Read the NRHA Welfare Statement, and it all sounds wonderful, but dig a little deeper, and all is not as they say

Interesting: 

Drugs & Medications – NRHA does not condone the use of any drugs, chemicals or foreign substances to alter their performance. NRHA supports the use of necessary treatments for the health and well-being of the horse, but does not condone the use of performance-altering substances in competition.

Romifidine (or Sedivet) is an approved drug for use – and confirmed by 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 (𝐀𝐀𝐄𝐏) as a drug that alters performance.

Meanwhile, members expose the cruelty and what horses are subjected to behind the shining lights of show pens.