Hopefully, they realize how important it is to be beyond reproach on areas of humane treatment. I'll be interested to hear if there's any action or discussion of it. While most people are fair to their animals anyway, there are always people watching and that's the only thing that keeps some people decent. They need to be watched from within, better than being acted on by the ignorant on the outside who do not have the best interests of the sport in mind.
I just posted to the NATRC site asking for a definition of abuse, when does disqualification happen, and how bad does behavior from a horse have to be to be disqualified.
Becky