DT Member Makes a difference
 

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: