1. ...that is such an ignorant comment...such generalization of breeds shows true idiocy. GRANDPrix jumpers don't take rails down b/c they love their job, dressage horses improve piaffe and passage through muscle development...and no, htey aren't ALL in pain everyday from arthritis and joint probs. Only if you force a horse to do something he is physically incapable for/mentally not ready for, will you start to see problems. *rolls eyes*
2. but WHY will you hunch over? I watched a vid of a girl in the World...watever cpmpetition and she was sitting upright; looked very beautiful, IMHO
3. OK, maybe TBs and other breeds go lame from being ridden at 2, but not Walkers. Walking Horses mature faster and have much sounder, stronger limbs than TBs and most other breeds. Most Walking Horses are started at 2 and show until they are 7 or 8, plenty of them show well into their 20s (padded) with no lameness to speak of. What does that tell you?
4. because yankees are dumbasses, i don't want that stuff up there anyway
5. yeah, they do, just not as exaggerated. and if it was that damn simple then why aren't we are trainers?
6. First off, ride one and you'll hunch over. secondly, if you don't support the breed or the means they use to get the gait out of them, then go one somewhere. they are amazing athletes and a joy to own.
7. There is a sore horse in there it is a little black skinny horse with a bigger man on it. It appears to be the left rear.
8. The riders look weird all hunched over with their heads way forward...why do they sit like that? They are not in line or balanced. Ears not inline with shoulder,hip, knee, heel. They are tilted forward..is this because of the downward angle of the back end on these padded horses?
9. Well, they are only 2 year olds....
10. It isn't the movement or the gait that bothers me, it's that these horses are TWO year olds. Anybody who agrees that starting a horse as an early two year old needs to research the equine musculoskeletal system better. I don't LIKE the blocks and soring that some big lick horses are subjected to, but I realize that not everybody does that. I'm a saddleseat rider myself and my horses are padded/weighted to show, too. I just wish that the horses in the video were THREE or FOUR year olds, not two.
11. This is highly innacurate.. Sure, horses CAN be ridden as two year olds.. however they are not physically mature enough to be able to adapt appropriately to that much extra weight.. Bones and joints are not done developing.. this type of mentality is why you see dead lame futurity horses at the age of 6.
12. omg. ur so right. i work at a breeding barn for race horses. it hurts to see a 2 year old go to the track knowing their gunna come back real screwed up. i know a mare who went to the track slightly pigeon toed and came back extremely splay footed. and one who had a hole u could see through in her hoof wall. 2 years is too young!!!
13. I think these horses look mighty small.
14. ok, I myself own a Walker, and can see how Racking is natural as she was born walking and running this way, but someone educate me on the BIG BIRD style of walking these guys are doing... What the heck? Is this due to "SORING"? Are we witnessing abuse here? Horses don't walk like this under any circumstances unless ... what? Please, someone tell me these horses aren't being abused because I cannot quit tearing-up every time I see this, and I feel really nauseated...
15. Ok, if you think that race horses aren't negatively affected by being started so early, you go tell that to the two ex racers I own. Both of whom are gimped up at under 10 years old. They may live long lives, but they won't be sound lives. Same thing goes for those foals in that class. Two years old. That's insane. I didn't even start mine until four.
16. That IS NOT there natural walk..They have put "big licks" on thoese horses to make them walk like that..
17. i think these horses are perfect .. granted this is what i showed for 11 yrs ..
18. im sure thats what there soppost to look like but iv never seen a TWH... well walking before and it was quite a shock ?? is that there natrual walk?? .. probs sound like a right spag now lol!!
19. Why? Because, contrary to popular beleif, horses CAN be ridden as 2 year olds. Typically they are ridden more lightly than older horses, but I frankly can't understand why people have such a problem with 2 yr olds being ridden. They're HORSES you guys, they're freakin' strong!! A person is like 1/10 of their weight, you know??
20. As sad as this makes me. You need to remember that the racing industry races 2 year olds. So its just not the walking horse industry abusing babies. Someday I hope there are laws to protect animals from mans selfishness.
21. Aside from all the training techniques - you're riding TWO YEAR OLDS!
22. Will someone PLEASE teach these people how to ride? Good God. That CAN'T be good for their backs. And why are they changing direction toward the fence? I don't know much about TWHs; I'm a Warmblood person myself and ride dressage, but I know that when we train a young horse, we wait until it is at LEAST 3 to even THINK about training. Anything before, and you'll end up with a useless horse. I understand every breed is different but I have yet to find a horse that matured at two.
23. Gosh.. That's just unatural.. But was is'nt.. It just looks so.. I'm lost for words, not sure if it's a good thing or a bad..
24. I own a QH/TB and she is not bubble gummed or lame in any way!
25. Beautiful! I work & ride at a Saddlebred barn, and this exhibition is just amazing!

Tennessee Walking Horse Show 2 year Old Mares and Geldings

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Video of the Lancaster 2 year old mares and geldings class at Lancaster, Ky on June 9, 2007.
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