Do the inspectors just pass each others ponies regardless of their faults?
Emphatically, NO! This is patently untrue. Inspectors do not approve each others ponies regardless of their faults. Critics of the ACPS Inspection program are responsible for this rumor as they are afraid/resentful of the inspection process and have not had the opportunity–or taken the opportunity–to be a part of the years spent in developing the carefully considered procedures being used in today’s inspection process. Most Inspectors have bred or presented ponies which have not been approved. Inspectors are, perhaps, even harder on other Inspectors ponies, just to AVOID any appearance of impropriety.