Imagine that you are locked up, trained to walk and run in an un-natural way until it is first nature to you, fed only what your trainers want to feed you, not allowed to range or breed naturally. Then you are cinched into a faggy little saddle that doesn't sit naturally upon you, an iron bit bites into your mouth. Finally, you are forced to run yourself to death for the entertainment of these little wankers who have more money than brains. How would YOU like it? The prissy little inbreeders who own these animals ruin them. These are gaited animals whose natural instincts and conformation are taken from them. Anyone who would do this to such a noble beast should be treated the same or worse.