baxtersmom wrote:
I believe a problem with using sedatives for any schooling experience (show, trailering, etc) is that the horse is so zonked it can't LEARN while it's on it...

There was a book I loved as a kid... The Monday Horses... the girl in the book got hurt during a show, and then she found out the horse she was riding was doped up on strychnine...

Yeah, just imagine taking a doped up horse across country....as if it isnt dangerous enough on an alert horse! I wouldnt want to be impairing my horse's judgment or reflexes.