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[RC] setting the record straight - Steph Teeter

I feel I need to respond to the comment on Peter Toft. When people get named and associated with bad stuff on this list I get concerned - this is a very wide spread, widely read, forum, and the damage that can be done to an individual, guilty or not, is significant, and serious.

I know Peter Toft fairly well and have great respect for him. He's very professional and very hard working and his business is horses - breeding, competing, buying, selling, campaigning, etc. The ranch in Sabah was the site of the first Endurance rides in Malaysia - in the 1990's. The Tofts and others sold horses to this ranch, and rode there as well. That was MANY YEARS AGO and the ranch is no longer active in Endurance, other than to ship a few horses over to the mainland for Endurance events. I'm aware of 3 times in the past 4 years that horses were supplied from the Sabah ranch. They have not bought horses in years and do not have an active Endurance program any more. Peter is still selling horses to the Malaysians - but they are high dollar horses going to top competitors (Ar Raudah, Royal Stables, etc). These horse are extremely well taken care of.

The current situation in Sabah has nothing to do with the Tofts, or the rest of Endurance in Malaysia. Unfortunately the awful photos and second and third hand information that is being posted do not make that distinction.

Steph





On Aug 11, 2007, at 7:22 PM, rides2far@xxxxxxxx wrote:


The Aussies are amazed the Amerikans don't find this a big deal.
I have photos of a horse that someone said they never seen a horse
that skinny and when i post to RC that i have them how many
responses do i get?  1

Tom, I think you're being a little hard on RC. You posted links to the
sites when you made your original post, so there really wasn't a reason
for them to have to reply to you personally to go see the photos as I
did, and I'm sure many of them did. It was sickening, and soo sad. It's
one thing to see starved horses (bad enough) but to see a horse that you
can *tell* was an excellent endurance horse before starvation really hits
home. I couldn't quit thinking about that bay. If anyone on the Aussie
list can figure out who that horse is I think he could be the poster
child to raise awareness.

As for the Aussies...They seem to be closer to the situation. Apparently
they have sold quite a few horses to Malaysia and considered it a viable
market. Maybe I'm just out of the loop, but I've never heard of any
American horse going to Malaysia so who can we mobilize to stop anyone
from selling to them?

I would think that this situation has done Peter Toft's reputation no
good to be listed as that stable's official trainer and if he's got an
excuse for that he should put it out there and defend his reputation.

Oh yeah, and lest people think I grossly exaggerated how much I was
offered for Kaboot...a year's salary for me back then wasn't what most of
your "year's salary" would be. >g< However, it was a good chunk. I'll
admit there's been times when I wondered if I did the right thing, but
after those photos I will NEVER doubt that decision again.

I would guess that many countries planned to lease horses in Malaysia for
the WEC. I'm sure not all 70 horses on this farm look like the ones in
the photos. My guess is there's the elite "competition" string and the
ones who become lame or for whatever reason cannot compete any more end
up on the "starve them down to the point that tourists can handle them"
string. I think word needs to go out to any country considering leasing
to see that they boycott that farm.

Angie



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