Another horse show person, all horses in the ring were checked and passed by the federal governments. They were sounds and allowed to show. I was a swabber for foreign substances at the time. I would suggest doing your research on how these horse pass a check program to show.

Yes, they did in fact pass inspection. If they did not, they would not be in the ring. The 1970 HPA law has prohibited sored horses from auction, sales, transportation, showing or any type of exhibition. Don't believe me? This is every part of an inspection that goes on for one horse before entering the ring. Locomotive Test - Can the horse move around freely? Perform a figure 8? Palpations - Does the horse flinch, pull away or show signs of discomfort while their pastern is palpated? There cannot be excessive hair loss. Also ensures compliance with the scar rule. Shoe Measurements - Does it meet the heel to toe ratio? Are the pads made with correct material and meet the correct thickness? X-Rays - Ensures no further shoe violations and to look for coffin bone rotation. Thermography - Checks for abnormal heat patterns, which could point towards a sored horse. Blood Testing - Checks for numbing/pain medications. Chemical Swabs - Checks for illegal substances that may not have been detected earlier. If shows do NOT have USDA inspectors present, the show is to be reported and shut down immediately. I've seen horses disqualified for things such as hoof polish and fly spray. The government does not play around when it comes to making sure these horses are sound and happy. If you're one of those tree huggers who donates to Humane Society thinking you're doing something, you are completely wrong. Horse Plus has got to be one of the most corrupt organizations out there. They love to create their sob stories to get thousands upon thousands of dollars for who knows what. It sure doesn't go in to "rehabilitating" the horses they "save." Did you know they've euthanized over 10,000 lbs of horses? They were posted for money, then euthanized. Heck, they weren't even eligible for slaughter. Don't assume things everyone else says is true before doing your own independent research. Also, there is no such thing as teaching a horse to not react to pain.

The ignorance is all on you, bud. Read the HPA law of 1970. All these horses are USDA inspected before going through that chute.

@@mentallyinsane445 it doesn’t matter how many laws are in place okaying that kind of treatment !! The horse doesn’t know , it’s not normal or natural to alter the natural pace or walking of the horse , the persons doing that to the horse are on my view even more ignorant than the horse itself !! Totally stupid !!!

Soring has been illegal since the 70’s. Those found guilty can have truck, trailer and horse confiscated and be heavily fined. Horses are manually palpated to check for soreness prior to entering warm up area, then not permitted to leave area after examination. Horses placing in the class are palpated after leaving the ring. Too much at stake here to risk sending in a sore horse. Have you ever been to tTWH training barn? These horses are carefully tended, it’s a LOT of work!

@@radchannel5494 What their doing to the horses is CRUEL They are putting acid on their ankles, then chains t9 make them trot like that, it’s pure evil.

@@GoreAndMetalMusic Can you not read? The HPA of 1970 has PROHIBITED sored horses from sales, auction, showing, transportation or any form of exhibition. The acid is no longer applied. Every horse before showing must be inspected. Also, don't be afraid to admit you literally don't know shit about walking horses. Because you don't! They are GAITED which means their trot is not a part of the shows. They only show their flat walk, running walk and canter. The chains are a proprioceptive aid, while the pads ultimately help them extend their gait. If you support Humane Society, Billy Go Boy or Raleigh Link, don't even bother replying.

Incorrect.

Big Lick is not a thing. It is a term for soring which has been heavily outlawed since the 70s and is now inspected for. Quit believing Humane Society, tree hugger.

Horse soring has been outlawed by the HPA for 53 years now. USDA inspections are held at each rated show and training barns. They have 3 major parts to it before each and every horse enters the ring. 1. General appearance: Are his eyes relaxed? Abnormally sweating or breathing? Anxious? Or responsive to his surroundings. 2. Gait + stance: Can the horse move freely? Are his legs constantly shifting around? Can he manage a figure 8? 3. Physical Exam: Checks for scars, does blood tests, palpates the pasterns, both front and back. If any sensitivity is shown, any scars are found, discoloration, etc. the horse will not pass the inspection. Keep in mind, there are pre and post show inspections to double check. They will be banned from showing if any signs of present or previous scarring shows. They will also ensure shoeing regulations which must not exceed 5 inches of padding with it weighing 3-5 lbs (like us wearing work boots) and chains/rollers that weigh less than 6 ounces (or a bracelet). 95% of horses that come to show are HPA compliant

Oh please, I bet you've never even touched a horse. Stop believing Humane Society's sob stories.

No actually they are forced to perform an unnatural gait. Without stacks and chains the circus gait is unachievable. SICK

Yes they look so happy. Shure they do .. That exaggerated walk is hideous.. The horses often look like their back legs are going to collapse under them.

@@kimsutherland977 Ok? Yet the pads and chains cause zero harm. So whats your point, "horse expert?"

@@lorettarussell3235 If you don't know anything about the breed, don't bother to comment. Their overstride from behind is seen in all walkers, barefoot to padded. Literally a natural born movement.

@@mentallyinsane445 yep, you must live up to your user name if you think its ok to ruin a horse. Equine biomechanics contradicts everything about the nazi goose step aka SICK BIG LICK. A horse loads 60/70% of its weight on the forehand. Hind legs are not designed for weight transfer. They don't waddle like ducks naturally! Oh, I studied at Harpbury University so I think I am more expert than you.

Limping where? All of these horses are inspected before entering the ring to make sure they are completely sound.

Can't you see the hind legs and heads while they try to balance? This has nothing to do with natural gaits or soundness. And those stacks... Let's talk after you go running in platform shoes like the horses.

@@1997Runa The overstride and drive from behind is a natural feature of the walking horse that should be seen from birth. Every horse must pass an inspection to make sure they are not sored and they are sound for showing. Running with platforms? Please, the pads weigh 2-5 lbs, thats .0054% of a horse's body weight.

@@mentallyinsane445 I know. I know how they train the horses, that some of them won't get up, that they don't get turnout with those stacks,... Let me tell you about physics. There is a huge(!) difference whether you put a weight of "only 2-5 lbs" on a horse or at the bottom of the hoof because of the centrifugal force. Natural gait needs NO weight and it's beautiful.

@@1997Runa Okay... says a lot that you would believe Humane Society. They 'save' horses ineligible for slaughter, create a sob story for thousands of donations then euthanize them for space. The ThorSport barn they documented? Very sure they didn't even try to shut it down. Plus, those videos are a decade old and only show one barn that sores. One bad padded performance barn and the animal activists flip out. But 10 bad jumping barns and you guys are silent. Spare the shit and stick to flat shod. Its that easy.

Soring is highly illegal. Every single horse at every show goes through rigorous inspection by the USDA before entering. The chains are 6 oz and the sweat you see is from being worked. Have you ever seen a race horse?

@@mentallyinsane445 yep soring is illegal and the industry appointed inspectors turn a blind eye. USDA inspectors find fsr more violations. Soring hasn't stopped, it's just more devious.

Incorrect

@jashua hymer

Sorry that you became a idiot

And your proof these horses are abused?

Billy go boy has brought attention to the cruelty

Apparently you've never seen the shows. I'm sure flat shod is actually more popular, but that doesn't mean the stands don't get filled with *padded performance*. Big Lick is not a thing anymore. It is a term for soring which has been heavily outlawed since 1970 by the HPA. Every horse in inspected pre show and afterwards if they score the top 3 or are randomly selected. I've heard the government will disqualify for things such as fly spray or hoof polish. They don't play around when it comes to making sure these horses are sound and happy.

What’s sad about it

How are we exploiting it?

You think saying lies about a great industry is right

@@tennesseewalker4956 I would ask you who's lying.. but it would be a ridiculous notion that I'd get a truthful answer.

@@looneytunes105 Maybe if your were an educated person you’d know is a fact your a joke and your peta friends are too

@@tennesseewalker4956 I really can't understand your "educated" sentence but, 🙄 I have no PETA friends.. I'm just a horseman in the world. And I'm through trying to reason with a sick person, it's useless... especially when they seem to maybe be a underage person.

@@looneytunes105 you can understand my comment if you don’t your dumber than I thought

Incorrect.

They're fine, you're just too ignorant to go to a showing barn and meet them. I follow padded horse owner on all types of medias and they are nothing but pampered.

@@mentallyinsane445 now I know you are nuts! Those horses have no turnout because they'd fall off their stacks and injure themselves. The exercise is endless circles in a round pen or actually being ridden by the hunch back brigade. Again on an oval. They aren't balanced because their natural equilibrium has been artificially altered, andvyou could never get them fit because of the ridiculous contraptions on their feet. Pampering... Lets go into that. They're fed, groomed, stalls clean, not to mention deforming their natural tail carriage. The natural instinct of a horse is to be able to roam, graze pasture, roll in mud, groom and interact with its herd members. None of which these horses are allowed to do. Horses were not designed to be locked in a 12ft x 12ft area. They suffer mentally. They learn all forms of stable habits, crib , weave, windsuck... All stress related. So do not tell me they are pampered.

My life is just fine. I am a bitch. I know you feel bad. You're sitting at home with a KZfaq playlist of children fight videos and commenting on 10 yo videos. The horses say hello! Bye!

Celebration time again, I see. People only comment on it when it comes around.

@@stormywarning did you see what they had to ban for these shows? I saw an ex whatever this "natural gait" is show us how they hid the soaring and chemicals. They use spray paint. Yeah spray paint and raw skin. I will never change my opinion unless you can show me a video of someone training them RIGHT. Btw. That means no chemicals.

@@xxpheonixequestrianxxxd1141 you do realize they do checks for chemical burns & if your horse has chemical burns your banned not all trainers are bad it’s just shoes & light chains now the chains weigh as much as our apple watches don’t drag these people unless you se them actually doing things wrong which I see nothing wrong here the walking horse world is changed now due to Checks go to a show & look at these horses close up there fine saddle bred horses walk the same just without shoes!

@@symplicitythearabianmare242 "without the shoes", as you call them.

@@symplicitythearabianmare242 This is pure abuse, the industry doesn't care at all about their horses.

Watch it now all the way Victoria’s Secret has no but

consanna Victoria’s Secret would beat a lot out now. But I don’t think a mare will ever win the Big Stake. Just look at Shout all those years ago

She's probably dead now.

You just described your self sick sick sick

@@tennesseewalker4956 How is this video remotely okay? Those horses are in obvious amounts of pain.

@@lucindra766 Horse soring has been outlawed by the HPA for 53 years now. USDA inspections are held at each rated show and training barns. They have 3 major parts to it before each and every horse enters the ring. 1. General appearance: Are his eyes relaxed? Abnormally sweating or breathing? Anxious? Or responsive to his surroundings. 2. Gait + stance: Can the horse move freely? Are his legs constantly shifting around? Can he manage a figure 8? 3. Physical Exam: Checks for scars, does blood tests, palpates the pasterns, both front and back. If any sensitivity is shown, any scars are found, discoloration, etc. the horse will not pass the inspection. Keep in mind, there are pre and post show inspections to double check. They will be banned from showing if any signs of present or previous scarring shows. They will also ensure shoeing regulations which must not exceed 5 inches of padding with it weighing 3-5 lbs (like us wearing work boots) and chains/rollers that weigh less than 6 ounces (or a bracelet). 95% of horses that come to show are HPA compliant

Did you look in the mirror?

Mentallyinsane and nothing to do but writing texts like this?

@@1997Runa Why not

@@mentallyinsane445 Thanks for the explanation.

Uneducated

Horse soring has been outlawed by the HPA for 53 years now. USDA inspections are held at each rated show and training barns. They have 3 major parts to it before each and every horse enters the ring. 1. General appearance: Are his eyes relaxed? Abnormally sweating or breathing? Anxious? Or responsive to his surroundings. 2. Gait + stance: Can the horse move freely? Are his legs constantly shifting around? Can he manage a figure 8? 3. Physical Exam: Checks for scars, does blood tests, palpates the pasterns, both front and back. If any sensitivity is shown, any scars are found, discoloration, etc. the horse will not pass the inspection. Keep in mind, there are pre and post show inspections to double check. They will be banned from showing if any signs of present or previous scarring shows. They will also ensure shoeing regulations which must not exceed 5 inches of padding with it weighing 3-5 lbs (like us wearing work boots) and chains/rollers that weigh less than 6 ounces (or a bracelet). 95% of horses that come to show are HPA compliant. Plus, many of these horses have a career lasting till their late teens to early twenties.

No torture to stop

Not torture

Too many of 'em are TOO FAT to be sittin' on 'em in first place.

That’s how you ride a walking horse but u wouldn’t know anything about that

Good question, I don't ride my Tennessee walking horses like that, but my Walker's don't have chains and stack's on them, they are natural.

@@carsonwalls8164 You do not ride any breed of horse like that. You should never put those chemicals, chains, and heavy pads on any horses feet. Even on a TWH you don't hunch over like that. The only way those idiots are staying on is by holding on for dear life with the bit.

@@lucindra766 soring is illegal idiot

LemonLadyRecords these horses are bred for the exaggerated head nod, a “crooked back leg “, overstride ect...

@@stacyyoung1253 Breeding is one thing, soring and padding is something else entirely--which is what all these horses are forced to endure so their soulless inhuman[e] owners (see "monsters, definition of") can win.

@@stacyyoung1253 nonsense

@@stacyyoung1253 you are delusional and ignorant! Strolling Jim (the first to ever win at the celebration, buried in Wartrace,TN) he didn't look like that!! Go educate yourself and give them a voice. The horses ARE SORED! Don't @ me you won't win this!!

@@kimsutherland977 this chic is ignorant and don't have a damn clue what she is talking about. I've owned 2 TWH one bay and one spotted both registered. Never ever looked like that crap! Cause we were good to them and they died of old age and even then we were aware enuff that it was time and had a vet come out and humanely euthanize them. This need's to stop, shut the celebration down. Be done with it!!!

Horse soring has been outlawed by the HPA for 53 years now. USDA inspections are held at each rated show and training barns. They have 3 major parts to it before each and every horse enters the ring. 1. General appearance: Are his eyes relaxed? Abnormally sweating or breathing? Anxious? Or responsive to his surroundings. 2. Gait + stance: Can the horse move freely? Are his legs constantly shifting around? Can he manage a figure 8? 3. Physical Exam: Checks for scars, does blood tests, palpates the pasterns, both front and back. If any sensitivity is shown, any scars are found, discoloration, etc. the horse will not pass the inspection. Keep in mind, there are pre and post show inspections to double check. They will be banned from showing if any signs of present or previous scarring shows. They will also ensure shoeing regulations which must not exceed 5 inches of padding with it weighing 3-5 lbs (like us wearing work boots) and chains/rollers that weigh less than 6 ounces (or a bracelet). 95% of horses that come to show are HPA compliant.

Well can I at least believe what I am watching? 'Cause. Every. Single. One. Of. Those. Horses. Is. Chained.

@@tamarabacon7998 so that means what

@@tennesseewalker4956 That they have been contorted into an unnatural and painful position for the benefit of those who couldn't care less about their comfort.

Justin Harris you know what’s right

Justin!! You are in denial!! You are not a horse lover!! TWHs don't naturally have gaits like that!! What you see is a horse in pain, so shame on YOU!

Judith G you don’t know what you are talking about,these horses are not abused

@@malloryyoungblood9964 do you own any horses?? Do you know any if the inspectors that are no longer in the business?? My niece is a vet and owns her own clinic and I can assure you that she doesn't condone the abuse of the TWHs or abuse of any other animals for that matter!

Judith G once again you don’t know what you are talking about,these horses are thoroughly checked before and after showing

Mature of you, but keep in mind none of these horses are abused.

@@mentallyinsane445 🤣🤣🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

@@kimsutherland977 Oh wow... you found my weakness... emojis.

@@mentallyinsane445 ok how bout lmao. Clants ghost will have his day! Lots of recent talk about banning stacks and chains... Let's hope the back pockets of all the politicians and people who think more of the mighty dollar than horse welfare get them firmly sewn up, and it finally gets pushed thru. I don't even live in the US, but I am disgusted along with the rest of the educated equine world.

Tell me you don't know anything about these horses* without telling me

What a special!! Parading pain!! Look at all the people in the stands and the people in the show ring that are in pure denial!! Even though the horses are animals, they will have to answer to God.

@@judithg1020 AMEN--You preach it, Sister!

@@tamarabacon7998 thank you for your your encouraging reply!! It's been a year since I texted my comment and I take comfort in knowing that there are nice people that still look at the videos about these beautiful horses! Thank you, Ms. Bacon, for your reply about this barbaric procedure. Bless you!

@@judithg1020 And here I am, more than a little late on the uptake, wondering if I'm wasting my time commenting on a video posted 11 years ago--so THANK YOU for "your encouraging reply".

@@tamarabacon7998 My sentiments as well!! It continues to amaze me that some people turn a "blind eye" to a circumstance that continues to play out! This kind of denial started thousands of years ago with the story of Adam and Eve: they had everything, and yet, that one apple was more important than ALL God had given them; the people that compete in this barbaric "Celebration" have the same belief that Adam and Eve had; the silly blue ribbon is more important than the health and happiness of those lovely horses; denial is easier to cope with than the event they call the Celebration!! Thank you, Ms. Bacon, for your recent reply. What are your thoughts?