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That's great news about the chiropractor guy being interested in Rocky and Belle. And it's really great that he thinks that he may be able to help Belle. I'd wondered if that wasn't her problem all along.

I'm really shocked that the guy was allowed to abuse his horse at the CTR and the girl was actually ENCOURAGED to do it by a judge. The girl's horse probably needed correction, but like Hair said, it should have disqualified her. I would have thought there would've been heavy points penalties for that kind of misbehavior. After all, the whole point of Competitive Trail Rides is to select the best all around trail horse, and a horse that behaves that way surely isn't the best, in my opinion. As for beating a horse at the P&R stops, well that's just plain stupid because you're DEFINATELY going to elevate his pulse and respirations when you beat him. I hope that reporting it does some good. I'll be interested to know how it turns out.

The girl's horse probably needed correction, but like Hair said, it should have disqualified her.

That's what gets me. Rearing is dangerous behavior. Lots of trainers might differ on how to correct it, but none of it is probably pretty to watch. But the behavior should have disqualified her. Did she place?

As for the man, we don't know for sure the judges saw it, right? We'd like to think he'd have been penalized for it.

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I just saw the funniest thing with my pony. I've got the pasture divided with two strands of tape on temp posts, and she was reaching over it for the grass on the other side. "Doh! forgot to plug the fence in!" I ran out and plugged it in, and ran back out to watch. It takes a minute, I think, for the fence to 'power up'. At first, she continued eating, then she picked her head up and shook it. And reached back down again. And backed up suddenly and shook her head again. She walked down the fenceline, reaching over in new spots. By now I think it was hitting her harder so she pushed less, and it was really making her mad! -She just stood in one place and bucked. Poor thing. I guess I'll go check out the condition of the pasture today, maybe they've got it eaten down inside the fence already and we need to move it again.