Re: RC: Fw: Countess Shalamar rescued and for sale!

[Maureen Mathisen <blueoak@snowcrest.net>]

Michelle,

thank John for saving this beautiful mare.  I have done the same.  It is
so bad  that such wonderfully bred horses meet such cruel fates.  At
LEAST this one had her papers  with her so she had a "chance' of being
saved.  Some of the Arabian breeders send them without papers because
they don't want anyone to know they couldn't sell them for "big prices"
which I feel is the cruelest of all.  Then NO one knows.  At least you
were able to recognize and save this one.

Maureen

Michelle Rowe wrote:
> 
> Forwarded over to Ridecamp from the CTR alias incase anyone is interested...
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Brickson <brickson@delanet.com>
> To: <trailriding@cwa.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 1999 5:57 AM
> Subject: CTR: Countess Shalamar rescued and for sale!
> 
> > For sale to a good home!  in SE PA.  A *very* typey, beautiful, ten-year
> old
> > grey
> > Arabian mare, sound!  I was surprised my friend John quit bidding, but he
> > thought some other friend of his got the bid--but it was a killer
> > buyer--darn it....We were all shocked that the killer buyer paid so much!
> > ($685)   John
> > asked the guy how much he wanted, and it was $825.  What a shrewd man, and
> > later we discovered, compassionless.  He said he'd try and sell her at the
> > next sale (tomorrow, in another state) if she didn't cause any trouble,
> but
> > if she did, he'd knock her head off.  John bought her
> > anyway, and then paid $20 for a Coggins and $20 more to haul her (we
> hadn't
> > brought our trailer).  This mare is worth around $1500 to good competitive
> > trail or endurance riders.  Tell your trail-riding friends, quick.
> >
> > She looks like an *excellent* endurance prospect
> > to me, and she is in *very* good shape.  Her papers show her to be all
> > Al-Marah breeding, which is great Crabbet lines, and she *is* strikingly
> > beautiful and sturdy-looking despite her small height (14.2+H).  If you
> want
> > the pedigree, call me (number below) and I'll scan it in and e-mail it to
> > you.  I wish I had a functional camera.  She is pretty!  "  I'd like one
> > exactly like her, only a hand taller.
> >
> > Has anyone heard of such high prices for horsemeat?!
> >
> > John wants only what he put into her!  He will guarantee her, too, because
> > he loves Arabians.  He has too many horses, from old retired broodstock to
> > consignments from which he doesn't make money on--just does it because he
> > and his wife *really* love Arabians.  They don't breed any of their own
> > mares except maybe one or two a year (and this years' had a miscarriage).
> > Help this beautiful mare out!  Let John know if you need some other kind
> of
> > Arabian, or if you know of someone wanting one.  PMAHarley@aol.com
> >
> > There were a lot of people there.  Maybe it was the cooler weather that
> > brought them out finally!
> >
> > Jeff and Bridget Brickson
> >
> 
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