Horse Soring Ban Postponed: Bureaucracy Lets Pained Ponies Wait Longer
Published Date: 1/28/2025
Rule
Summary
The government is delaying new horse protection rules that help stop soring at horse shows and sales. These rules, which train and approve people to spot soring, were set to start on February 1, 2025, but now won’t begin until April 2, 2025. This gives everyone more time to get ready without changing any costs or other details.
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60-Day Delay for Horse Protection Rules
If you run or manage a horse show, exhibition, sale, or auction, the new rules that let the agency screen, train, and authorize people to detect soring will not start on February 1, 2025 as planned. The start date is postponed 60 days to April 2, 2025 (Sec. 11.19 already went into effect on June 7, 2024), and this delay does not change costs or other rule details.
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