Tag: slaughter

Warning: Keep this in mind before you give away your horse

April 9, 2009.Reading time 3 minutes.

I received the email below from someone in my area. I’ve removed the names mentioned as I cannot personally confirm what’s said but the story is all too familiar. In fact, a little more than a year ago, a woman at my barn almost gave her pony to someone like this for a dollar (When […]

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When you have to give up your horse

March 18, 2008.Reading time 8 minutes.

For several years I’ve worked with CANTER New England, an organization that helps retiring racehorses find new jobs away from the track. In that environment, there’s always the worry that a horse will go to auction (and potentially to slaughter) if it is no longer competitive at the track. For many trainers it is a […]

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