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As the registry sees it, the auction house papers show proof of 
possesion not proof of ownership. We have contacted an attorney and are 
going to seek a "Quiet Title", we just need to figure out if we should 
file in our county or the previous owner's county where the animal abuse 
charges were filed. Hopefully this will be the end of a two year 
nightmare, either we get the papers or we don't, we'll just have to wait 
and see.

At the time of purchase this was strictly a rescue of a mistreated 
horse. I was not concerned about papers or anything else then - it was 
just impulse to save her from a bad situation. I didn't know if she was 
rideable or treatable, what I did know was that no animal deserved to be 
abused that way. She stayed in our "isolation" paddock for quite a while 
because we didn't know what she had been exposed to, if she would stay 
in the wire fenced pasture or if she could enter the mare's pasture 
without the strength and stamina for the pecking order.

We've bred and sold Arabs for years and have always considered the 
registration papers belong to the horse - not us. On a few occasions 
where we have sold a horse that was not registered, we always supplied 
the new owners with the foal/breeding forms so they were able to 
register the horse in the future if they wanted to. That's just the way 
we look at the situation - everyone's entitled to their own opinion on 
the subject.

We did change our minds about papers when we realized what her 
bloodlines were - this is a pure Polish, Pepton daughter, she was also a 
money earner on the track. It's just crazy to imagine someone dumping a 
mare of this caliber.

Thanks for all the input and support, I'll let you know how this all 
turns out.

Kari Hanes
Montalee Arabians
Holton, MI


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