PapaFrita
Well-Known Member
Oooh, what an interesting and complicated question: It's all a bit relative isn't it? I mean, to some people, we're cruel if we ride our horses, let alone jump them
In the case of horses at our yard, they don't want for food or water, but they're not shod or wormed regularly (which is either apathy or (false) economy- not sure which I find more objectionable) then the owners turn up once a week, gallop their horses around with no warm-up until they're dripping with sweat, then chuck 'em in a stable (or left in paddock). THAT really annoys me; the treatment of a horse as a machine.
In the case of horses at our yard, they don't want for food or water, but they're not shod or wormed regularly (which is either apathy or (false) economy- not sure which I find more objectionable) then the owners turn up once a week, gallop their horses around with no warm-up until they're dripping with sweat, then chuck 'em in a stable (or left in paddock). THAT really annoys me; the treatment of a horse as a machine.
