Why don't you send them an "Approved by Private Thoughts" stud shank, then? I'm sure they'll appreciate it!Private Thoughts wrote:That's an awfully large chain for a horse. Looks like something I might use to pull a stump out of the ground on the farm.
That's actually probably very true.Catalina wrote:Thank you. Couldn't have said it better.Private Thoughts wrote:Could care less how long the chain is, that chain is too darn heavy for a horse. Really, they need tow chain weight shanks for a stallion? If so then they are not much of a horseman. And that horse looks like he has been scuffed in the face, pretty badly.
I have worked with horses with balls still attached as well. Most were better behaved than some of the mares, some not very nice at all. But I never had to beat them or shank the shit out of them to get them to comply. If you get in a fight with a 1200 lb animal you will come out on the loosing end every time. I have also seen alot of abuse in my days, one of the reasons I no longer work in the industry.
This horse looks like crap in that picture. Google images of him. I don't see any marks on his face and his body language looks different.
This. The amount of assumptions that can be made and wisdom that can be shed on a horse people have never handled just through the use of one photo is pretty outstandingLife At Zen wrote:Unless you guys think somehow magically that chain managed to reach up between his eyes, the scuffs are probably from his trip to Korea. For all we know, he flipped out on the flight.
The picture is for the stud book, not advertisements. So it's a photo done when he first arrived.
IMO, thin chains hurt far more than thick chains. Same goes for snake collars in dogs. Thinner = harsher.
. Given the amount of money that would have been exchanged in order for Coolmore to sell the horse after one season, I don't think they're exactly leading him around with a barbed-wire shank and bedding him with shards of glass. 
serenassong wrote:Just wondering how long after his quarantine that pic was taken? Some horses really stress thru the process and it shows- something could have happened on the trip over as well.
Bingo. I would never presume to be right based off ONE photo. And a horse I'm never even around.Northport wrote:This. The amount of assumptions that can be made and wisdom that can be shed on a horse people have never handled just through the use of one photo is pretty outstanding
You are freakin kidding, right? Does this type of thing happen here as well? Was Hansen known to be a difficult horse?Private Thoughts wrote:Could care less how long the chain is, that chain is too darn heavy for a horse. Really, they need tow chain weight shanks for a stallion? If so then they are not much of a horseman. And that horse looks like he has been scuffed in the face, pretty badly.
I have worked with horses with balls still attached as well. Most were better behaved than some of the mares, some not very nice at all. But I never had to beat them or shank the shit out of them to get them to comply. If you get in a fight with a 1200 lb animal you will come out on the loosing end every time. I have also seen alot of abuse in my days, one of the reasons I no longer work in the industry.
This horse looks like crap in that picture. Google images of him. I don't see any marks on his face and his body language looks different.
Thank you.Northport wrote:This. The amount of assumptions that can be made and wisdom that can be shed on a horse people have never handled just through the use of one photo is pretty outstandingLife At Zen wrote:Unless you guys think somehow magically that chain managed to reach up between his eyes, the scuffs are probably from his trip to Korea. For all we know, he flipped out on the flight.
The picture is for the stud book, not advertisements. So it's a photo done when he first arrived.
IMO, thin chains hurt far more than thick chains. Same goes for snake collars in dogs. Thinner = harsher.
Korea is one of the only countries in the world in which horse racing is on the rise. Elsewhere, thoroughbred related organizations are shutting down, struggling for funding, and desperate to reach new fans. They didn't just fall off the turnip truck and decide to blow money on pretty ponies. Believe it or not, they know what they are doing.
I think, they think they know what they are doing. And just because horse racing is failing, under their own stupidity elsewhere, doesn't mean they do know what they are doing when it comes to the horses.EquineAnne wrote:Thank you.Northport wrote:This. The amount of assumptions that can be made and wisdom that can be shed on a horse people have never handled just through the use of one photo is pretty outstandingLife At Zen wrote:Unless you guys think somehow magically that chain managed to reach up between his eyes, the scuffs are probably from his trip to Korea. For all we know, he flipped out on the flight.
The picture is for the stud book, not advertisements. So it's a photo done when he first arrived.
IMO, thin chains hurt far more than thick chains. Same goes for snake collars in dogs. Thinner = harsher.
Korea is one of the only countries in the world in which horse racing is on the rise. Elsewhere, thoroughbred related organizations are shutting down, struggling for funding, and desperate to reach new fans. They didn't just fall off the turnip truck and decide to blow money on pretty ponies. Believe it or not, they know what they are doing.
