Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders and trainers use action devices and a process called soaring to achieve the big lick gate in to win large amounts of money in national and international horse shows for Tennessee walking horse. Current judging criteria in shows favors this extreme high step gate creating a demand for the trainers and breeders to produce it in order to win and thus stay in business. The only way to stop breeders and trainers from using soaring or action devices is to change the criteria judges use to decide who the winning horse is thus eliminating the demand. Judging criteria for the Tennessee walking horse needs to favor the natural gate only and make the high stepping or so called big lick gate a major fault that would cause the horse to lose the competition. Many of the judges in the shows are breeders or trainers themselves  and have millions of dollars invested in this animal cruelty practice. Write the horse association, the judges, sign this petition BAN THE BIG LICK