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Discussion on Soring
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Leslie1
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Posted on Thursday, Jan 11, 2007 - 5:45 pm:
This may be old news to some but I just read an article about the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration championship. It had to be cancelled this year because 7 out of 10 of the finalist had been disqualified because of soring!! What kind of people do that to an animal???
..." alleged abuses observed at the 2005 Celebration produced the 2006 crackdown. "At the 2005 Celebration," explained Schrade, "the USDA used a device that tests horses for prohibitive substances, such as numbing agents and irritants, that may suggest soring. More than half of 92 samples (54.3%) tested positive. The same device used at the 2005 Kentucky Celebration found 100% of the 25 horses sampled" had been treated with "one or more prohibited substances."
Then they practically had a riot because the show was cancelled. As if everyone thinks soring is ok... like it was a bigger crime to shut down the event than this evil practice of soring! They literally had to call in police to protect the soring inspectors.
Heres the article if anyone wants to read it.https://www.animalpeoplenews.org/06/10/walkinghorseindustry106.html
Sorry for my rant but its crap like this that makes me sooo mad. I just needed to vent.
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Member:
Mcbizz
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Posted on Thursday, Jan 11, 2007 - 6:11 pm:
Leslie, ranting is a good thing...it gets things done! I'm glad you posted that.
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Member:
Lynnea
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Posted on Friday, Jan 12, 2007 - 3:39 am:
Soring has been another evil of the show horse world for way too long. They are such wonderful and kind horses too..just another shameful act people allow to happen in the quest for the almighty blue ribbon.
Thanks Leslie, for the article. I read it with the hope that shutting that show down will make a difference, but my hopes are not high. This problem has been going on for so long, and when one door closes , the trainers find another one to open...with another way of hiding their cruelty. Just like the racehorse trainers do with drugs. It seems in many ways competition brings out the worst in people.
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Cheryl
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Posted on Friday, Jan 12, 2007 - 9:13 am:
Ah - Leslie - so glad it made you angry. The VMO's doing the inspections have been faced with angry mobs many times - the tires on their vehicles are routinely slashed. The Horse Protection Act was passed in 1972 - to put an end to the atrocity. Up until the Celebration they have been attempting to work with the sorers to allow them to police themselves. Very obviously - it hasn't worked.
The Vet in charge of the Celebration last year has resigned. We don't know if it was a forced resignation or not - but I would be very surprised if it weren't.
Bob Cherry - one of the biggies in the TWHBEA - once made the statement that soring was not a problem because "HORSES DON'T FEEL PAIN" ! ! !
My understanding is that before the HPA was passed spectators were often splattered with blood from the horses legs as they did that gosh awful big lick around the arena. Soring methods have gotten more sophisticated in the passing years - but hardly less inhumane.
Those $1.98 blue ribbons are important - don't you know 
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Member:
Zarr
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Posted on Friday, Jan 12, 2007 - 11:45 am:
Expletive deletives that Dr.O won't allow!A small but often unknown part of this story was the cover on the TWHBEA mag already had the picture of the new Champ who had not yet won,on its cover HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM! Leslie welcome we need outrage and then action! Cindy
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Cheryl
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Posted on Friday, Jan 12, 2007 - 1:42 pm:
TWHBEA covered their butt on that on by claiming it was an advertisement Like - yeah - RIGHT ! !
What is really sickening about the entire mess is that the sorers believe they are doing nothing wrong - that the government is trying to ruin their business and they need to just butt out. I was absolutely blown away when we lived in Kentucky by the attitude they have about it. I know it is going on all across the United States but they are just so open about it there.
The really sad thing about it is that most people think breeding to a Grand Champion is the best way to get really good horses. The big lick is done best by horses that pace instead of doing the natural running walk they are famous for. So people who want the big lick are breeding for the pace and that's what breeding to the Grand Champions produces - pacy horses that can't do the gaits the Walkers are known for. It's really a shame.
CK
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Zarr
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Posted on Friday, Jan 12, 2007 - 5:38 pm:
I would take Gravedigger anytime! He has a new video and as he plays in his paddock he racks for fun. Did it take to big a brain to plan the correct breeding a la nature to get the gait or is that beyond possible. I ran in to this at shows as a little kid and didn't keep my mouth shut then just got kicked out... Cindy
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Leslie1
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Posted on Friday, Jan 12, 2007 - 7:28 pm:
Wow guys I had no idea it was that prevalent. What a downright bloody shame.
I wish I could take a full page ad out in the New York Times every time a big show is going and tell the world what goes on there. I dont think its talked about enough. The public needs to know about it...and keep hearing about it.
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Lynnea
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Posted on Friday, Jan 12, 2007 - 11:53 pm:
Part of the problem ... not enough of the right publicity and too many people in the dark on the tragic and cruel circumstances that encompasses the horse world. ..the animal world as a whole. I just cannot come to grips with what kind of human can be so devoid of emotion and caring when an innocent creature is suffering.
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Lynnea
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Posted on Saturday, Jan 13, 2007 - 10:09 pm:
Yes, Sidnie...Todd and I were friends until he moved to Louisiana, and now I have somewhat lost track of him. He has a sister with your name...is it you? Let me know...we can email each other........
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