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Oct 15, 2024
A "big lick" Tennessee Walker wearing legal action devices in 2013. This horse passed USDA inspection to be allowed to compete. [10] "Action devices" include "stacks", which are multiple pads between hoof and ground; and "chains", bracelet-like chains or rollers placed around the pastern. Illegal use occurs if irritants have been placed on the same area of the horse's foot or leg. The movement ...
WASHINGTON (April 29, 2024)—Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a long-awaited final rule that would help end horse soring, an extremely cruel practice in which trainers secretly and deliberately cause intense pain to show horses to produce the "Big Lick," an exaggerated, high-stepping gait rewarded by judges in some show circuits of Tennessee walking horses and related ...
Aug 22, 2025
Is the Big Lick cruel? Animal advocates protest 'big lick' Tennessee Walking Horse, cite cruelty. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — Animal advocates protest against cruel practice involving chains attached to the horse's hoof and boots used to give horses an exaggerated gait. Why is Big Lick still allowed?
Sep 3, 2025
Only a few self-interested "Big Lick" groups in the Walking Horse industry oppose real reform. Let lawmakers know you care, about horses, about stopping organized crime, and about real reform, and that you want the PAST Act passed.
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How do Big Lick horseshoes work? As the horse travels, the chains slide up and down, further irritating the areas already made painful by soring. Instead of wearing regular horseshoes, the feet of Big Lick or "performance"-gaited show horses are fitted with tall, heavy stacks of pads to accentuate their gait. Do horseshoes affect a […]
The Big Lick is primarily achieved by putting the horse in padded shoes that make them look as though they are wearing platforms. These cause the animal to lift their legs high.
As the war between big-lick traditionalists and flat-shod advocates rages on, Candace Wade offers a candid account of life in the heart of Tennessee Walking Horse country. The map of pain posted on the All American Walking Horse Alliance (AAWHA) shows a big glop of violations over Tennessee. The state is very resistant to legislation...
And while President Trump probably has neither seen a Walking horse nor knows (yet) what the Horse Protection Act is or does, the Obama "Hail Mary" pass on Inauguration Eve would have made it just about impossible to show Big Lick horses, since the rule took away the hoof pads and ankle chains that the horses need for their action.
To produce an even bigger lick, unethical trainers also use pressure shoeing. The hooves are cut painfully short, almost to the quick, and a foreign object is inserted between the hoof and the shoe - something like a golf ball. This places a tremendous and painful amount of pressure on the hoof.
The big black gelding was a stallion and had a 10 year career in the show ring, he came with all the challenges of a late-gelded stallion in addition to a decade of living as a big lick horse but he came out okay.
The Biden administration's final rule eliminates key factors enabling horse soring Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a long-awaited final rule that would help end horse soring, an extremely cruel practice in which trainers secretly and deliberately cause intense pain to show horses to produce the "Big Lick," an exaggerated, high-stepping gait rewarded by judges in some ...
The "big lick" shows and games begin again soon in Middle Tennessee amidst the Covid-19 pandemic. Here's why this needs to end!
The "Big Lick" faction believes the USDA's treated them unfairly, and that the inspection system is very subjective. Those of us vocal against the "Big Lick" believe that since Secretary Sonny Perdue took the reins of the Agency, very little has been done to curb the abuse.
Soring, or "big lick", is the use of chemicals to cause pain to the front feet and legs of horses when they touch the ground. This results in the horses
Candace gets the farrier's perspective. Candace Wade is following firsthand the rehabilitation of a rescued "Big Lick" Tennessee Walking Horse named Theo and reporting on his progress for Horse Nation. Today, she shares details from Theo's latest farrier session. The farrier was coming to check on Theo's progress: Ed, Theo's rescue and rehab guru, phoned...
After training big lick horses for 28 years, Bell says he was shamed into stopping in 1988 when his 13-year-old son expressed dismay upon first learning about soring. "I didn't think much about [soring] because I was raised in Tennessee and everyone was doing it," he says.
Big Lick is a cruel horse sport that involves adding heavy weights on horses and chains behind their hooves. As the horses walk, the chains hit against the back of their hooves, causing them to flinch and lift their legs higher. The weights then help the horse maintain their momentum. However, over time, the weights can cause serious damage to the horse's hooves and spine, as they are not on ...
Physical inspection—Inspection of the horse's lower limb, especially the coronary band (the area where the hoof joins the skin of the leg), heel bulbs (at the back of the hoof) and the front and back areas of the pastern (the area of the leg between the hoof and the fetlock) is the key portion of detecting soring.
Leimer explained that burning the shoe onto the hoof protects the horse from white line disease, a fungal infection which attacks the white line of the hoof, where the sole connects to the hoof wall.
The Big Lick industry destroys horses bodies and it destroys horses lives. When a horse is too broken or scarred, the are dumped into the slaughter pipeline...
Every year, tens of thousands of horses, both young and old, are painfully sored, fitted with cruel "stacks," and forced to participate in something that brings them continual suffering - "Big Lick" riding. This inhumane practice goes against the nature and well-being of these magnificent animals, subjecting them to an unnatural and high-stepping gait for entertainment. According to the Humane So
Is the Big Lick cruel? Closer to home just 17 miles away, MTSU Horse Science Professor Dr. John Haffner says the "Big Lick" is animal cruelty. "It is a pain induced gait - if horses have not been 'sored' they do not learn it. The 'Big Lick' is a business built on the suffering and pain of horses". What is the purpose of soring ...
In the first article of her series, Candace Wade offers a heart-wrenching look at the aftermath of the Big Lick industry on the horses it affects. We joined Theo, an ex-Big Lick TN Walker show horse, on his complex journey from rescue through rehab in "Saving Theo." Now, meet Molly, another ex-Big Lick. I laid hands...
Big Lick is the practice of the grossly artificial gait, which is achieved by soring, blocks, and pads. There are "Big Lick" classes. Technically the Big Lick classes are Performance Classes, may also called padded or built-up classes. You won't see the words big lick or stacks bandied about at the breed shows in any official capacity.
The out-of-the-ordinary rule will strip hoof equipment off show ring "Big Lick" Tennessee Walking and racking horses, once and for all. While pads, shoe bands, weighted shoes and action devices ("chains") may not directly "sore" the horse, they have been implicated as part-and-parcel of the decades-long soring debacle.
Think efforts to stop the soring techniques used by a small handful of horse trainers in the deep south to produce the exaggerate "big lick" of Tennessee Walking Horses doesn't affect you? Think again - AND thank your farrier, if your farrier happens to be a member of the American Farrier Association. And never forget […]
The Issue To stop the big lick will help our animals known as the equines who are used for the big lick it really makes my heart heart as they burn horses feet with chemicals and nail heels into their hooves and put heavy metal chains onto their feet just to make a horse move in a certain way .
Candace Wade is following in person the rehabilitation of Theo, a former "Big Lick" Tennessee Walking Horse. In today's installment, Theo progresses to his first sessions of ground work. Theo, actually Theodore, is this rescued "Big Lick" Tennessee Walking Horse's new name for his new life. It originates from the Greek Theodoros, which means "gift...
Often horses are crippled when the nearly eight pound STACK shoes which are attached to the front foot with a metal band are "snatched off" while trying to canter, or worse, the front hoof is ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — Animal advocates protest against cruel practice involving chains attached to the horse's hoof and boots used to give horses an exaggerated gait. Animal Welfare ...
*Here is a video of Big Lick by Billy Go Boy on Youtube* What is Big Lick? Big Lick is a "sport" in the equestrian community where Tennessee Walker horses are shown with an exaggerated gait. They lift their front legs, raise their chest, and step outwards while their back legs lower to the ground,...
It creates the unnatural high-hooved "big lick" gait. Corrosive materials are applied to the horse's legs. The legs are then wrapped for days with chains applied to create pain as the horses' step. This forces them to adopt the show gait. Among other practices is particularly cruel "pressure shoeing."
The chest-high stride achieved by soring is known in the industry as the "big lick". What does Big Lick mean? big lick (plural big licks) (slang, poker) A Texas hold 'em starting hand involving both a 6 and a 9 of any suit. Nick bluffed him out of that pot with big lick. Does the Big Lick still exist?
"Big Lick" horses sored with chemicals, action devices Mechanical soring with "stacks" "Pressure shoeing" Hoof bands Tungsten shoes weigh up to 12 pounds Hoof bands
Today, judges continue to reward the artificial "Big Lick" gait, thus encouraging participants to sore their horses and allowing the cruel practice to persist. Contents Which horse breeds suffer from soring? Hasn't soring been outlawed by Congress? How is soring detected? What is Humane World for Animals doing to end soring? What can I do to help?
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Theo's hoof drama may not translate to horses that haven't been shod with the big lick tactics. Ed offered: "Theo had/has complications of multiple infections and total disintegration of the hoof wall as well as a paring down of the sole so that the sole on the worst foot is so thin that the coffin bone is always in danger of falling ...
Native Tennessee MTSU Horse Science Professor Equine Vet Dr. John Haffner says the "Big Lick" is Animal Cruelty. "It is a business built on the suffering and pain of horses."
Despite the pandemic, it looks like the next 'big lick event' will be the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration at an arena in Shelbyville, Tennessee, to be held between August 26 and September 5.
Soring causes horses to perform an artificial, high-stepping gait prized in the show ring, known as the "big lick."
Behind the spectacle of a high-stepping "Big Lick" Tennessee walking horse competition, a criminal contingent is at work. Unethical horse trainers use a technique called "soring" to inflict immense pain on horses' legs and feet, forcing them to perform the desired artificial, exaggerated gait ...
The X-Ray image shows the platform shoe (euphemistically known in 'Big Lick' circles as a 'performance package') with multiple pads (stacks) and lots of nails to hold it all together. These unsurprisingly add weight and pressure on the sole which most likely increases the discomfort the horse feels.
The study will review the scientific and veterinary medical literature on hoof and pastern pain and skin/tissue changes on the pastern of horses, and evaluate methods used to identify soreness in horses for their scientific validity and reliability.
The chest-high stride achieved by soring is known in the industry as the "big lick". Does the Big Lick hurt horses? Soring, or "big lick", is the use of chemicals to cause pain to the front feet and legs of horses when they touch the ground. This results in the horses picking up their front feet higher and faster than they would do ...
They still claim "the movement is natural" but I have yet to see ANY performance/Big Lick horse, with all pads and weights and chains and chemicals removed, that still moves with as much action. I've always admired David O'Connor (and his wife Karen). They are amazing, talented equestrians but also excellent, classy people.
The "big lick" can only be produced by inducing pain: trainers apply caustic chemicals such as diesel fuel, kerosene, mustard oil, and croton oil to the pasterns and skin of the horse or insert sharp objects into the horses' hooves.
Ban the Big Lick The Tennessee Walking Horse is a beautiful, gaited breed of horse that is celebrated for its' distinctive, high-stepping paces.
The "big lick" supporters play fast and loose regarding the economic harm which might result from ending the "big lick" animal cruelty to Tennessee's state horse.
If big lick has been rebranded this still looks awful compared to the gait of a flat shod TWH that is a joy to ride. I'm guessing banned or not plenty of the same tricks are still in use if the judges are still pinning horses that move like this:
Horse soring is pain-inducing techniques used to exaggerate the "Big Lick" high-stepping gait of Tennessee Walking horses. In addition to the use of heavy weights and stacks, caustic agents commonly used on the horses' limbs include mustard oil, diesel fuel and kerosene.
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Explore big lick tennessee walking horses' journey from sore conditions to soaring success in this inspiring article.
The "Big Lick" has become a source of intense controversy and debate within the Tennessee Walking Horse world and broader animal welfare circles. Animal rights advocates vehemently denounce the methods used to achieve the "Big Lick."
The "Big Lick" is no better than dog fighting and cock fighting, Seay continued. All who practice or support it are guilty because animal cruelty is absolutely necessary to create and maintain the "Big Lick" gait. The Tennessee Walking Horse breed was hijacked about 50 years ago.
Attention horse lovers and animal advocates! Let's talk about the truth behind the "Big Lick" in Tennessee Walking Horses. The "Big Lick" isn't natural; it's the result of a horrific process...
Candace Wade will be following firsthand the rehabilitation of a former "Big Lick" Tennessee Walking Horse. Today, she introduces us to Theo. Theo hangs out in his stall, 23 hours of his day, standing on three feet of cushion and hay. He munches, drinks, poops and tries to grow a hoof. Being parked in a...
Join our President and Cofounder, Tawnee, as she continues to spread awareness on the abuse that is Big Lick. We rescue horses of all species, ages, training levels and colors.
Thrown "STACK SHOE" At "BIG LICK" Tennessee Walking Horse Championship Class - June 27, 2020 - The four horses had just finished the second way of the ring "Running Walk" gait to the strains of "DIXIE" and "Rebel Yells", when the announcer then asked the horses to perform the canter gait.
The application of chains, pads, and other so-called action devices sometimes used on Tennessee Walking Horses and other gaited horses to produce an exaggerated, so-called "big lick" gait have ...
the Tennessee Walking Horse breed. The sooner the "Big Lick" ends, the sooner the Tennessee Walking Horse breed will have a viable future, so it will no
The abusive practice is for the purpose of what is called the artificial "Big Lick" gait for which judges reward contestants highly with financial prizes, marketing opportunities and sponsorships. A "Big Lick" gait involves the show horse walking with an extreme and exaggerated manner; their legs moving with a steep overreach.
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