AdvertisementMaking Sure Those Walking Horses Aren't Hurting HorsesAugust 30, 2014Blake FarmerfacebookEmailTrainer Jimmy McConnell of Shelbyville, Tenn., rides champion walking horse Watch It Now before a 2009 football game in Knoxville, Tenn. Celebrations of the breed's distinctive gait are a 75-year-old tradition, but animal rights activists say that for many of those decades, the walking horse industry has abused animals to get their knees even higher. (AP)