Shankers - All Nations Cup, Aachen 2011

So is this behaviour really acceptable in the showring?!?!
A list of the handlers shown in the video has become available on different websites

Giacomo Capacci (showing e.g. 78 for Otto Berg, 15+33+97+110+187 for Al Shaqab Stud)
Paolo Capecci (#1 for Ronan Braver, 49+66+190 for Dubai Arabian Horse Stud, 102 for Az. Ag. de Tripodi)
Pawel Kozikowski (#176, 116, 51 all for Janow Podlaskie Stud)
Gerald Kurtz (#25 for Idris Hassan)
Tom Oben (#170 for Al Sawary Farm)
Glenn Shoukens (#130 for Al Khaled Farm)
Michael Byatt (#74 for Al Shahania Stud, 5+172 for Al Khalediah Stables)
Frank Spönle (#191 for Equid System Ltd, 99 for Equus Arabians)
Raphael Curti (#3 for Al-Jalawiyah Stud)
Ryan Jones (#34 for Al Muawd Stud)
Philip Looyens #45 for Al Mohamadia Arabian Horse Stud)

If YOU wanna do something to help stop this abuse, send your complaint to ECAHO! Speak out!! voice your opinion!! and together we might be able to make a difference!!

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Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• Arabian horses
• abuse
• All Nations Cup
• shanking
• stallion
• mare
• handlers
• filly
• colt
• scared
• whip
• aachen

[TabbyTallCat]

hey haters... why dont you get an arab stallion in a world class show ring and see if you can handle it? I bet you dicks would be dragged to the other side of the show grounds. It clear NON of you know ANYTHING about the arab industry.

[lovearabhorses]

@TabbyTallCat @TabbyTallCat This video is not OLD! It's from the end of 2011! Seems like you are just as ignorant as alot of those handlers. Stop scaring the horses, stop psyching them up, and it wont be a problem! Go see pretty much any other breed being shown, and you will see stallions and mares in the same ring behaving like angels! And so would the arabian if it wasnt owned and shown by a bunch of idiots, who apparently think it's cool to scare the hell out of a poor animal!

[lovearabhorses]

@TabbyTallCat the arabian is one of the most sensitive breeds, it's also one of the most loyal and intelligent! and this is the way people choose them to be shown, in the way that to any other normal horse person makes the horse looks wild and crazy. That isnt really doing alot of good for the breed! or the horse being shown....

[Reaganbaby358]

not just the handlers that need a bullet its the judges as well for alowing this to happen in their show ring. as it is the arab is an incredibly proud animal as it is if neither handler or judge can see the beauty these or any animal for that fact naturally posses they all need to open their eyes. good on you for posting this video hun and an even bigger congrats to you for posting the handlers names SHAME ON YOU ALL

[horselover1159]

People that defend this behaviour and still call themselves horse lovers are hipocrites. How the judges can accept this type of behaviour is also beyond belief! I would also like to point out that just because a horse allows itself to be caught does not mean it trusts the person catching it. Stallions may be strong but if they are handled and raised correctly they will never need to be handled harshly.

This behaviour can only be discribed at appalling & disgraceful

[TabbyTallCat]

@mojomeil have you ever shown an arab? I know most of the handlers at this show and I work for one of them and I can assure you it's not 'cruel' if the horse didnt like it, the animals is more than capable of fighting back. shanking is a way of getting attention back. Why dont you show an arab stallion in a ring with hundreds of people and other stallions. you'd last 5 seconds without checking the horse in order.

[TabbyTallCat]

@welshrwonderful I know. I was THERE. Ive seen this video its OLD.

Now let me say.

An Arabian is a strong minded free willed powerful creature. When they get psyched up.. damn they get psyched up. Tell me, have you tried running with a STRONG, EXCITED arabian stallion in a ring FULL of other people, and FULL of other stallions? No? I didnt think so. Shanking is a way to regain control, and attention, dont like it? Dont buy a fucking arab yeh jerk.

[welshrwonderful]

DREADFUL, absolutely dreadful. Those beautiful proud horses being abused by those ruffians that call themselves "trainers" BOOO.

[taylormichelle1629]

it's sick how no one is saying anything about this. complete bullshit, it's like punishing them for doing absolutely nothing wrong.

[ThundersRose]

Urgh. Makes my blood boil

[Malekox]

@mojomeil the guy stepping in between the horse and handler is not a judge, but the ringmaster, and the reason he did it, was not because he tried to stop the handler being cruel to the horse! Wish that was the case, but unfortunately NO ONE at that show gave a shit about the way these horses were shown!