. But, *sigh* that so seldom happens!

LisaW

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