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12-07-2007, 11:27 AM
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Williamstown to Old Friends
http://breeding.bloodhorse.com/viewstory.asp?id=42370
Can someone explain to me how he came close to being euthanized? It said the insurance company had taken possession of him- I'm assuming he was insured against infertility, and when found infertile, in order to get the policy paid out the owners relinquished him to the insurance company, who then, having no use for a horse, were going to put him down? Is that likely what happened? (Props to the employee at the insurance company who took the time to make the call about him to Old Friends)
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12-08-2007, 08:40 AM
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We saw him there last week and he looks great!
Another forum has 7 pages of bickering as to the whys and wherefores of Williamstown's situation. It's nice to see what Michael and others have done at Old Friends. Well worth the visit. I had visited the previous locations in the past but the new setup is fantastic.
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12-08-2007, 11:17 AM
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12-08-2007, 11:31 AM
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i'd imagine the ins co put out feelers for a home for him, as it's not as tho they have facilities for horses. perhaps the question would be put better to the farm that filed the claim. after all, war emblem had a policy paid out on him, but the farm kept him after receiving the money. i'm guessing the farm in this case wasn't interested--and shame on them if my supposition is true. euthanizing him would probably have been the case had they found no one to take him--so to say 'coming close' doesn't necessarily mean he was being lead out the stall door when he received a last minute reprieve. but it sure adds drama to the story.
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12-08-2007, 11:53 AM
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http://thoroughbredchampions.com/for...?topic=21975.0
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"We are buried beneath the weight of information, which is being confused with knowledge; quantity is being confused with abundance and wealth with happiness. We are monkeys with money and guns. " ~ Tom Waits
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12-08-2007, 05:43 PM
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the farm that has war emblem has expressed interest in selling him. they're tired of trying.
but i don't know that anyone is interested, or interested enough to shell out the money. and of course both his previous owners are dead and buried, leaving only baffert as a connection to the horse state-side.
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12-08-2007, 05:45 PM
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Michael Blowen is right on top of the War Emblem situation.
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"We are buried beneath the weight of information, which is being confused with knowledge; quantity is being confused with abundance and wealth with happiness. We are monkeys with money and guns. " ~ Tom Waits
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