Laafet
Well-Known Member
I am sad to say that on the stud I worked at in Australia - which is a part of one of the largest Thoroughbred companies, they did this with their foals at weaning. The staff all seemed to think it was normal and while I worked with yearling so never saw it, they did admit that occaisionally they lost one or two due to injury. The horses were never then tied up after this until they were sold and as some may know in Australia they don't have stables at the racecourses so all horses are cross tied in stalls. I never saw any that wouldn't tie up and it leaves you wondering how they managed it. They did quite a lot of cruel stuff by UK standards out there though.