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[–] 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

They are forced into submission through a process of violence and psychological torture their abusers call "breaking". They have also been selectively bred for docile traits.

Horses that resist this process and don't allow their owner to ride them will eventually be written off as being "unsound" and euthanized for whatever excuse they can diagnose them with.

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