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training techniques used to develop a Tennessee walking horse’s
gait were cruel.
3. Advice From Others
Heidi Haskins, a friend of petitioners who raised horses,
recommended that they buy a broodmare in foal. Petitioners
bought two broodmares in foal in 1980. However, petitioners did
not have a plan for selling the colts born to those broodmares
and had difficulty selling them.
At a time not specified in the record, Mrs. Berry sought
advice from Ann Yeiser (Yeiser), who published a racking horse
magazine. Yeiser told Mrs. Berry that petitioners had received
bad advice on what broodmares to buy and that they needed a
better trainer. Yeiser suggested several trainers for
petitioners to use, including Joe Dan Carter (Carter).
Petitioners hired Carter to be their trainer in 1985.
Carter has been a professional horse trainer since 1976. He
bought a horse from petitioners, apparently in 1995 or later. On
a date not stated in the record, Carter told petitioners that
their horses would sell better if they bred famous Tennessee
walking horses. Carter sold one of petitioners’ horses for
$24,000 in 1996.
James Roberts (Roberts) is an analyst for the Tennessee Farm
Bureau Federation. Mrs. Berry met him in 1988 or 1989. Roberts
has shown racking horses since 1988. He was vice chairman of the
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