People who advocate or practice soring should be ashamed of themselves. It is a very cruel practice and no one who cares for horses would consider using it.
You are all SO uneducated. You have no clue what you're talking about. These horses are all sound and unharmed. you have to look beyond your 73%. Why is the number so high? Wouldn't that ring a bell in the head of horse welfare advocates. I don't doubt that 73% of them have penalties. A perfect example of this is when the owners of my horses and the current trainer obtained a suspension from the USDA. They were taking a 2 year old stud horse through the DQP when a USDA official quickly approached the horse from the side and it spooked. The assumption was that since the horse spooked, it was sored. This only reinforced how little horse sense the USDA has. Any good horseman would know to not approach any horse in such a manner. This earned the 2 owners a year long suspension and the trainer a six month suspension. Its things like this that only emphasize the ignorance of the USDA. It's cases like that which add to your statistic. This is only a look at the tippy top layer. You aren't looking deep into the issue to see that there really isn't an issue with the horses, but rather the USDA and the inspection process. Look up your facts thoroughly before posting articles like this than end up tarnishing the image of the TWH trainers, owners, exhibitors, and horses themselves.