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Re: [RC] [RC] [RC] Horse Abuse - and not - rides2far - Soli Sorokin

Actually, the owners/riders of the horses that were passed did NOT
refuse to show. They were told they could not - there is a quote from
one or two of them in yesterday's Tennessean. This is a bit of
propaganda that's been spread to further the goals of a so-called
united front against the USDA.  I don't know if it was the show
officials or police that cancelled the last class, but they did NOT
refuse to show: they weren't allowed to.

~S


On 9/5/06, paradigm@xxxxxxxxxxx <paradigm@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: 
I was there at Celebration.  There was no danger of any riots.  The only
class canceled was the last one.  Of course, that's the one that crowns
the World Grand Champion.  7 of the 10 entrants were pulled.  The
remaining three refused to show.

I just don't get it.  If I had one of those three "sound" horses I would
be in there showing.  Nothing will change unless those who show sound can
actually show!  The trainers association has a lawsuit pending that they
claim will "clarify" the rules on scaring and soreing.

An interesting side note that went missed by many:

There were two seperate incidents in which horses that had passed
inspection were led into the ring only to fall over as if they were dead.
No kidding! One was in a harness class and the other in a big lick class.
The harness horse laid there for about 10 minutes not moving.  The organ
player kept playing music and the other competitors lined up along the far
side and waited.  After a while the horse popped right up like nothing
happened.  In the case of the big lick horse, after laying on the ground
for a while he got back up, finished the competition and collected a
ribbon!!  Can anyone say "drug test"??

Things that make you go hhhmmmmm.......

-E-

PS:  It was encouraging to me to see so many entrants in the western
pleasure and english equitation classes.  It should be remembered that
these classes are not caught up in the abuse controversy.  If things are
to change in the TWH industry, these competitors need to lead the charge.


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