Subject: [againstslaughter] Re: Horse slaughtering
deeply divides racing, breeding community
"A good horse doesn't go to slaughter," said Kiehl, 69.
"A killer buyer can't afford a good horse. The horses that go are $300
horses; they all have problems. They don't ride good. They aren't sound. They
have physical problems, and they have mental problems."
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Now is a good time to update everyone on the TB colt I saved from killer buyer
Jones last year.
Three trainers from a local hunter-jumper barn came to look at M'Pulse a couple
of months ago. They handled him, then turned him loose to watch him move.
When he broke into his high stepping, floating trot, they looked at each other
in amazement and knew he was something special. They saw potential.
They also fell in love with his sweet, babyish personality. They
immediately made me an offer to buy him, with the intention of training him in
dressage, and hunter-
jumper.
He is completely sound and has never had one sick day.
His new home is a top notch barn where he is treated like royalty, and lives a
pampered life of luxury. He gets tons of attention from all the girls that
take lessons there.
The barn is only a couple of miles from my house, so I can see him whenever I
want.
A very happy ending for a $190.00 horse who narrowly escaped being loaded for
slaughter.