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You're right Heidi.  Its sad.  Rather than sound like a continual scrooge 
let me add that those that can breed a fine performance horse please do and 
thats usually the back yard breeders w/ the passion to produce good 
bloodstock.  Money is not everything, nor is it anything. ts
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Tom Sites" <goearth@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "ridecamp" <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 3:39 PM
Subject: RE: [SPAM] [RC] Why to Breed


> > The worst case i ever saw of 'Why to Breed" was a mare that was laying in 
> > a stall in a large breeding facility with sores over her body, her coat 
> > was depleting and mangy and she could not stand up to pee as her legs 
> > were maligned and disfigured and she had to lay in her own urine.
> >
> > I asked Why don't you put her down?
> >
> > The answer was simple.  She was valuable as an embryo transplant as at 
> > one time in her life she had been a good halter horse and had made a lot 
> > of money.  They kept her alive for her embryos.  She was not even in her 
> > 20's and she should have been put down because she suffered so much.
>
>
> Winning at halter is a form of "inspection."  And yep, this is where such 
> artificial agendas can lead.  Sad.  Very sad.
>
> Heidi


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