I'm sure this is a controversial take so let me just make myself 100% clear:
I am in no way a supporter of padded performance for Tennessee walking horses. I think heavy padding is excessive, and pointless, and I have reason to belive it can put serious strain on horses knees to be flicking that weight around every step. I don't like how the horses are putted in giant shanked bits, and I absolutely hate the practice of tail setting in saddleseat and twh showing.
But with all that said I really wish people would put the soring thing to rest... like it's already illegal and enforced. Every horse entering the padded performance division at the twh celebration is checked for chemical burns and is thermographed. Like there are other things to not like about padded performance. There are things that could change, but people rely way too much on the same footage from 20 years ago of that one trainer who was already punished and banned from owning horses to try to push it. Like if you want to fight something at least actually be educated on the subject.
I've been thinking this for a while but what really set me off was the Humane Society of the US posting about soring in their most recent tiktok video. Like way to be 20 years behind. That issue has already been taken care of. The HSUS relies on so much of their funding coming from the uneducated and for what? The HSUS suffers the same issues as every other large scale not for profit. Using money for corperate gain instead of actually using it for the cause they stand for, denying assistance to thousands of groups who need it, trying to monopolize on the suffering of others, spreading misinformation to "rally the troups".
Support a local and reputable animal charity not the HSUS. And please for the love of good REALLY read up on topics and ask questions before you make a final judgment
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searched up "horse gait gallop" and was reminded this exists
https://youtu.be/Rxj4g0kvlZQ?si=RDcBZ3lkuxOaTNcM
https://youtube.com/shorts/x1G9OVEkGCQ?si=7AnSROn-ObH9SNRc
https://humanepro.org/page/stop-soring-tennessee-walking-horses
https://blog.humanesociety.org/2023/05/humane-society-past-act-horse-soring-us-congress.html
this is illegal in most places, but there are underground shows that it still happens in
i cant donate in money but i can at least spread awareness about this
also note abt one of the videos: blinders in horses are usually used like falconry hoods, they're used to calm horse down and focus their vision forwards
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