Tennessee walking horse disaster

In Tennessee they have walking horse tournaments that many people enter. Jackie Mconnell a big name in these tournaments would train horses and win a lot. However it was found out that he would abuse his horses and leave them extremely hurt. It was also found that many other people do this in order just to have a ribbon
Reflection—I found this to be horrible and completely disgusting. How could these people go on acting like this is nothing. I believe that they should stop all the tournaments till this problem is resolved.