Talk:Halter (horse show)

Someone more familiar with Wikicode please fix the multiple Wikilinks in the text that are non-working. Additionally, I'd like to see a "controversies" section -- assuming there are any. I swear I've heard murmurs of situations similar to those you might run into at WP competitions, with the drugs, abuse, etc. There also needs to be a new photo to replace the Arabian one. What is the point of a picture if you have to add the qualifier "but he's doing it wrong"? That doesn't show the reader what halter *is*, it just shows what it's *not*. Halter experts, get to work! ;) -jett

I can't find any free use images where they ARE doing it right! The quarter horse is not stood up properly, either. If you find one, be my guest and add it! I also have no clue what wikilinks are "non-working," I see no red links in the current text. Please advise. If there is a misdriected link, it isn't that difficult to do a search and find the right article. Oh, and even if you don't have a login name, it's polite "wikiquette" to sign your IP by typing four tildes like this: ~  Montanabw 19:05, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

As for controversies, boy...every breed has its own, and they are all different. Without writing a book, got any suggestions for describing "generic" controversies (breed controversies should go into the individual breed articles)? I mean, most controversies basically seem to stem from halter judges and exhibitors forgetting that horss are meant to be ridden and judges starting to place freakish extremes, but the variations, especially when you go worldwide, are extensive... Montanabw 19:10, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

Controversy?
This article absolutely should include a section on the controversy surrounding the (AFAIK) mainly QH and Arabian relevant phenomenon of breeding, showing, and rewarding horses exclusively for the halter ring, leading to ridiculously unsound conformations and so called champions whose dinky hooves and fencepost hinds and giraffe necks would impede if not prevent any actual use. I for one will not touch this issue with a long stick on this platform due to personal reasons and local Wikipedian culture, but this issue should not be ignored in the article. --Pitke (talk) 10:51, 7 April 2019 (UTC)