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FW: [RC] horses at the track - Mike Sherrell

You mean ordinary trail horses and stable horses would bite if not
specifically trained not to? Maybe this is true of other breeds, but at the
Peruvian Paso shows I've been to you could walk down the row of stalls and
pet every horse that had its head out.

And professionals are less likely to train a horse not to bite because
they're better at dodging?



Regards,

Mike Sherrell
Grizzly Analytical
707 887 2919; fax 707 887 9834
www.grizzlyanalytical.com

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Subject: [RC] horses at the track


Mike Sherrel said:

Why do you imagine that horses at the track make
an effort to bite people when they pass the stall,
and horses in non-track stables don't seem to?

Having a horse that doesn't bite people that walk by its stall isn't
super high on the list of priorities for a successful race horse.  Less
effort is made to correct the behaviour, and virtually no effort is made
to select against it.

The selection criteria for horses at the track is, "can he run the
fastest to the finish line."  If you can get the horse onto the track,
into the gate, and down the track, whether it bites people walking by
its stall is irrelevant.  In additional, ALL the people in the area or
that have anything to do with the horses are professionals or in the
company of professionals (amateurs are not allowed on the back side of
the track without proper accompaniment).

Whereas, in a non-track stable amateurs are wandering through all the
time, amateurs are handling the horses all the time, most people take
some time to teach the horse not to swipe at people walking by, and many
such stable owners won't allow such horses to stay there...or if they
do, they require the horse owner to construct the stall in such a way
that there is no way that the unsuspecting will accidentally come within
range.

kat
Orange County, Calif.

p.s.  For the same reason, you are also more likely to find a biting
horse in a show barn than in an open to the public boarding facility.
Show barn horses are more often handled by professionals, and the
unacceptable behaviour is more likely to be tolerated in a successful
show horse than in a family pleasure horse.



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