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Please help get the great Seabiscuit on a U.S. stamp. It will take a few years, but, as it was when the Biscuit won the Hundred Grander at Santa Anita, it can be done. I am hoping that any attention we can bring to racehorses will help the general public understand what happens to these horses (and so many others) when no longer considered "valuable".... (slaughtered for human consumption overseas). Thank you!
This is Chase, also outbid from the same meat buyer this past October. He's a bay Quarter Horse gelding that rode in calm and collected. He was excellent with saddle and without but has what is called a "roached back". His back is somewhat humped, more of an undesired confirmation trait (blemish) than a problem. According to my vet she has seen quite a few horses with roached backs and they ride fine and go on to performance like any other horse. They just need proper padding under a saddle. Apparently this was Chase's second time through the auction. I found the owner and Chase has had 90 days of professional cutting and another 90 of professional reining. He's excellent with my 10 yr old daughter and is also very calm and well mannered. Hardly fit for human consumption (but then, what horse is?).
GOTCHA - Our newest addition just this month (June 2005), is a wonderful Arabian gelding. He's a retired trophy winning endurance race horse and had been rehomed with a very loving lady. However, with her financial situation and realizing he needed extra senior care she could no longer afford to keep him. Because of her great love for him she so wanted him to come here to prevent any opportunity of ending up at auction. He's a real sweetie and we're looking forward to giving him his "extreme makeover"!.
Here's Gotcha May 22, 2006, looking much better!
Axle - It's this sweet Arabian's eyes and tough spirit that I just could not put him down as suggested by a couple vets. In Nov/Dec 1993 (a tough winter) he severely injured his hind legs and went down, the owner assumed he was going to die and called the meatpackers. In Feb this year the owner sold the property and was shocked to find him standing, very skinny but alive. He gave him to a kind lady who's husband was very disappointed when she brought him home and allowed her only to feed him and told her they could not afford any medical help for him. He weighed a total of 400 lbs when we got him. Axle, named so because he has a "bad axle" (husband humor) has shocked the vets and farrier. He's doing incredible. His hock which I was told would always be huge and calcified is smaller and he is bearing weight now on all four legs (was told that would be impossible) and just recently had his feet trimmed, something else we were told that would be never accomplished without a sling. It's hard to believe that with all his abuse and neglect he can still trust and has love to give.
Update June 2005 - This past winter was very hard on Axle, even with a barn and blanket the cold really took its toll. So fortunately, a sanctuary in Southern Utah lovingly took him in where he can bask in the warm weather and not have to worry about the cold harsh winters of Park City. It was hard to watch him leave in that trailer but as they drove off he gave a reassuring whinny that he'll be ok!
This is SweetHeart. We just recently purchased her from a "killpen", just 36 hours away from a long cold trip to a Canadian slaughter plant for human consumption. We're not positive but she may be a Halflinger. She gentle, sweet and loves to be pampered.
Her flaxen tail is extremely long & thick and drags the ground, the mane was cut at one point but should grow back long too. She has a mild case of stringhalt (just like Bud) but other than that seems very healthy. She came from a loving family who probably had no idea what situation they put her in. We lucked out to be in an ugly place at the right time! We are SO happy to have her part of our family!
Update June 2005 - Sweetheart had a little trouble with the hilly ground around here so she is currently being fostered in a very doting home that has a nice flat pasture. She has several people that want to adopt her and I have no doubt she's going to have a very happy ending!
This is Snickers. He has a broken ankle (in simplest terms) and came from a breeder in Idaho. We wanted to make sure he found a good home because once the "cuteness" wears off he would become a prime candidate for the auction block.
Update June 2005 - Little Snick is now hitting his "teen" years and testing his limits. He is currently being fostered with someone who can devote the time & skills necessary to keep him on track -- and he's doing great. Still sweet as ever, even tho spunky!
And this is Snickers now!" 