I saw a gorgeous looking 3 year old Thoroughbred colt on a local rescue site, Need You Now Equine. They are a group of very awesome women who bail out as many horses as possible from an Ottawa sale barn that sells for slaughter meat, the meat is bought and sent to France apparently.
This colt originated from a group of thoroughbreds that were purchased or bred by Hooman Akbary... you know... the scum who immigrated (I am not racists by any means!!!) and propriated a business that failed hugely. He ended up abandoning the farm, horses and everything else, and to this day no one has been able to find him! Needless to say, these 41 horses, which included an imported stallion named Balthazaars Gift, mares, weanlings, yearlings etc, were all abandoned as well.
Story has it the bank hired another man to care for the horses until appropriate homes and finances were sorted out and he took the liberty of shipping the horses all out carelessly to other auctions.
This poor colt was purchased at 2 different auctions before ending up in Ottawa being purchased by the meat man. I can't fathom why?! He is lovely, correct and has an amazing pedigree! Plus he was a stallion. On top of all that, his personality is A++. I was very skeptical purchasing a stallion online site unseen, but the horse that arrived was well worth the suspense!!!
So far we have been spending time getting to know each other, he is not backed yet. He is destined to be my next event horse! And I am thrilled. Although we are headed the Teddo O'Connor or Charisma type size horse ;)
