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YIKES!! - I rarely post, and I don't care if Isabelle is rich or not, but the idea of all lawyers raking in the big bucks and having lots of time to ride horses is just too funny :lol: :lol: :lol:
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I don't want to get into a debate. To do so I would have to watch the video a fourth time, and I won't subject myself to that. I think, though, you should watch it just once before reaching...

I also watched the interview and, in all honesty, thought he sounded reasonable and clear-headed and charming. I wish those who have seen him and say he is "not quite right" can explain what they...

Well, FHC, I looked at your website. If all the US breeders were like you, I'd take back everything I wrote above :winkgrin: I'm glad you understand buyers shouldn't have to guess or negotiate...

Yes, doctors do "clear" patients. They do so in worker's comp cases. I know flight controllers need to get medical clearances. Professional and college athletes do too. Doctors can't give...

I also have doubts that Darren has been "cleared" to compete five horses. If Darren is "imagining" that he was, I don't think his doctors are ethically permitted to come out and contradict him.
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Some clarifications. (1) It isn't that difficult to get 501(c)(3) status if you meet the criteria and follow the guidelines. I've done it twice for start-up non profits. Both got it in 3-4 months....

I picked the $35,000 figure b/c that's the price of a horse I'm looking at, 4 y/o, good bloodlines for dressage. I don't want to give too much detail. Lets just say it's at a great place with 6...

Well, I do agree with Oldenburg Mom that breeding does matter ;) - a lot - especially for dressage and top jumpers. But to me "you can't ride the papers" means when you are buying a baby you are...

How richly ironic! OP starts provocatively-titled thread asking why buyers & sellers don't hook up. OP gets inputs from buyers. OP says "tough."

This thread is an eye-opener. Here's my honest opinion, and I'm sorry if it offends anyone.

Horse selling in Europe is very professional. In the US, not so much so :no: I can't believe some of...

Your hubby sounds smart. When my horse started having problems with the Tri-Hist, a friend who works in a human ER told me that one of the first things they look at when patients come in with...

Me too. I had written a long post but then decided to respond to Suzanne privately. I had already asked Suzanne for the names of the people she claims will verify her story. She gave me two...

Suzanne, the "WV rescue" is just a side note in this. Why so you keep bringing it up like a dog digging up a bone :lol: ?

Relax. I think you underestimate the intelligence and research skills...

Whoa, please! Don't turn on each other.

Suzanne - I don't why you have defended Celeita and Crossed Sabers in the past but I'll give you the benefit of the doubt.

I bet most people on...

Yikes, if what I'm reading on Google is corect, this is scary. Maybe it's a drug-related kidnapping. Maybe the drug dealers Spinks ratted on are angry. I hope poor Capone doesn't end up like the...

Thomas doesn't have the whole truth. . .no one does ;) . . .but he has made some good common sense points. Why all the hostility to his point of view?

One thing in particular I agree with. ...

Actually, that's not exactly what the autopsy report said. It said Eight Belles did not have any banned substances in her system at the time of the race. Neither did Big Brown.



Sorry to be...

A couple of relatively straightforward questions:

(1) Have they eliminated the possibility that there was a pulmonary hemorrhage?

(2) One of the early news reports said the necropsy showed...

Thank you, Moderaror :winkgrin:! Now everyone can be on the same page.

I have a notoriously unreliable mailperson, but what I like about COTH subscriptions is that you can read it on line :D

Sometimes people will get it right, and sometimes they won't. Riders should assume responsibility, but we should accept that good people make mistakes. I cannot believe none of you have never made...

I just posted on another thread that we sould stop second-guessing and pointing fingers at riders, but I also agree that it is ultimately the rider's responsibility. Certainly it's the rider's...

To speculate that these accidents (deaths) are caused by Adequan or other drugs is quite as silly as to blame it on the short format or Captain Mark Phillips ;) It is always a good idea to keep an...

Austin - I was just going to respond to you. Adequan (polysulfated glycosaminoglycan) is related to the blood-thinner Heparin and thought to possibly have some of the same side effects. So what...

I am somewhat amused by the title of this thread. Do you want an "intelligent" thread or one where others agree with you? I'm not asking to be snarky (honest) but because this is a topic where...