Undercover Video: The Barbaric World of Horse Soring

Thursday, May 17, 2012 - 4:00pm




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Can the ASPCA please tell us what kind of events we can protest to stop this behavior? Is it ALL horse shoes or just specific ones? Obviously, I never ride the horse drawn carriages that you see in certain cities. PLEASE TELL US!


Seriously? How can you live with yourself when you're abusing an animal just so they look good... Maybe we should beat them and hurt them like they do to the horses and make a walking show of them... I hate people.. Horses are beautiful and graceful creatures, and they don't deserve to have that beauty marred by the likes of someone who just wants their animal to look good.

Greta Frusha

I never knew this was what it took to train the horse to the high stepping gait that they are famous for. There are trainers out there, I hope, that can elicit the effect without the horrific training methods? For that matter, why can the Tennessee Walker be appreciated for what they do naturally?


There definitely are. It sickens me that the old methods are still used.

Patricia Mendez

I'm ashamed, it's disgusting and this needs to STOP inmediatly.

Joyce Brodsky

And this for a cheap blue ribbon? Why not go after the owners of these abused animals? And how can we help stop this cruelty other than not going to any of these barbaric displays. I saw this on tv last night and I was sickened by this horrible practice - they've done this to jumpers and probably to all horses in competition. Shame on all of you.

Jean Foreman

What a cruel and horrible thing to do to these beautiful animals, this has to be stopped. These people should never be allowed to handle horses again.


This is why we need to band circus's and anything that involves entertainment with animals. I am just sick to my stomach that people can actually sleep at night after such cruelty is done to animals. Just sick!!!


So, they train these horses to walk in an unnatural way and torture them to achieve this. Barbarians. I cannot believe that this is happening in the US. Okay, I can but why does it continue? Animals suffer so much at our hands. We are beasts.Damn these people and lets do it to them.

Kim Reaser

I am so totally sick of seeing how people treat animals, especially for entertainment and profit. I voice my disgust to people every chance I get, no circuses, no road side animal displays, no horse racing, no dog racing, no Seaworld...I could go on. People need to be ashamed when they support these things. Who in their right mind would think a horse walks that way naturally or from some sort of horse whispering!