Very sad they put those weights on their feet, we bought Sterling Stormys Silver from Kentucky he is retired Grand Champion and is living a happy retired life
Big lick is a derogatory term for people who used to sore horses. Soring was a way of cheating in the show ring, but since the HPA law of 1970, soring has been illegal and strictly inspected for at every show. Sored horses cannot show.
I can assure you these horses have some of the best lives. They are not sored, and the pads meet the heel to toe ratio. Many of these horses have a career lasting into their late teens to early twenties with zero issues.
Disgusting, these people are not champions. If anything they'll win the award for most abuse in one show. Congrats you won for your horse being in the most pain.
Big Lick is purposeful cruelty for pure entertainment, for prestige. Why not showcase the fine athleticism of some horses and riders with excellent horsemanship? No cruel gimmicks. What Big Lickers do is morally wrong, people using cruelty to mask their own deficits and weaknesses. Or maybe because of their own deficits and weaknesses. This kind of human behavior, behavior that wins accolades and prizes, makes me ashamed of us. Maybe someday it will you, too.
Big lick is not a thing nor a discipline. It is a term for soring which has been outlawed by the HPA of 1970, so over 50 years. Since then, it is inspected for at every show by USDA certified DQPs.
Abused horses and people that enjoy inflicting pain so incredibly sad that this is not against the law. WHERE is the big money behind it? What a sad pain filled life these horses have until they breakdown and are disposed of. Sickening
I feel absolutely certain that Michael Jackson would hate his song being used for this. I'm betting that he and his x MIL, Priscilla Presley, would agree on this point.
Ironically Priscilla Presley is a member of the group (Facebook BillyGoBoy) that has campaigned for years against herculean odds to shut down Big Lick Walking Horses and just in past year 2019 almost got it done. 2020 could be the year! Call Washington switchboard 202-224-3121 tell your representatives you want this vote -bill finished enforce PAST act first written into bill in1970!!! Contact Trump- it was in Obama's last executive orders and got canceled in pkg. when Trump came in Felony animal abuse now
@@patfal1514 Did you know BillyGoBoy sprayed youth riders in the face with pepper spray? Pretty sure he also sored horses. Since the HPA of 1970 going into place, soring has been much less common. Every walking and racking horse show mandates these horses be inspected by USDA trained and certified DQPs. They will inspect every horse before entering and the top 3 afterwards. If they want, they can re-inspect a random horse. So there is absolutely no way to get around soring or "pay off" vets, because they chose their job for a reason and aren't just going to risk being fired for a couple hundred bucks.
Sick and wrong to torture any animal like this. Why don't they make the rider wear horribly painful torture devises too while competing? Shameful. It would be nice to see what these horses could move like naturally.
What in their F-ing minds think this is okay??????? Do this same thing to ur dog and take him to the dog park see how fare that get ya.. WALK OF SHAME!!!
independenve4565 oh SHUT UP. you are a money hungry idiot. Go to hell. So putting gasoline on your legs, putting chains around the wounds and 20 pound stacks on your feet would feel nice? And then breaking your damn tail, and tying it up is okay? And then relying on a metal piece in your mouth having 20+ pounds of pressure in your mouth would feel good?! And we can’t forget the overweight potato people sit in on your back. Please link to me the “evidence” you found about this being not abuse. What the hell is wrong with you?! And you probably don’t know this because your MENTAL and STUPID, but horse’s skin is 4x more sensitive than human skin, so if it hurts you, it hurts the horse 10x more. If ya want, I can back this up with more facts and link them.
@Valkyrie in order to get the horse to walk that gate, they'll put substances that burn the skin just above the hoof. They then put very heavy weights on their hooves, that fits like a horse shoe. The horse is in pain when it steps, forcing it to walk like that. In most states it's illegal, and for good reason
@Valkyrie come back when you carry a 300 lb person on your back, while wearing a stiletto shoe on one foot with gasoline poured on your feet to make you step higher. Then you’ll know why the Big Lick is banned in most sane states. Tennessee Walking are naturally gaited, and saddleseat is perfectly humane. But this is not saddleseat, this isn’t a natural gait, or a trained gait. It is an artificial gait, making the poor horse walk like a poor slouched back German Shepard with hip dysplasia.
@Valkyrie and here’s a video on what Tennessee walking horses are, since these Big Lick assholes have a delusional viewpoint on what a Tennessee Walker “should” walk like th-cam.com/video/K2d7bqK2du4/w-d-xo.html
@@yeetngreet148 First of all, body shaming should never be tolerated. If these horses are not struggling to carry their riders, there is no need to hate. They are in no way stiletos, the heel to toe ratio will explain that which is also backed by University of Tennessee. Yes, big lick is banned, but it is also inspected for at every show. The HPA of 1970 mandates USDA certified DQP inspectors must be present at every walking and racking horse show to check for soring and lameness.
It's like they try to find the hugest fattest dude, and make him sit square in the middle of the horses' spine. Can't imagine a more horrid-looking (not to mention feeling!) form of riding.
Ugh! So cruel and awful looking. Have you ever noticed the mean, hunched-over look the riders all have. No one looks like they are having fun here. This “discipline” is the pariah of the equine world.
@@colleencarroll4190They look like the demons you see in Renaissance artworks, gleefully perched on their victim's backs. They look like the plantation masters that they descended from, or at least wish they descended from.
They are seeing it. A Bill is ready go through the House. Pricilla Presley and BillyGoBoy are on the verge of ending this horrrific abuse for good. Please look at their recent videos on TH-cam.
To anyone saying "that's big lick" or "that's abuse" you are completely ignorant. Big lick is a derogatory term for soring, which has been outlawed for over 50 years. Since the 1970 HPA (Horse Protection Act), sored horses have NOT been allowed to compete. This is exactly what the HPA states; "Prohibits the showing, sale, auction, exhibition, or transport of sored horses." If that isn't enough, here are all the stages of an inspection (that AHEM, every horse must go through and pass pre and sometimes post show); 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. This means that absolutely no sore or unsound horse can compete. They will be fined, disqualified, banned from showing and likely face jail time. And to those who say "what about that one video from Humane Society!" Humane Society is one of the most corrupt organizations that loves to create made up sob stories for profit. They are nothing but corruption and suspicious activity. The man whom Humane Society payed to read a script, lied for a get out of jail free card, as he had sored horses himself. The ThorSport barn they documented is NOT ALL BARNS. You guys see 10 bad jumping barns and still think its fine, but one bad padded performance horse barn and you animal rights activists flip out. By the way, the pads are 2-5 lbs. That is only .0054% of a 1,200 lb animal's whole body weight. The chains are 6-8 oz, which is .0004% of them and used as a proprioceptive aid. And the riders are not too big. That is plain body shaming. If you guys also don't know, the head bob and "squat" or overstride of their hind legs can be seen in a walker as soon as they stand up from birth. Keep believing the sob stories or go pepper spray some youth riders (aka what BillyGoBoy did). I guarantee almost NONE of you have been around these horses or even touched a horse in your life! They love what they do, and if they did not, riders would be thrown and they would not give their best leg animation and elevation. INSPECTED PADDED PERFORMANCE HORSES ARE NOT ABUSED.
@mentallyinsane This video is 14 years old so i pretty much doubt your list of regulations were adhered to . Trembling, frothing at the bit, whale eyed, flaring nostrils & flattened ears are indicators that a horse is in discomfort or pain, they are NOT enjoying themselves. Nor are they capable of throwing their rider when they're struggling to walk .
@@lynnski7639 Mate, these regulations were put in place in 1970, which is way more than 14 years ago. They have big eyes and big nostrils. Its first of all a breed characteristic, and second, have you ever seen a working horse?
@@mentallyinsane445 A TWH with a natural gait looks nothing like this,his ears are back,he's trembling,sweating & clearly struggling, if you can't see that he's in distress, you've no business being around horses , The Big Lick is as outdated as those regulations.
All these people belong in jail for animal abuse. How cruel & disgusting. It's like turning the disabled into a damned sport. This is unnatural & extremely painful for these horses. These people disgust me.
Most of these tortured horses wind up in the slaughter pipeline when deemed no longer useful or too scarred from spring. All you see is horses in pain and stress in these videos. I wish these folks would wake up to the fact that this is abuse.
AND DON'T FORGET TO RUB IT UNDER THEIR OWN TAILS TOO! GIVE BIRTH ALSO, WITH THESE STACKS, CHAINS, SORED ANKLES, BACKSIDE ALL BURNING - TRY GIVING BIRTH LIKE THIS - THESE PEOPLE ARE TOTAL MONSTERS OF OUR SOCIETY!!!!
Dressage horses go thru the same thing TW horses go thru so do race horses and jumpers and all others. Quarter horses that are shown are doped up so much they dont know what's going on. But a walking horse ain't doped they all motor. Ride one it's like pulling the trigger of a gun cause they ain't got nothing done to them to make them do more then what they can
dreadful. those horses are clearly tortured to get them to move like that. it is NOT NATURAL at all. Sadly it still goes on despite laws to prevent this cruelty. Humans are disgusting sometimes. (proud owner of a flat shod TWH)
Yes, give it up for the two time world champion of horse abuser😒😤 it’s like really you want to win so bad that you go to the baddest point is to abuse your horse ashes name is sailor horse because what beagle does is it’s just so bad.😮 and big literally even be a sport. It should even be a horse riding activity. He shouldn’t be around anymore even though this is from 13 years ago it’s still going on in Disney’s to be illegal. anyway, it’s like you’re trying to show off your abuse as to what you did. You guys are trying to win a ribbon🤬🥇❌ this is so dumb
So, I raise TWH & I was searching for shows & how to keep the WGC in my bloodlines. I came across this video for WGC & if doing this type of walk & show is how to get WGC behind a horse's name on the papers, I've changed my mind. I'll just stick to showing as model, barrels, reining, versatility type shows. I know that soring is illegal & today the Big Lick horses aren't mistreated, but that is the ugliest style of riding I've ever seen. It's so unnatural looking. That's just how I feel about it.
Having shown TWHs for 2 decades, let know that everything the USDA has passed to "help" these poor has just proven worse for them. Pressure shoeing high on the list of torture these animals now. I worked at several high profile barns in Shelbyville, so anyone else starts screaming I don't know much about TWHs, you're nuts. In college I graduated with a BS in veterinary technology and University I beacme a licensed vet. You seem like a nice guy, but please don't be lulled into beleiving that because DQPs and the USDA's inspectors are at a show. It's a nasty, nasty business. I left it completely (other than my 2 pet horses here at home), because into 3 consecutive barns in the mid 1990s. No lie. No exaggeration. Every single horse was lying down and they alternated between moaning and literally hollering out in pain. I left. I said never again.
@@vickiboy2250 sounds to me like your a low rent piece of shit if you truly did witness that and did nothing you are a part of the problem but we both know you didn't see anything like that so fuck you I also bet you think killing babies is ok I
@@ericwilliams6915 Big lick is finally almost finished.The stands are empty and all the fat cats have retreated to TN. and have to put on their own shows just for themselves. I raise natural walkers and am glad to see this controversy put behind us.
@@patfal1514 you should do some research the pad and chain has been proven not to hurt the horse and the industry has a 98% compliant rate these animals are well taken care of and not mistreated and the stands are filling up more and more
@@ericwilliams6915 I posted my comment on this page showing Grand Champion Walkers from 90's to 2008.You say stands are filling up but I watched footage of the Big Lick classes from last year (only shows still left-held in TN. last hold out) and the stands were EMPTY! Also comments on the page we're posting on here (from aprox.5 year ago to very recent) are 95% not favorable, so I find it questionable when you say stands are filling up. I have attended shows (back in the hey day) so remember when the stands WERE full. ....Finally if you view the Big Lick walker videos at a slow motion speed you can plainly see the hyper extension and stress put on pasterns on front and fetlocks-pasterns tendons on front and back legs. I will concede that effort was made to clean up the soring but don't think that affects the effects of working with the weight and hoof positions forced by the pads.The Walking horse breed can be a long lived breed but tends to suffer from unsoundness in advanced age .They don't need to be subjected to recessive training methods and "gimmicks" at such young ages that will come back to haunt them later in life..Furthermore I have some walkers that do a very nice job showing themselves without all the "gimmicks" so lets just become better"showmen" and trainers and move our breed and industry on,thats a win win !
I have spent the last 29 years in and out of the Tennessee Walking Horse industry, I have witnessed incredible practices done by trainers, breeders, veterinarians and horseshoers to insure my “Big Lick” walking horses have happy, safe and healthy environment. I have spent every available penny I had and many I didn’t at the time for their promotion, well-being and understanding among the novice horseman and enthusiast. I have stood by and watched the destruction of my breed by people who have never ridden, cared for, shod or studied the amazing animals “Ride with Pride”. I have watched calves going upwards of 20 miles per hour be ripped backwards by a rope and slammed to ground (Cheyenne, Reno, Houston, etc…), and observed horses run until the legs shattered or their heart exploded, only to be euthanized on the racetrack to ease their misery (events too numerous to mention). I am not against the history of the “American Cowboy” at all, yet some of the top-rated television shows glorify the questionable treatment of calves, steers, foxes, coyotes, etc… However, if you study any breed of horse, you will find poor methods of training and abuse. I believe several sanctioned horse races have been publicly exposed for drugging and other allegations of abuse. The best Tennessee Walkers are bred to produce a long rear stride and an elevated front throw. This is accentuated by pad stacks and heavier shoes to break the “pace” they are hopefully born with. I have ridden TW horses who appeared to thrive on the noise of the crowd and the feeling of “one” that is experienced with a “big lick” and its’ rider. Most of the time, both could sense the energy, excitement and downright nerves and calm each other on their way to victory. For me to watch idiots and blowhards against the walking horse industry and its’ rich history, solely based on the practices of a few “bad apples” in the industry, my blood boils. These in many times are the same people who want to seek to defund or abolish the police because of a “King” or a “Floyd” incident. The “horse world” is naturally having a decline because of the cost of ownership and the fact that family traditions have died over the last 30 years. For example, just look at our national pastime in this country, many fans are not engaged, and parents quit sharing family experiences only to let their children play on their phones or gaming systems. Ask a real horse owner with a “Big Lick” or plantation shod horse how many hours are spent on such electronic luxuries. So, as I watch the debacle that the “Walking Horse” industry is experiencing in these troubled times, I see that a couple of glory seeking, self-proclaimed halfwits are setting themselves up to destroy my beloved breed, industry, and God-given right to ride a “big lick”. I have but one mission left in my life, and that is to do my best to protect, restore and promote the walking horse industry, so with that being said, I want Mr. “Billy Please Go Boy” to understand he has not met the likes of this “Big Lick” enthusiast. The same privileges he uses to disrupt and weaken the Walking Horse industry, the association and a great pastime will be employed against him. He needs to be held accountable for the profits, glory and misguided “facts” that he exploits. I had an “Ebony’s Night Hawk” colt that used 8-ounce chains and with humane training methods from Joe Webb’s book “The Care and Training of the Tennessee Walking Horse” performed all the way to the title of “Two- Year Old Reserve Champion”. The horse had an elegance and another level of confidence he displayed when competing in front of a crowd. He never came up lame, never was disqualified and never exhibited displeasure to the veterinarian at ANY time. I employed an experienced sanctioned horseshoer to travel over 200 miles to ensure that everything was done properly and safely, despite attending a blacksmithing education myself. My goal is to save the Tennessee Walking Horse both plantation-shod and padded. Their history is rich and elegant in so many ways, I want to give back to the breed who has given me so much.
As a Fan of Natural Talented Walkers, Be they flat shod or stacked, the Raw & Natural talent of a true walking horse & its well being should always come first. And for those staked horse haters out there. Let me say I Love my Natural Gaited stacked walker. Not Every horse is sored to do a big lick, its called Talent... I LOVE THIS BREED and Its Power Trucking gait! ~
The look of the stacked shod horses is unnatural, ugly while then natural gait of the flat shod horses is beautiful. All the videos of horses competing in the big lick shows look in distress, their eyes show terror, nostrils flaring showing respiratory distress, walking their back legs look like they are about to collapse
Every Horse in this video was checked and approved by the USDA not to be sore or have scaring from being sored. SMH at some of these idiots commenting..... LET'EM WALK ON!!!!!
@ Sourwood don't talk fucking shite,this video shows clips that are nearly 20 years old & there have been much more recent events that had to be cancelled because the majority of horses were disqualified due to evidence of soring.Besides,sored or not,you try and pareade about with platforms on your feet & an overweight asshole on your back.There is nothing attractive about this it looks fucking ridiculous & would be comical if not for the barbaric methods that are used
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I am certain Michael Jackson would never have his song or voice connected to such a brutal abuse of horses.
You don't know anything about this horse and thats fact.
I think this person knows.
@@heathertooley23 No abuse mate.
@@mentallyinsane445The cruelty uses to get this type of movement on a horse is illegal!
"Two decades of sociopaths who tortured their horses (and don't know how to ride)" ... There. I fixed your video's title.
And you're uneducated.
My Dad owned Santana as a 2 year old, and my Grandfather's brother owned Another Masterpiece, TWH is in my blood! Glad to find this video!
so you support the industry and its horse abuse?
@@abigailstanley7939 I don't answer questions from triggered snowflakes
Wow. Proud to be a part of actual animal abuse. Pathetic. I'm sure the horses feel differently about their torture.
@@Dark_Harmony Your art sucks lol, so brave behind a keyboard ugly cow
@@larryw4159 That's nice, troll. Is this your best comeback? Lets see YOUR art, shit for brains.
Very sad they put those weights on their feet, we bought Sterling Stormys Silver from Kentucky he is retired Grand Champion and is living a happy retired life
Valkyrie it seems that you know damn nothing about the abuse in the walking horse industry. Dumb people like you is why this stuff is still a thing.
Katherine Pearcy I’m so proud of you! Thank you so much For rescuing a abused horse.
The pads are 2-5 lbs, which is less than 1% of a 1,200 lb animal. Equivalent to us wearing work boots or platforms.
Una muestra perfecta del poder humano irracional y la entrega incondicional de un animal dispuesto a servir aún encontrá de su naturaleza
I thought this was gonna be a compilation of the Tennessee walking champions, not the evil that’s big lick
Big lick is a derogatory term for people who used to sore horses. Soring was a way of cheating in the show ring, but since the HPA law of 1970, soring has been illegal and strictly inspected for at every show. Sored horses cannot show.
Don't know how they can claim world champions, when it's only the Americans who would be sick enough to do that to such a noble animal
Bruce Hutton yeah America is messed up. Thanks trump. Thank Jesus that you’ll be out of office.
Yeah. In Europe most don't even know this shit exist. The rest of us are vomiting.
I can assure you these horses have some of the best lives. They are not sored, and the pads meet the heel to toe ratio. Many of these horses have a career lasting into their late teens to early twenties with zero issues.
Disgusting, these people are not champions. If anything they'll win the award for most abuse in one show. Congrats you won for your horse being in the most pain.
Big Lick is purposeful cruelty for pure entertainment, for prestige. Why not showcase the fine athleticism of some horses and riders with excellent horsemanship? No cruel gimmicks. What Big Lickers do is morally wrong, people using cruelty to mask their own deficits and weaknesses. Or maybe because of their own deficits and weaknesses. This kind of human behavior, behavior that wins accolades and prizes, makes me ashamed of us. Maybe someday it will you, too.
Big lick is not a thing nor a discipline. It is a term for soring which has been outlawed by the HPA of 1970, so over 50 years. Since then, it is inspected for at every show by USDA certified DQPs.
Abused horses and people that enjoy inflicting pain so incredibly sad that this is not against the law. WHERE is the big money behind it? What a sad pain filled life these horses have until they breakdown and are disposed of. Sickening
I feel absolutely certain that Michael Jackson would hate his song being used for this. I'm betting that he and his x MIL, Priscilla Presley, would agree on this point.
Ironically Priscilla Presley is a member of the group (Facebook BillyGoBoy) that has campaigned for years against herculean odds to shut down Big Lick Walking Horses and just in past year 2019 almost got it done. 2020 could be the year! Call Washington switchboard 202-224-3121 tell your representatives you want this vote -bill finished enforce PAST act first written into bill in1970!!! Contact Trump- it was in Obama's last executive orders and got canceled in pkg. when Trump came in Felony animal abuse now
@@patfal1514 Did you know BillyGoBoy sprayed youth riders in the face with pepper spray? Pretty sure he also sored horses. Since the HPA of 1970 going into place, soring has been much less common. Every walking and racking horse show mandates these horses be inspected by USDA trained and certified DQPs. They will inspect every horse before entering and the top 3 afterwards. If they want, they can re-inspect a random horse. So there is absolutely no way to get around soring or "pay off" vets, because they chose their job for a reason and aren't just going to risk being fired for a couple hundred bucks.
Jackson was straight up pervert to kids so piss on your post
Sick and wrong to torture any animal like this.
Why don't they make the rider wear horribly painful torture devises too while competing?
Shameful.
It would be nice to see what these horses could move like naturally.
What in their F-ing minds think this is okay??????? Do this same thing to ur dog and take him to the dog park see how fare that get ya.. WALK OF SHAME!!!
independenve4565 oh SHUT UP. you are a money hungry idiot. Go to hell. So putting gasoline on your legs, putting chains around the wounds and 20 pound stacks on your feet would feel nice? And then breaking your damn tail, and tying it up is okay? And then relying on a metal piece in your mouth having 20+ pounds of pressure in your mouth would feel good?! And we can’t forget the overweight potato people sit in on your back. Please link to me the “evidence” you found about this being not abuse. What the hell is wrong with you?! And you probably don’t know this because your MENTAL and STUPID, but horse’s skin is 4x more sensitive than human skin, so if it hurts you, it hurts the horse 10x more. If ya want, I can back this up with more facts and link them.
Evil, people that do this should be imprisoned
@Valkyrie in order to get the horse to walk that gate, they'll put substances that burn the skin just above the hoof. They then put very heavy weights on their hooves, that fits like a horse shoe. The horse is in pain when it steps, forcing it to walk like that. In most states it's illegal, and for good reason
Valkyrie you are a tot, go play with your damn toys. How much of an idiot do you need to be to think this is okay? Shame on you.
Where are the horses now??? Dead, dog food, or crippled??????
If horses are supposed to put the brunt of their weight in the hind quaters,they'd have two legs not four.It looks awkward,unnatural & bloody painful
@Valkyrie come back when you carry a 300 lb person on your back, while wearing a stiletto shoe on one foot with gasoline poured on your feet to make you step higher. Then you’ll know why the Big Lick is banned in most sane states. Tennessee Walking are naturally gaited, and saddleseat is perfectly humane. But this is not saddleseat, this isn’t a natural gait, or a trained gait. It is an artificial gait, making the poor horse walk like a poor slouched back German Shepard with hip dysplasia.
@Valkyrie THIS is a natural Tennessee walking gait th-cam.com/video/usZCp-nJEYI/w-d-xo.html
@Valkyrie and here’s a video on what Tennessee walking horses are, since these Big Lick assholes have a delusional viewpoint on what a Tennessee Walker “should” walk like th-cam.com/video/K2d7bqK2du4/w-d-xo.html
Walking horses naturally have an overstride and drive from behind. They are bred with it.
@@yeetngreet148 First of all, body shaming should never be tolerated. If these horses are not struggling to carry their riders, there is no need to hate. They are in no way stiletos, the heel to toe ratio will explain that which is also backed by University of Tennessee. Yes, big lick is banned, but it is also inspected for at every show. The HPA of 1970 mandates USDA certified DQP inspectors must be present at every walking and racking horse show to check for soring and lameness.
It's like they try to find the hugest fattest dude, and make him sit square in the middle of the horses' spine. Can't imagine a more horrid-looking (not to mention feeling!) form of riding.
I honestly hate the big lick because they drug there horses but the sad thing is there taking AQH to do it
Big lick is illegal and inspected for.
Ugh! So cruel and awful looking. Have you ever noticed the mean, hunched-over look the riders all have. No one looks like they are having fun here. This “discipline” is the pariah of the equine world.
THEY ARE LIKE THE "MUNSTERS" or "FRANKENSTEIN" - THE POOR SWEET LOVING HORSES! THIS IS A CRIME ON HORSES!!!
@@colleencarroll4190They look like the demons you see in Renaissance artworks, gleefully perched on their victim's backs. They look like the plantation masters that they descended from, or at least wish they descended from.
Poor animals
Show me ethnically treated gaited horses and I'll be impressed.
This is just "which horse copes best with abusive training methods".
This poor horse is being abused through soring and is in pain with each step it takes why can't people these days see this is wrong
They are seeing it. A Bill is ready go through the House. Pricilla Presley and BillyGoBoy are on the verge of ending this horrrific abuse for good. Please look at their recent videos on TH-cam.
@@cubnation THANK GOD!!!!!! IT IS HORRENDOUS!
Shut this animal abuse down all y’all doing is hurting this beautiful animal
To anyone saying "that's big lick" or "that's abuse" you are completely ignorant. Big lick is a derogatory term for soring, which has been outlawed for over 50 years. Since the 1970 HPA (Horse Protection Act), sored horses have NOT been allowed to compete. This is exactly what the HPA states;
"Prohibits the showing, sale, auction, exhibition, or transport of sored horses."
If that isn't enough, here are all the stages of an inspection (that AHEM, every horse must go through and pass pre and sometimes post show);
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.
This means that absolutely no sore or unsound horse can compete. They will be fined, disqualified, banned from showing and likely face jail time. And to those who say "what about that one video from Humane Society!" Humane Society is one of the most corrupt organizations that loves to create made up sob stories for profit. They are nothing but corruption and suspicious activity. The man whom Humane Society payed to read a script, lied for a get out of jail free card, as he had sored horses himself. The ThorSport barn they documented is NOT ALL BARNS. You guys see 10 bad jumping barns and still think its fine, but one bad padded performance horse barn and you animal rights activists flip out.
By the way, the pads are 2-5 lbs. That is only .0054% of a 1,200 lb animal's whole body weight. The chains are 6-8 oz, which is .0004% of them and used as a proprioceptive aid. And the riders are not too big. That is plain body shaming. If you guys also don't know, the head bob and "squat" or overstride of their hind legs can be seen in a walker as soon as they stand up from birth. Keep believing the sob stories or go pepper spray some youth riders (aka what BillyGoBoy did). I guarantee almost NONE of you have been around these horses or even touched a horse in your life! They love what they do, and if they did not, riders would be thrown and they would not give their best leg animation and elevation.
INSPECTED PADDED PERFORMANCE HORSES ARE NOT ABUSED.
@mentallyinsane This video is 14 years old so i pretty much doubt your list of regulations were adhered to . Trembling, frothing at the bit, whale eyed, flaring nostrils & flattened ears are indicators that a horse is in discomfort or pain, they are NOT enjoying themselves. Nor are they capable of throwing their rider when they're struggling to walk .
@@lynnski7639 Mate, these regulations were put in place in 1970, which is way more than 14 years ago. They have big eyes and big nostrils. Its first of all a breed characteristic, and second, have you ever seen a working horse?
@@mentallyinsane445 A TWH with a natural gait looks nothing like this,his ears are back,he's trembling,sweating & clearly struggling, if you can't see that he's in distress, you've no business being around horses , The Big Lick is as outdated as those regulations.
I would like to put these cruel egomaniac in prison for the pain they cause these horses just for their pleasure.
Big Lick horse shows need to be stopped!!
This makes me so angry. It's unnatural and cruel. How could anyone likes this?
This is so cruel
Valkyrie I’m tired of your shit.
U gotta b jokin!
Big lick riding should be stop in the equestrian community
Frederick S it isn’t even a sport..
I can't watch . That is so cuel I can't even..
All these people belong in jail for animal abuse. How cruel & disgusting. It's like turning the disabled into a damned sport. This is unnatural & extremely painful for these horses. These people disgust me.
Most of these tortured horses wind up in the slaughter pipeline when deemed no longer useful or too scarred from spring. All you see is horses in pain and stress in these videos. I wish these folks would wake up to the fact that this is abuse.
It's absofuckinglutely disgusting
MICHAELS MUSIC IS ACE, HORSEY OTHER IS BAD.
I SHOWED TWH HORSES NEVER WITH BUILD UPS, ITS CRUEL AND IV SEEN THESE SHOWS, MAKES ME SICK
Ugh this is gross
Big lick riding should be stop in the equestrian community
🤮🤮🤮🤮 Abusers
Rub those chemicals on yer own ankles and dance ballet
AND DON'T FORGET TO RUB IT UNDER THEIR OWN TAILS TOO! GIVE BIRTH ALSO, WITH THESE STACKS, CHAINS, SORED ANKLES, BACKSIDE ALL BURNING - TRY GIVING BIRTH LIKE THIS - THESE PEOPLE ARE TOTAL MONSTERS OF OUR SOCIETY!!!!
Looks painful
It is painful to the horses. Very abusive too.
Discusting😡😡
Dressage horses go thru the same thing TW horses go thru so do race horses and jumpers and all others. Quarter horses that are shown are doped up so much they dont know what's going on. But a walking horse ain't doped they all motor. Ride one it's like pulling the trigger of a gun cause they ain't got nothing done to them to make them do more then what they can
Stop cruelty.
dreadful. those horses are clearly tortured to get them to move like that. it is NOT NATURAL at all. Sadly it still goes on despite laws to prevent this cruelty. Humans are disgusting sometimes. (proud owner of a flat shod TWH)
Susan Andrus there are cruel people that put cemacls on there feet to make them to lift higher but when we show we never do that our horses
i thought parole had a black stocking n the back!
Cada país tiene su andar en los caballos hermoso caballo
Oh, this is an animal abuse channel. Got it.
Big lick is an embarrassment to the art of equestrianism
Yes, give it up for the two time world champion of horse abuser😒😤 it’s like really you want to win so bad that you go to the baddest point is to abuse your horse ashes name is sailor horse because what beagle does is it’s just so bad.😮 and big literally even be a sport. It should even be a horse riding activity. He shouldn’t be around anymore even though this is from 13 years ago it’s still going on in Disney’s to be illegal. anyway, it’s like you’re trying to show off your abuse as to what you did. You guys are trying to win a ribbon🤬🥇❌ this is so dumb
Hideous!
This is diSgusting! This shit should never happen! Poor horses are subject to alot of pain and agony!
Disgusting cruelty.
So, I raise TWH & I was searching for shows & how to keep the WGC in my bloodlines. I came across this video for WGC & if doing this type of walk & show is how to get WGC behind a horse's name on the papers, I've changed my mind. I'll just stick to showing as model, barrels, reining, versatility type shows. I know that soring is illegal & today the Big Lick horses aren't mistreated, but that is the ugliest style of riding I've ever seen. It's so unnatural looking. That's just how I feel about it.
Having shown TWHs for 2 decades, let know that everything the USDA has passed to "help" these poor has just proven worse for them. Pressure shoeing high on the list of torture these animals now. I worked at several high profile barns in Shelbyville, so anyone else starts screaming I don't know much about TWHs, you're nuts. In college I graduated with a BS in veterinary technology and University I beacme a licensed vet. You seem like a nice guy, but please don't be lulled into beleiving that because DQPs and the USDA's inspectors are at a show. It's a nasty, nasty business. I left it completely (other than my 2 pet horses here at home), because into 3 consecutive barns in the mid 1990s. No lie. No exaggeration. Every single horse was lying down and they alternated between moaning and literally hollering out in pain. I left. I said never again.
@@vickiboy2250 sounds to me like your a low rent piece of shit if you truly did witness that and did nothing you are a part of the problem but we both know you didn't see anything like that so fuck you I also bet you think killing babies is ok I
@@ericwilliams6915 Big lick is finally almost finished.The stands are empty and all the fat cats have retreated to TN. and have to put on their own shows just for themselves. I raise natural walkers and am glad to see this controversy put behind us.
@@patfal1514 you should do some research the pad and chain has been proven not to hurt the horse and the industry has a 98% compliant rate these animals are well taken care of and not mistreated and the stands are filling up more and more
@@ericwilliams6915 I posted my comment on this page showing Grand Champion Walkers from 90's to 2008.You say stands are filling up but I watched footage of the Big Lick classes from last year (only shows still left-held in TN. last hold out) and the stands were EMPTY! Also comments on the page we're posting on here (from aprox.5 year ago to very recent) are 95% not favorable, so I find it questionable when you say stands are filling up. I have attended shows (back in the hey day) so remember when the stands WERE full. ....Finally if you view the Big Lick walker videos at a slow motion speed you can plainly see the hyper extension and stress put on pasterns on front and fetlocks-pasterns tendons on front and back legs. I will concede that effort was made to clean up the soring but don't think that affects the effects of working with the weight and hoof positions forced by the pads.The Walking horse breed can be a long lived breed but tends to suffer from unsoundness in advanced age .They don't need to be subjected to recessive training methods and "gimmicks" at such young ages that will come back to haunt them later in life..Furthermore I have some walkers that do a very nice job showing themselves without all the "gimmicks" so lets just become better"showmen" and trainers and move our breed and industry on,thats a win win !
Awful. Cruelty at best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
animal abuse
This is sickening.
I have spent the last 29 years in and out of the Tennessee Walking Horse industry, I have witnessed incredible practices done by trainers, breeders, veterinarians and horseshoers to insure my “Big Lick” walking horses have happy, safe and healthy environment. I have spent every available penny I had and many I didn’t at the time for their promotion, well-being and understanding among the novice horseman and enthusiast. I have stood by and watched the destruction of my breed by people who have never ridden, cared for, shod or studied the amazing animals “Ride with Pride”.
I have watched calves going upwards of 20 miles per hour be ripped backwards by a rope and slammed to ground (Cheyenne, Reno, Houston, etc…), and observed horses run until the legs shattered or their heart exploded, only to be euthanized on the racetrack to ease their misery (events too numerous to mention). I am not against the history of the “American Cowboy” at all, yet some of the top-rated television shows glorify the questionable treatment of calves, steers, foxes, coyotes, etc… However, if you study any breed of horse, you will find poor methods of training and abuse. I believe several sanctioned horse races have been publicly exposed for drugging and other allegations of abuse.
The best Tennessee Walkers are bred to produce a long rear stride and an elevated front throw. This is accentuated by pad stacks and heavier shoes to break the “pace” they are hopefully born with. I have ridden TW horses who appeared to thrive on the noise of the crowd and the feeling of “one” that is experienced with a “big lick” and its’ rider. Most of the time, both could sense the energy, excitement and downright nerves and calm each other on their way to victory. For me to watch idiots and blowhards against the walking horse industry and its’ rich history, solely based on the practices of a few “bad apples” in the industry, my blood boils. These in many times are the same people who want to seek to defund or abolish the police because of a “King” or a “Floyd” incident.
The “horse world” is naturally having a decline because of the cost of ownership and the fact that family traditions have died over the last 30 years. For example, just look at our national pastime in this country, many fans are not engaged, and parents quit sharing family experiences only to let their children play on their phones or gaming systems. Ask a real horse owner with a “Big Lick” or plantation shod horse how many hours are spent on such electronic luxuries. So, as I watch the debacle that the “Walking Horse” industry is experiencing in these troubled times, I see that a couple of glory seeking, self-proclaimed halfwits are setting themselves up to destroy my beloved breed, industry, and God-given right to ride a “big lick”.
I have but one mission left in my life, and that is to do my best to protect, restore and promote the walking horse industry, so with that being said, I want Mr. “Billy Please Go Boy” to understand he has not met the likes of this “Big Lick” enthusiast. The same privileges he uses to disrupt and weaken the Walking Horse industry, the association and a great pastime will be employed against him. He needs to be held accountable for the profits, glory and misguided “facts” that he exploits. I had an “Ebony’s Night Hawk” colt that used 8-ounce chains and with humane training methods from Joe Webb’s book “The Care and Training of the Tennessee Walking Horse” performed all the way to the title of “Two- Year Old Reserve Champion”. The horse had an elegance and another level of confidence he displayed when competing in front of a crowd. He never came up lame, never was disqualified and never exhibited displeasure to the veterinarian at ANY time. I employed an experienced sanctioned horseshoer to travel over 200 miles to ensure that everything was done properly and safely, despite attending a blacksmithing education myself.
My goal is to save the Tennessee Walking Horse both plantation-shod and padded. Their history is rich and elegant in so many ways, I want to give back to the breed who has given me so much.
Your God given right to abuse and inflict pain on horses...got it
@@teresasmith8946 when you learn to read let me know…
@@darinswiss5486 I can read words on lines and in between your last paragraph sums up what you are.
@@teresasmith8946 Are you god? You don’t know me therefore, you have no right to judge me. Get a life
If you are all in for the Big Lick yes I will judge you and harshly.
Look at MAIN POWER!!
As a Fan of Natural Talented Walkers, Be they flat shod or stacked, the Raw & Natural talent of a true walking horse & its well being should always come first. And for those staked horse haters out there. Let me say I Love my Natural Gaited stacked walker. Not Every horse is sored to do a big lick, its called Talent... I LOVE THIS BREED and Its Power Trucking gait! ~
Urslie I have a deep hatred for you and your damn industry. Give the horse to a caring and loving owner. Not a money hungry a$$hole like you.
If it’s natural talent, why do you need to stack them, hmm?
The look of the stacked shod horses is unnatural, ugly while then natural gait of the flat shod horses is beautiful.
All the videos of horses competing in the big lick shows look in distress, their eyes show terror, nostrils flaring showing respiratory distress, walking their back legs look like they are about to collapse
@GhodiGirl Thanks! Keeps is such a sweetie. And yeah, he was the only horse to ever beat Ritz!
Animal cruelty
Awesome video !! WALK ON >>>>>
David Kettles shut up.
Every Horse in this video was checked and approved by the USDA not to be sore or have scaring from being sored. SMH at some of these idiots commenting..... LET'EM WALK ON!!!!!
Sourwood just because it’s approved by the USDA doesn’t make it right :(
@ Sourwood don't talk fucking shite,this video shows clips that are nearly 20 years old & there have been much more recent events that had to be cancelled because the majority of horses were disqualified due to evidence of soring.Besides,sored or not,you try and pareade about with platforms on your feet & an overweight asshole on your back.There is nothing attractive about this it looks fucking ridiculous & would be comical if not for the barbaric methods that are used
Sourwood can you o me a favor and “walk on” the the underworld?
@@barbarap8602 so we shouldn’t eat food now ok
@@tennesseewalker4956 Nice way to totally miss the point. NEVER trust the government.
Walk on
Ammen mounce shut up. Walk on to hell please.
hey why dont you people go out the the woods hug some trees look at the sky play with some wild pigs or kiss a snake
DEFENDING CRUELTY - WHAT DOES THAT SAY TO EVERYONE? SOUNDS SMART TOO --- A REAL HERO!