not so in my oppion there is some who go for the money and then you got people who care but race the horse if they want to and they look forward to it but these people take alot of time for getting repect and the horse will do his/her best to make the ownner happy...look at mr. miller with big ben...thaat horse had heart but it was mr. miller who did alot of easy work to get him to work properly. and yet he (ben) hated when the horse taller left with out him. so not all people are nasty to there horses....i am a jumper and i would never hurt a horse no one does.