Now I HAVE seen it all!!!!!!!!!!

[Vetwrap]

http://www.ballerride.com/2008/06/30/roushs-racing-training-car-for-horses-and-camels/

Why???

How???

Anyone???

 

[HappyHorses:)]

Can you imagine trying to race off at the lights with this one?! lol

 

[Maisy]

I think that is bordering on cruel.....

 

[Miss-rose]

Lol my OH thought the horse was actually pulling the car

 

[RuthnMeg]

OMG
What is this world coming to?!!!

 

[Sparkles]

Not cruel really, just very abnormal. They're not pulling it....just an extremely out of the box and high-technology training.

Came out a few years back now, at some high facility place where they're always inventing high-tech training stuff I think if I remember the promo advert they had for it.

Not that I'd want to use it or anything. My initial words when I first saw it a few years back were 'WTF?' I think! And that it was very 'alien\sci-fi like'.

 

[Sparkles]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBkfwgF8UcM&feature=related

there you go found it

 

[MrsMozartletoe]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBkfwgF8UcM&feature=related

there you go found it

What the heck is the point of it??!!

 

[Sparkles]

Lol, high performance training apparantly

 

[sabCZa]

It seems to me that it eliminates any element of free will on the part of the animal.

 

[lindsayH]

It says it does up to 37mph. What on earth happens if the horse trips/falls at that speed?!?

 

[Doormouse]

What do you think the microphone in picture 3 is for? Are they going to shout 'left & right' at the poor horse to help with the computerised steering! You would hope 'whoa' will work or you could be going round the track a long time!!!

 

[Nic]

It says it does up to 37mph. What on earth happens if the horse trips/falls at that speed?!?

I saw these a while ago, no idea where. But that ^ is what worries me too.

 

[Sparkles]

I'd be sure with all that money put into it, there's some safety thing somehow for the event of that happening. You'd hope anyway.