Fw: EQ-ResQ: VA arabians available--update

["Michelle Eddy" <meddy@rcvideo.com>]

Forwarding this with permission (I have not seen these horses)

Michelle Eddy
C & M Equine Rescue
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/9036/


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> From: Diane Barron <boggydog@webtv.net>
> To: equinerescue@MyList.net
> Subject: EQ-ResQ: VA arabians available--update
> Date: Wednesday, January 27, 1999 7:45 AM
> 
> Betti and the List:
> I DID see all of these horses...the man who owns them lives VERY well in
> a house that is a gorgeous Victorian fully restored to the nines...and
> yes, he switches the prices when you are there...What the situation is,
> is that he has bred himself into a hole...all the horses are small, fed
> and cared for poorly, every one of these horses has a serious
> conformational defect...they are not Varian bred...they are all INBRED
> to his one, skinny, sad  and old stallion and three mares that he had
> started out with ten years ago...in other words all the horses are VERY
> closely related, and one mare is a brother sister mating, bred back to
> her grandsire. This person just bred cheaply and he wants help from
> sympathetic rescuers to get out of his predictament. The girl that
> originally posted the request has pretty much bailed out of helping
> him...I expect that these horses will be sneeked into auctions one by
> one in undisclosed locations, anonymously as he can get slaughter prices
> on them...this is not uncommon...happens with a lot of
> breeders...Melissa just happened to stumble in on one of the many...if
> this man fed and cared for the horses properly and bred them
> discriminately, he would not have this situation...bottom line is that
> this man wants to be an Arabian breeder without paying the price...I
> will answer any questions about my visit...Diane
> 
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