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MISSING HORSE! PLEASE READ, FLORIDA COTHERS! SPREAD THE WORD!

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    MISSING HORSE! PLEASE READ, FLORIDA COTHERS! SPREAD THE WORD!

    I am crossposting this for someone. I don't know the person personally, but the story is heartbreaking. Florida COTHers, please spread the word!

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    Hoping you can help bring my boy home to his family. My 12yo bay Arabian Gelding, Luke, has been sold/given away without my consent or knowledge by the caretaker with whom I left him with in June while I transferred my family North. Arrangements had been made for him to be shipped up in March of 2011, which the caretaker was fully cognizant of when she sold this horse.

    He was picked up on Sunday, Dec 26, from the property he has been boarded on for the past few years. All I know about the people who picked him up is that they have a 9yo daughter and the mother may or may not work for a vet. He is in the Tallahassee, FL area somewhere- he was boarded in Monticello, FL.

    I am willing to purchase my horse back from these people- they are innocent victims in this matter. Luke is not suitable for a child to ride without supervision, or for inexperienced horse owners, and I don't know anything about the people who got him. I want to find him before he hurts someone or is hurt himself. He is headshy, and can be very aggressive and pushy. He does not like men, and is notoriously bad for farriers and vets.

    Luke is a 14.1hh bright bay, with a white star and two rear socks. He has a bulge on the left side of his face (if you are facing him). His mane may or may not be patchy or roached- recent reports said he looked like he had been rubbing on the fence. He has not had a farrier visit since August (the last time I was there to see and care for him), and is due to be wormed. He also doesn't have a valid Coggins and is behind on shots (caretaker refused to unlock property for the vet and meet him).

    PLEASE HELP ME FIND HIM! I found out on Tuesday, 12/28 via Facebook that he had been sold/given away. The person I left him with has been completely uncooperative with both me and the Sherriff's Department about where he is.

    Linked images are from early 2010, and show him in his winter coat. You can direct link those images into any forum.

    http://postimage.org/image/21keofsro/

    http://postimage.org/image/jinop0ro/

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    Best contact:

    Gabrielle Thompson - 407 927 4168

    Call anytime of day or night- I will answer!

    Email: renee.blaine@hotmail.com

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    Tell a Gelding. Ask a Stallion. Discuss it with a Mare... Pray if it's a Pony!
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    Also list him on www.netposse.com.
    "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." Albert Einstein

    http://s1098.photobucket.com/albums/...2011%20Photos/

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      #3
      Originally posted by Chief2 View Post
      Also list him on www.netposse.com.
      I think the owner's in the process of doing that as we speak.
      Tell a Gelding. Ask a Stallion. Discuss it with a Mare... Pray if it's a Pony!

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      • #4
        Please share it on Facebook as well - so sorry to hear this happened.
        The problem with political jokes is that they get elected.
        H. Cate

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          Originally posted by JGHIRETIRE View Post
          Please share it on Facebook as well - so sorry to hear this happened.
          Great idea, passed that onto the owner so she could hopefully make a FB group!
          Tell a Gelding. Ask a Stallion. Discuss it with a Mare... Pray if it's a Pony!

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          • #6
            It's great how things travel around on FB - especially things like this.
            The problem with political jokes is that they get elected.
            H. Cate

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            • #7
              Contact Marsha Sapp at Southern Oaks Equestrian Center, she is in Tallahassee and knows lots of people in the area. She is super super nice too.
              Check us out on Facebook at EVER AFTER FARM

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              • #8
                What an awful situation. I cannot believe that the legal system is not able to help out more (forcing the caretaker to release the information, etc).

                I pray that this woman finds Luke.
                ~~~~~~~~~

                Member of the ILMD[FN]HP Clique, The Florida Clique, OMGiH I loff my mares, and the Bareback Riders clique!

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                  Originally posted by everafterfarm View Post
                  Contact Marsha Sapp at Southern Oaks Equestrian Center, she is in Tallahassee and knows lots of people in the area. She is super super nice too.
                  Forwarded this message to the owner, thanks.
                  Tell a Gelding. Ask a Stallion. Discuss it with a Mare... Pray if it's a Pony!

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                  • #10
                    Also cross-post on the FlaHorse bb, as it may reach more Florida horse people that way.
                    There are friends and faces that may be forgotten, but there are horses that never will be. - Andy Adams

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                      Originally posted by MunchkinsMom View Post
                      Also cross-post on the FlaHorse bb, as it may reach more Florida horse people that way.
                      Do you have a site address for that board? I'll pass it along!
                      Tell a Gelding. Ask a Stallion. Discuss it with a Mare... Pray if it's a Pony!

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by MunchkinsMom View Post
                        Also cross-post on the FlaHorse bb, as it may reach more Florida horse people that way.
                        Also at www.Wellington-WEF.com for more visibility.

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                        • #13
                          You could also call some of the area vets and farriers. Just a thought but, if the mom works for a vet [as speculated] maybe by putting the word out it may get to her.
                          Speak kind words,receive kind echos

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