Even this foal exhibits the lovely gait at just a few days old.
And this is the monstrosity that the USA have turned these horses into.
That stupidly exaggerated foreleg movement, tail set, sunken hocks and pained expression are all results of sticking huge weighted pads on these horses hooves, shoving great long shank bits in their mouths, setting their tail bones into a tight loop and putting chemicals on the legs that burn the horses to make them lift those forelegs up, up, up! Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuqN9n4RF4Y&feature=related ....Seriously, I don't know any respectable people who break horses at 2yrs, let alone bend them into such freakish shapes. And if you need yet more proof that these horses are indeed abused to make them do that here you go!
That horse is just screaming pain. And yet no one seems to be paying attention or caring for that matter. If I saw a horse standing like that I'd assume its pedal bones had dropped and it needed euthanising. What I want to know America, is why you have allowed this to go on and accept it - even give prizes for it? The cruelest sport you see here in the UK is fox hunting and thats even been banned now so what makes your country so special that you can blatently abuse horses in plain view? Seriously, this crap is what makes every Brit think you are all a buch of inbred fucktards. Now, I have met a couple of very nice americans but after all, they are the ones who came over here because they couldn't stand the crap you guys pull over there. And as for the Humane Societies involved, they are all a bunch of cowards. They have powers many people can only dream of and they have done nothing to stamp out something the the horse world has been crying out to see abolished. Flat shod horses rule. Padded horses should never have come into existance and the longer it has been left the bigger those shoes are and the more acceptable abusing those horses has become. If I took a horse to a show looking like that, I would be savaged by angry horse lovers. Perhaps that is the difference here. People in the UK who have horses actually LOVE them. I guess horses in the USA are just a business (which might I add, isn't going exactly swimingly either considering the prices their horses sell for at auction). For those who see eye to eye with me, their are several blogs who are highly informative on subjects like this. I warn you now that most are blunt and straight to the point and unless you agree with the writer, keep comments to yourself unless you like being torn apart or looking for a fight. Please take a good look at the wider world around you. We have a voice and we can use it. I hope to see the end of padded horses during my lifetime.
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