ABC News Investigations of the Year: Fighting Cruelty to Horses

This week, the Blotter is reprising five different Brian Ross Unit investigations that made a difference in 2012. Today: The ugly truth behind high-stepping horses. Tennessee Walking Horses are famed for their high-stepping gait, and the horses that step highest earn top marks from judges at the Walking Horse Celebration, a championship held each year in Shelbyville, Tennessee. But an ABC News investigation found that large numbers of the horses have been tortured and beaten to produce that...Full Story