PREPARE
YOUR
ANUS
ANIMAL CRUELTY KNOWS NO
BOUNDS. LEAVE THE POOR
HORSES ALONE!
By Keziah Conroy
G
inger was used as a horse suppository by pre-
World War I mounted regiments for gingering.
This is the practice of encouraging a
horse to carry its tail high or to move in a lively fashion, by
applying an irritant, such as raw ginger, to its anus or
vagina. Onion, pepper, tobacco or a live eel were also used.
The modern practice uses a medical paste which contains
gingerols, the stuff of dreams, which is so good for us and
one reason to eat more ginger. Such a horse-paste costs
only $8.95 at www.bigdweb.com, and a reviewer notes that
the product is also suitable for use on dogs at dog shows.
Fuck crufts.
For horse shows, the desired traits of some breeds are, in
fact, similar to those produced by gingering. However,
nearly all horse show sanctioning organizations in the USA
explicitly forbid gingering and have the authority to
disqualify a horse treated in this way. While some areas
may be less than rigorous about enforcing the rule, tests
such as "ginger swabbing" may be done to detect the
presence of ginger in the anus. While it is not entirely
reliable, concerns of being detected by anal tests has led
to some horse handlers placing the irritant in the vagina if
the horse is a mare. This is even crueler, because vaginas
are more sensitive to spicy ginger than anuses.
Historically the process of gingering, the purpose of which
was often to make an older horse behave like one that was
younger, or to temporarily liven up a sick or weakened