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[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

Hell, even during training there's a part called "breaking" the horse, which refers to breaking its will. Not sure if this is still done these days since the demand for horses is way down, but I can't see that being anything other than a form of torture for "problem" horses.