The Tennessee Walking Horse - Lite Shod to Performance

This is Amanda Winters riding Dust Bunny. Together, WITH PROPER SHOEING, they demonstrate the gait of the Tennessee Walking Horse from lite shod to performance. This video was done in the Calsonic Arena on the TWH National Celebration grounds. It was a seminar to show our horses natural gait and the way it changes with proper shoeing. Narrated by Bobby Richards. Organ played by Chase Williams. Woody Woodriff performed the shoeing in center ring to allow those in attendance to observe. The SHOW HIO did the inspecting. We invited the general public to the seminar. We also invited the USDA and the h$u$ to come watch, however, NEITHER OF THEM ATTENDED. What A Horse Copyright © 2011 PeaHead Productions, Inc.


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[TheWhatAHorseShow]

Susan did a great job for the clinic and I apologize for getting her name wrong. This is one time when I should have paid more attention to the rider than the horse. Again I apologize.

[TheWhatAHorseShow]

MissMyrtheMay we would have never changed a horse that fast if it had not already been trained from flat shod to performance.This mare was capable of showing in any division but the owner felt she was much better in the flat shod classes. Great observance on your part to post this remark. When in training a horse will wear the shoe for some time before moving on or going back to flatshod it all depends on the horse. It is like I said the horse is the boss when it comes to which class to show in.

[TheWhatAHorseShow]

xxibitsuxx you are very right in your comment about abuse it is in every breed. As for this horse you will be happy to know the trainer realised the same thing you did and that is why she shows in the flat shod classes. She was used to explain the changes in the action of a horse when pads and action devices are added.Only 10% of our horses become a performance horse and just as this mare told her trainer other horses tell their trainer what class they belong in. Thank you for your post!!

[TheWhatAHorseShow]

Nothing was wrong elijones930. This horse was used to show how a Walking Horse changes gaits as pads and weight are added.

In the Walking Horse Industry the Horse decides where it is best suited to show and in the case of this horse her best class is the Faltshod divisions and that is where she is shown. Hope this answers your question.

Happy New Year

[IrissMulaa]

i dont like it and i think the horse doesnt like it too.

if my horse is walking, trotting or gallopping she has her ears forward and she likes it

[SusanShemwell]

The rider is Susan Shemwell!

[MissMyrtleMay]

While the video does show the versatility of the TWH breed and I understand that this was for a demonstration, I am a tiny bit concerned for the horse in this video's well being. It seems to me that the quick change of shoes and weight in such a short amount of time would be hard on the horse's body and hooves. While to the public it might look like just a quick change of shoe and weight, each time the horse's angle had to be corrected, and adjusted to fit the shoe.

[xxibitsuxx]

I've always thought these horses are so much more beautiful in their natural gait, without the pads and the chains. I'm not saying padding a horse is abuse, but I think it's a practice that is easy to turn into something abusive. Not to mention this horse looks progressively more tense and uncomfortable the more they add stuff onto his/her feet.