May, 2012: ABC Nighline "Torture of Tennessee Walking Horses"
May, 2012: Shelbyville Times-Gazette: McConnell changes plea in HPA case to Guilty.
May, 2012: ABC Nightline Highlights Undercover Video Revealing Torture of Horses Trained to Win Championships
April 12, 2012: Horsetalk, New Zealand: Vet Body Urges More Action against Horse Soring
April, 2012: AVMA, AAEP and USDA Heightens Commitment to End Abusive Practice of Soring
March, 2012: Chattanooga Times Free Press video: Nathanael and Jennie Jackson speak out against Action Devices and Soring.
March, 2012: Shelbyville Times: The Walking Horse Trainers’ Association initiative for comprehensive drug testing program.
March 19, 2012: The Tennessean, Nashville: Four Charged with Horse Abuse Given Federal Court Dates
March 18, 2012: Chattanooga Times Free Press: Indictment Shines Light on Abuse Allegations in Tennessee Walking Horse Industry.
March 16, 2012: Shelbyville Times-Gazette: Stronger Penalties are Coming
March, 2012: HSUS CEO Wayne Pacelle blogs against horse soring; vehement public comments follow.
March 15, 2012: Chattanooga Times Free Press: 4 Men in Federal Court in Horse Soring Case
March 15, 2012: AVMA, American Veterinary Medical Association: "High time for Change"
March 13, 2012: The Tennessean, Nashville: Nothing Justifies Soring Show Horses; Severe Penalties Should Greet Animal Abusers
March 8, 2012: The Tennessean, Nashville, Senator Joseph Tydings Op Ed Article: Fight to End Soring is Everyone's Duty.
March 8, 2012: The Tennessean, Nashville: Indictment of Horse Trainer Revives Debate over Soring
March 7, 2012: Associated Press: Humane Society Says Horses in Tennessee Still Being Sored.
March 7, 2012: The Tennessean, Nashville: Three Tennesseans Indicted in Horse Soring Case
March 7, 2012: News Channel 5, Nashville, TN: Horse Soring Cases Could Still Expand
March 7, 2012: Associated Press: Humane Society says recent indictments symptomatic of Tennessee Walking Horse soring
March 7, 2012: Marshall County Tribune, Lewisburg, TN: Top Trainer Accused of Soring Horses
March 6, 2012: Shelbyville Times-Gazette: Much Soring Alleged
March 2, 2012: Shelbyville Times-Gazette: Top Trainer Accused of Soring Horses:
Feb. 28, 2012: Times Free Press, Chattanooga shows incriminating video footage from US Attorney's Office of Barney Davis fitting blocks to horse's front feet
Feb. 28, 2012: Times Free Press, Chattanooga: Trainers Says Horse Soring Widespread
Feb. 28, 2012: The Horse: Trio Sentenced in Horse Soring Cases
Feb. 28 2012: HSUS: HSUS Pays out $10,000 Reward in Tennessee Horse Cruelty Case
Feb. 28, 2012: Associated Press, Columbia, Indiana: HSUS Pays out $10,000 Reward in Horse Soring Case
Feb. 27, 2012: Times Free Press, Chattanooga: Three More Sentenced for Horse Soring
Feb. 24, 2012: Joint AVMA & AAEP (representing over 88,000 veterinarians) Letter to USDA Condemning Soring and Recommending Changes:
Jan. 23, 2012: US Attorney's Office, Chattanooga, TN: Trainer Sentenced in Horse Soring Cases
Associated Press: San Francisco: Sentence for horse soring includes newspaper story
Dec. 2012: Horsetalk: Probation for admitted horse soring offense
December, 2012: The Horse: A Federal Court Judge has Sentenced Alabama Trainer for Soring
December, 2012: The Tennessean: Chris Zhand Sentenced to 2-year probation in Tennessee Walking Horse Soring Case
3 Plead Guilty To Violations Of Horse Protection Act (The Chattanoogan)
Three plead guilty to soring walking horses (AP, Chattanooga, TN)
October, 2011: US Attorney's Office Announced Guilty Plea by Blackburn in Horse Protection Act Case
October, 2011: Soring Suspects Plan to Plead Guilty
September, 2011: Attendance Drops in Walking Horse Celebration, NewsChannel 15
August, 2011: Eight stallions denied at Celebration
August, 2011: The Horse: APHIS Proposes Mandatory HPA Penalty Rules
August, 2011: The Horse: Indicted Horse Trainer Surrenders on Release Violation
July/August, 2011: American Farriers Journal: Soring Concerns Continue But Changes Are Coming
July 2011: USDA Inspectors concerned about possible "horse soring" at Tollesboro Fair. July, 2011
July 2011: Marshall County Tribune, "Horse Trainers Resist More Regulations."
July 2011: Natural Horse magazine: Soring Abuse News & Initiatives
June, 2011: Marshall County Tribune, "More Horse Protection Eyed."
May, 2011: The Horse: HIOs Reach Penalty Recognition Accord HIOs Reach Penalty Recognition Accord
May 16, 2011: HIOs Reach Penalty Accord
April 11, 2012: The Horse: AVMA, AAEP and USDA Work to End Soring
April, 2011: Sacramento Bee, California: Start of Gaited Horse Show Seasons Heightens Commitment by AVMA
April, 2011: AVMA Releases Video on Policy Against Soring
April 2011 Horse Illustrated: Show Ring Cheaters
April, 2011: The Tennessean: TWH Bigwigs Suspended on Abuse Claims
April 1, Associated Press: USDA fines, suspends Atlanta couple from walking horse shows
March, 2011: New Zealand: HSUS Praises Horse Soring Indictment
March, 2011 New Zealand: Three Indicted for Violations of the HPA
March, 2011: Shelbyville Times: Waterfall Farm owners suspended over alleged violations
March, 2011: News Channel 9 Chattanooga: Three Indicted in Chattanooga for Soring Horses
March, 2011: German magazine "Cavallo" The Walk of Shame
January, 2011: This Brutal Practice was Outlawed Decades Ago: Why Hasn't it Stopped? By Dr. Becker
December, 2010: Letter to New TWHBEA President Mr. Irby from Linda Goodwin, NC
December, 2010: HSUS "Sore Winners" article in All Animals magazine
December, 2010: Equine Journal: FOSH Commends the USDA for 2011 Penalty Protocol.
Nov. 2010: Capital Press: Audit: Horse Show Oversight Lacking.
November, 2010: Lexington Herald Leader: USDA to Address Anti-Soring Horse Conference.
November, 2010: The Horse: Auditors Recommend Overhaul of HPA Enforcement Protocol
Huffington Post: Federal Audit Finds Rampant Abuses of Show Horses, Agency Reform Promised.
August, 2010: The Horse: Petition to the USDA Seeks Stiffer Anti-Soring Rules
August, 2008: Lexington Herald Leader: Kentucky Senator McConnell opposed USDA inspectors of sored horses (Ky)
August 2010 Equus: Letter to the Editor about Soring
August, 2010: Humane Society press release: Animal Protection and Horse Industry Groups File Legal Petition Seeking New USDA Rules For Horses
July 2010, The Horse, Letter to the Editor "Soring in Many Breeds
July, 2010: Gary Lane provides Tennessee Walking Horse to First Lady of Kentucky
July, 2010: Equus "Shining a Light on Dark Practices
June, 2010: Cheval Magazine, France: “La Torture des Tennessee Walkers” by Christa Lesté-Lasserre - Article 1, Article 2, Article 3
May, 2010: TWHBEA Denied Participation in World Equestrian Games in Enquirer.com
March, 2010: New Soring Investigation Procedures Announced by USDA, The Horse.
March, 2010: USDA’s Points of Emphasis to Horse Protection Program for 2010
March 2010: USDA’s Research Article on Coffin Bone Rotation
Jan. 2010: AAEP Convention Interview of Dr. Rachel Cezar on the USDA Horse Protection Program.
January, 2010: HSUS Article on Soring
November, 2009: "HSUS Leaders Work with Legislative Session to Make Soring Illegal in Kentucky," Business Lexington
Kentucky Legislators Told of Measures to Prevent Horse Soring,” Kentucky.com"
October, 2009: World Equestrian Games Picks Natural Walking Horses for Exhibits, Lexington Herald-Leader
October, 2009: "Spotlight on abusive horse training. Let's put an end to it now!" The San Francisco Examiner
September, 2009: Walking Horse Show Officials Investigate Alleged Bribery
September 2009: Only 12 of 33 Stallions show in Saturday Class
September, 2009: The Cruelest Horse Show on Earth by HSUS
September, 2009: The HSUS Applauds Kentucky Horse Racing Commission, Calls for Stiffer Soring Penalties
September, 2009: Walking Horse Breeders' Kentucky Incentive Funds Tied to HPA Compliance, The Horse, Lexington, KY.
September, 2009: Sored Walking Horses Will not be Eligible for Kentucky Breeders Incentive Fund, Lexington Herald-Leader
August, 2009: SHOW Levies 3 Lifetime Suspensions to Violators Caught Using Cruel Nerve Cord Into Horse's Gums.
Chris Zahnd appeared for his previously scheduled hearing before the SHOW Hearing Committee today, August 20, 2009. Prior to the commencement of the hearing, Zahnd, through his attorneys, agreed to serve the lifetime suspension previously handed down by SHOW HIO and did not go forward with the hearing ...read more!
August, 2009: Shelbyville Times Gazette asks, "I wonder how much soring, bribing and government interference there would be if all they were
August, 2009: SHOW HIO Levies 3 Lifetime Suspensions for use of Cruel Device
August 2009, “Open eyes to suffering of walking horses,” letter to the editor in The Tennessean.
August, 2009: Walking Horse Celebration Show Inspectors Ready: Federal
USDA inspectors are out in full-force. The Horse.
August, 2009: The number of Horse Protection Act Federal cases pending is 121 open cases as of Aug 8, 2009
August, 2009: Ky. panel to consider restoring money to walking horse breed after soring investigation, Lexington Herald-Leader.
July 2009, American Farriers Journal wins national business editors award
One judge noted "the sheer scope and ambition of the series, which demonstrated a willingness to take some risks at a time when fewer reporters and editors seem willing to do so.” Another remarked on the “writing's passion and power, which built among readers a sense of anger about this abuse of horses and the ability to these criminals to get away with it.” ...read more!
July 2009, SHOW Initiates Suspensions for Horse Swapping
July, 2009: show issues swift penalties for nerve cord violation
July, 2009 - Recent controversy surrounding soring and inspections of walking horses is having an enormous negative impact on the region's economy, Shelbyville Times.
June, 2009: American Farriers Journal Wins Three Awards from American Horse Publications; First Place for 4-Part Series on Soring in Tennessee Walking Horse Industry.
June, 2009 - Mr. Biggs - Tennessee Walking Horse's life ruined by abusive training, Examiner.com
May, 2009: Kentucky Horse Breeders' Incentive Fund (KHBIF) has issued the following statement to clarify the article titled "Fund Walks Away from Walking Horses" in Horse & Rider's May 2009 publication.
May, 2009 - USDA Comment on SHOW Penalty Structure
March, 2009 - Pilot Club’s horse show postponed due to NHSC uncertainty.
March 2009 - AAEP Veterinarians Announce Pressure Shoeing Detection Protocol
March, 2009 - Let the horses talk: USDA draws a line in the sand
March, 2009 - The HSUS Debuts New Video on Abuse of Tennessee Walking Horses
February, 2009 - Proposed Kentucky Bill Aims to Curb Soring
November 2008 - The Humane Society Applauds Court of Appeals Decision against Horse 'Soring' by Jill and Herbert Derickson.
Sept. 2008: State Regulators Investigate Breeder Incentive Recipients, The Horse magazine.
September, 2008 - Senator Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., pressured the USDA for years to back off its enforcement of the Horse Protection Act.
September 2008: A Girl Scout Troop created this educational DVD on why Soring Gaited Horses is Wrong and Inhumane. Titled "See it Through My Eyes," their video won the highest honor possible: the Girl Scout Gold Award.
August, 2008 - Gary Oliver Sued for Killing a Client's Horse with Soring, Lexington Herald. - See Picture
August, 2008 - AAEP Issues White Paper on Ending the Soring of Tennessee Walking Horses
March, 2008 - HSUS Offers $10,000 Reward for Horse Soring Info
February, 2008: Breyer, home to the world’s finest model horses, changed their Tennessee Walking Horse model from a big-lick version of Midnight Sun to a flat-shod example of Bluegrass Bandit. ... read more
September 2006 - 2006 Celebration Video, with horse falling with rider about
1/3 into video: "Walking horse
universe crippled -- But soring controversy doesn't dull enthusiasm" by Jon
W. Sparks"
November 2005 - "Why Soring Persists" special report in Equus magazine.
June, 2004 - Star or Martyr? From French Cheval magazine
October, 2003: The Nashville Scene writes about Morgan Rhoads' book "From the Horse's Mouth." Note this book is available to purchase from
www.fosh.info.
Winter, 2002: Rhonda Hart Poe writes about “More than Sore” in the Gaited Horse magazine, exposing soring, training methods, artificial hoof angles, cruel bits, and more.
August, 1999: Historic Event when Natalie Jackson shows her Lite Shod Stallion in the World Grand Championship Class!
May, 1998 : Herald-Journal: Walking Horse Industry Veteran Claim She Sanctioned Torture
April, 1988: Walking Horse Industry is shut down by federal judge's ruling outlawing pads and chains.
Feb, 1988: Court outlaws pads & chains
July, 1986 - "CNN Special
Assignment expose on Tennessee Walking Horses and Soring
1985: Walking Way News on California Plantation Show Developments Against Soring.
Reflections 1 & Reflections 2
Oct. 1969: Life magazine "Agony of the Walking Horse" (note: scroll down near the end of this magazine to page 77 for the article.)
Dec., 1964: Sports Illustrated: "Sore Foot Detective: Crusader Pearl Twyne Threatened as She Works to Investigate Soring."
June, 1960: Hot Heads over Hot Feet, Sports Illustrated. TWHBEA annual meeting breaks out in violence over soring issue.
February, 1960: Telltale Hoofs: The ring was elegant at Miami's Charity Horse Show, but behind the scenes the abuse of the Tennessee Walking Horse continued unchecked.
January, 1960: Read comments from the Sport Illustrated readers, such as:"I had thought that the sweet old Walking Horse had escaped the diabolical treatment inflicted on the other breeds of show horses. The American horse shows are a display of cruelty from beginning to end."
January, 1960 - Sports Illustrated "The Torture Must End.
July, 1956 Sports Illustrated: Woe For Walkers: A favorite show horse is often tortured to make him look good, and the time has now come to end this
