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Shannon..aka South Beach Luv and his wife did a remarkable thing to save an otherwise random 9 y old mare. It got a lot of attention on the Barn To Wire site but deserves more and thanks to Marcus from DRF it did..read and enjoy..

http://www.drf.com/news/retired-race...find-mare-home

Thanks for posting this.

Well done, you guys :tro::{>:

That's pretty special.:{>::{>:

fantastic story! many :tro:'s to the south beach couple.

Well done indeed. Thanks for sharing Bob. :tro:

What a sweet story! So many want to help save them, so many need to be saved. The Carpenters made it happen. Well done.
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Thanks for sharing Bob. She is a real sweetheart of a horse which made the whole thing even better. She isn't moving but 35 mins away and we are welcome to visit anytime so that is great too.

great job.. woodstock ill home of the blue streaks !!

Great job SB! :tro:

Is it wrong for me to want to punch Baird in the face for charging $1000 for that horse?

No CS. Maybe someone will slap his face.

FTFY...and no it's not wrong.

Supposedly that was what his guy in Thistledown was going to pay him, if he even exists.

We had no direct contact with him throughout the whole process, everything went through the other trainer there, including as the story mentioned the day my wife paid for her.

In the end though, the $ wasn't a big deal and he did keep his word on giving us first dibs on buying her.

Thanks man, obviously I didn't post those plays from the story in the selections forum, otherwise they would have been losers :D

You and your wife are really, really amazing.

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Much respect SB, amazing thing that you and your wife did here. If every player who won money on a horse did the same there would not be a problem.

It amazes me that owners could do this. Thank you for exposing to the racing community what a piece of garbage Baird is. Wonder if he has enough of a conscience to make sure he never gets exposed as a heartless j***off like this again. You saved one horse directly but probably many more indirectly.

Nice story about you and your wife, SBL.

Very cool :tro:

Thanks all.

Her next to last race she almost finished fourth, there was a photo for it, it was the first and probably last time I will ever want to lose one.

Awesome story. Great job Shannon and Heidi. :tro:

So happy for her and for you guys. You did a wonderful thing. :tro:

Sweet, wonderful story. :tro: Congratulations and thanks to Heidi & Shannon for taking on the responsibility and ensuring Oil Money's Dream a second career. Nicely told by Marcus.

First thought that came to my mind too...Thank you SBL and to your wife for caring...

Great story................thanks.

Thanks all!

Here's a couple pictures of her.

Coming back from WV



In Woodstock

Just an awesome story. Not much else to say.

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Beautiful story :tro: Great job SBL and Heidi!

That is so great. It was really cool of you and your wife to to do that, Oil Money's Dream is lucky to have had a couple of fans like you...nice going Heidi and Shannon.

What you did was really great. It just pisses me off when these guys take money from people that could be used to care for the horse. While I also understand that when you "give" a horse away there is always the threat that someone will profit by just flipping them to the meat market getting $1000 for a complete liability (earning nothing but still eating whatever meager feed they were giving her) is not exactly ok

That was awesome!! Thank you for caring and going above and beyond, may Karma reward you both!!

Very nice story. Wonderful gesture by you and your wife.

Just when I thought this thread couldn't get any better, you went and posted those...

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You obviously know a lot more about this scenario than me, what do you think should have happened then? A couple hundred dollars? We are not or never did complain about the 1k purchase price, but like you said that $ could have went towards the horse instead of in Baird's pocket.

And thanks to everyone else. My wife just left to take her to her new home.

change your Avatar in show of support !!great job again.

Haha nice :tro:

You're from the area right? If you are going to be at the Million let me know.

Those pictures are awesome! Thanks. What a great personality she shows! What a kind face in her lovely new halter. I just LOVE the picture of her in the paddock, and sticking her inquisitive head out of the trailer ... :tro: :D

One life at a time :tro: :{>:

Great respect for you and the wife. You guys are truly champs! :tro:

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she is lovely, just lovely. you guys did a good thing, a great thing! a million props to you.

done!!