You know I have a neighbour that trains race horses. To look at the horses standing in their pens, you would think that he's a caring owner that really looks after his horses. The horses are shiny, the pens are clean....but oh lordy when that buffoon climbs on those babies backs there is absolutely no finesse involved at all. Everything is all about speed and the horses look absolutely tortured. I should know, I get a birds eye view, because he trains them in the ditch in front of our house.
This year alone I've seen the vet visiting about 6 times (and I'm not home most of the time). Obviously there's a problem somewhere, and he probably has never related it to his husbandry practises or his training methods. (This is the same guy that had a baby donkey escaping so he tied a 2 x 4 on a rope to his halter.) And then I watch a video where water skiing is alive and well... Wanda just musing
