Obese horses in showing

[AmyMay]

Just as an fyi, I have deleted my post from FB. All I and many others wanted, was a comment from Baileys. They are clearly not going to respond. The thread was beginning to turn very personal and nasty which was not my intention, and I just didn't really want to be associated with that sort of behaviour. x

Which was why the original post was deleted.

 

[Clodagh]

The second fattest for me from the pics is the LR SHP.

I was surprised no one else bought that one up - perhaps under the flab it is not an SHP? Bizarre world!

 

[windand rain]

saddens me I show but it is a life long concern to keep my native ponies muscled but not fat. I watched a welsh d stallion being sold for 14,000 guineas a few years ago only to learn a few years later that they shot him due to laminitis He was beautiful would have been magnificent but he was fed to look like a beef bullock for the sales. My aim when judging was to try to get fit not fat horses at the top of the line but got a lot of flack for it as I was out there on my own

 

[Goldenstar]

All I have to add is that I will never buy a Baileys product now.

 

[NiceChristmasBaubles]

Which was why the original post was deleted.

I understand now.

 

[Goldenstar]

steroids?

No need to give a horse steroids to get it to look that .

 

[tristar]

about 25 years ago i was on a showing yard one day when the owner said they going to the vet call to give steroids to a show horse.

 

[splash30]

Whilst I agree with the obese thread there is a also concern to me was the obviously lame horses behind being in the top 9.

 

[rara007]

about 25 years ago i was on a showing yard one day when the owner said they going to the vet call to give steroids to a show horse.

Probably intra articular

 

[Goldenstar]

Probably intra articular

Twenty five years ago ?

 

[conniegirl]

Twenty five years ago ?

Yes, steroids into joint has been around For far far longer than that of the top of my head I think it was first approved in the early 1950s for use in people and animals shortly there after

 

[tristar]

was defo being used to `pump up the volume`