Fw: Countess Shalamar rescued and for sale!

["Michelle Rowe" <michrowe@frontier.net>]

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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