But walking horse industry officials counter ... and can’t be manipulated by friendly inspectors to allow horses to show that shouldn’t, or radical activist inspectors who want to disqualify ...

A federal district court in Amarillo delivered a split ruling on a lawsuit filed by the horse industry and two horse owners from Texas.

This most often occurs at smaller shows, but also happens at the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration (the largest competition for the breed and the main plaintiff in the recent court case).