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These are the facts and you have to ask?!?!?!?!?! :confused:

G.

There's a bunch we don't know, here.

First, where is the OP? In the Eastern side of the Mocassin range they tend to be somewhat larger than normal (which is around 30" for a male, less for a...

To answer your general question, all contracts are as sound as the honor and integrity of the parties is sound.

To answer your specific question we need to know just how this "buyback" clause was...

When we bought our first gray she came from GA where she had been roling in red GA clay. She was a sure-'nuff "strawberry roan." :)

G.

At 67+ I can still mount a 15.0 hand horse from the ground. It ain't pretty and is a strain on the horse and me, but it can be done. ;)

Should it be done as a matter or routine? Probably not. ...

It's my understanding that are as many "flavors" of Aussie saddles as there are Western saddles. Some are very well made, some are junk. As with any other item of tack, you must first determine if...

Glad things worked out for you. I hope others take note and "vote with their dollars" for people who provide good service.

G.

The TWHBEA does not publish a breed standard. There are descriptions and explanations of gaits. The Big Deal is the judging standards.

The Big Lick gait is a "manufactured gait" vice a "trained...

I'll take your word for the return of only the first place horse absent other circumstances.

The number on differential disqualification rates is published by USDA/APHIS. It was prominantly...

I'd have to dig out some of my DQP training materials, but IIRC the top three horses are routinely reinspected after a class. It may be that this is DQP discretion, but I don't think so.

That...

VMOs are LEOs. Like any LEO they have to follow a set of protocols for their testimony on findings to be admitted in a subsequent proceeding. The idea that they "change their proceedures for Big...

They can't. However they CAN be used as a cover for things that can.



If the Walking Horse industry would spend as much effort cleaning up its own act as it does trying to keep "The...

I knew Brenda Imus before she was "Brenda Imus." Never bought anything from her, nor paid any attention to her "gaited horse drivel."

I'm sorry you got had. I don't like to see that happen to...

I am personally aquainted with eight USDA vets that I've met over the years. Your description matches the ones often written in the Walking Horse Report or in loud complaints from bozos like former...

If there is a "silver lining" to the "black cloud" or soring it's that TWH temperments are pretty mellow and they are stoic as all get out about pain.

Sadly conformation quality has declined in...

I once met a USDA vet who inspected a very large Paso Fino show in the Tampa area in the mid-90s. They went because of the "Charlie Brown Defense" ("Why's every body always pickin' on me?")...

I, too, have observed conduct as you describe at TWH shows. I've seen analogs at QH shows, ASB shows, dressage shows, and open shows. That sort of "ham fisted" approach is not unique to the world...

The approved method of testing for a sored horse is palpation of the foot by hand. It is reasonably accurate when correctly done.

To get a horse through inspection after it has been sored up for...

For almost fifteen years I was involved with accident investigation, accident reconstruction, risk assessment, and risk management, mostly in the aviation, medical, and legal fields. Based upon my...

Anytime you pick up a lead shank you run the risk of injury. That risk is generally low for most folks, but not zero.

Some activities are more hazardous than others. Riding to the hounds or...

Steele has a "try before you buy" program where they will send you a saddle of the type and size you're interested in for a week or two (I've forgotten the time period). It will likely be a "beater"...

Or perhaps they've researched it, done some experimentation, and came to their conclustion based upon experience! ;)

In any event, fit the horse in front you, not the horse on somebody's web site...

Education, aye! ;)

Yes, I'm sure you were told you had "TWH tree." What you had was a moniker that is a marketing tool. There is no TWH breed standard; so there can't be a "TWH tree" as there...

You misunderstand. NHS will not get you an increased income. It WILL get you more scholarship money which will facilitate a better college and post graduate education and/or trainng and THAT will...

If he's not paying for EVERYTHING then he's not yet learned the Lesson of Gold.

We are such an incredibly wealthy society that we can afford to be cavalier about money. At least the...