Ridecamp: Re: [RC] Tattersalls Auction

In a message dated 10/22/2002 12:06:09 PM Pacific Standard Time, woa@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

> And
> you think there is cruelty in the endurance arena-- you ain't seen
> nothing until you hear first-hand about a yearling shocked with a cattle
> prod while standing in water to give him the "look" in the halter class
> the next morning---- the stakes were VERY big!!!


yeah - and how about the liquid cocaine the the eyes to give them that large, glossy look; or the numbed tails in the western classes (like, WHAT ARAB OWNER wouldn't know how the tail SHOULD appear???); or maybe the latest abuse not SEEN by me but by a close friend - sewing the stallion's sheath closed for the class so as not to allow him to drop, thus causing an embarrassing moment for the owner, trainer, who again??
And people say endurance is cruel? Right!
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