Soring—which involves intentionally inflicting pain on a horse’s hooves and front limbs to produce an exaggerated high-stepping gait known as the Big Lick—remains a persistent and rampant practice in ...

I have owned, cared for and competed on horses much of my life. Soring is, without question, the most cruel training practice I have ever seen or heard about in the entire horse world. Don’t know what ...

Undercover video footage released in 2012 documented cruel treatment of horses in the Tennessee walking horse industry. It showed the use of painful chemicals on horses’ front legs to force them to ...

To prevent a “zombie-like” regulation from disrupting “walking horse” shows, a federal judge has given the USDA four months to sort out its rules against abusive “soring.” More than 50 years ago, ...

Barney Davis lifted wooden blocks, metal chains, bolts and washers in his hands, showing the evidence to the judge. Davis explained how he and nearly all walking horse trainers use the tools, along ...

The horse soring regulation currently held up by the Trump administration would essentially ban the cruel practice Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013, ...

Horses and riders compete in a horse show at the 2023 State Fair of West Virginia on Friday, Aug. 18, 2023. Photo by Rebecca J. Barnabi. Federal law prohibits soring of horses in the United States.

WASHINGTON — Priscilla Presley fell in love with Tennessee Walking Horses when her husband at the time, legendary singer Elvis Presley, bought a pair of the horses to keep at Graceland, his 13-acre ...

AMARILLO, Texas — A Texas federal court vacated portions of a USDA rule meant to prevent “soring,” or injuring horses’ legs to exaggerate their gait. The agency exceeded its authority in banning small ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Aug. 27—It's walking horse time in Tennessee. Better put, it's save the horses time in Tennessee. Those words, a take-off on the ...

The Tennessee Department of Agriculture is considering giving a grant to the Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders and Exhibitors Association for a study in what walking horse industry activists contend ...