Watchmon - can anyone help this guy?

[largo1]

Just to clarify,,,,when I said "I'm sick of people throwing away spent racehorses like garbage", I wasn't suggesting Pompa did that to Watchmon. I don't know the story there. Probably Pompa thought Watchmon *was* going to a great retirement home with a vet tech. Unfortunately that doesn't seem to be the case. Since she is in the vet industry she, of all people, should have known that there is no such thing as a free horse. And also that it takes a lot of $$$ to stand a stallion. I'm just concerned for the horse. Having suppossedly turned down 5K for him, I doubt if she would be receptive to giving him away to someone who can assure him a forever home. Sheesh, I'd love to have him, but right now I couldn't even afford to take him for free. I'd have to shell out $$$ to transport him to Ohio and have him gelded immediately. I hope there is a happy ending awaiting.

[RolloTomasi]

Originally, the horse was donated to Cornell University. I'd imagine they'd have used him there as a blood donor or, since he's intact, as a teaching stallion. The article says he has a fused ankle as a result of the fracture, so he's not a candidate for becoming any sort of riding horse.

It's not clear what the circumstances were with her 'adopting' him, but I wonder if Cornell was willing to accept him, without her involvement, when Pompa first donated him.