SHAME ON YOU Anstu Stable

[Calzone Lord]

This thread doesn't interest me at all ... but Ibboyee has no chance as a stallion.

Obviously we can no longer joke about Turkey because they've bought a few real nice stallions lately ... but perhaps Ibboyee might be able to make it as a top 20 sire in Iraq or Sudan?

Kazakhstan could be stretching it.

[bare it all]

I don't see anything here where anyone slammed Pletcher. The only slam was on the owners for running him through a sale with no reserve, regardless of the prestige of the sale. For a horse that did so much for them - that's a shame and saying they have too many mouths to feed isn't an excuse. This fellow has been feeding all those mouths for a while.

I'm sure no one will argue that it's a good thing he had a soft landing with your involvement. You obviously are passionate about him and concerned for his welfare. Since you have deep involvement in the industry, you can no doubt appreciate that people would be concerned for this horse and the circumstances surrounding his auction and subsequent low price. Too many horses like this end up in less than desirable conditions.

I apologize for repeating a "nice" possible outcome of him being hunt/jump trained. That info came from reading on another board that someone supposedly familiar with the buyer had said the horse would be retrained for those purposes. Didn't realize that was such a horrible thing to share...

[Dahoss]

Originally Posted by bare it all

I don't see anything here where anyone slammed Pletcher. The only slam was on the owners for running him through a sale with no reserve, regardless of the prestige of the sale. For a horse that did so much for them - that's a shame and saying they have too many mouths to feed isn't an excuse. This fellow has been feeding all those mouths for a while.

I'm sure no one will argue that it's a good thing he had a soft landing with your involvement. You obviously are passionate about him and concerned for his welfare. Since you have deep involvement in the industry, you can no doubt appreciate that people would be concerned for this horse and the circumstances surrounding his auction and subsequent low price. Too many horses like this end up in less than desirable conditions.

I apologize for repeating a "nice" possible outcome of him being hunt/jump trained. That info came from reading on another board that someone supposedly familiar with the buyer had said the horse would be retrained for those purposes. Didn't realize that was such a horrible thing to share...

No one slammed Pletcher and you have nothing to apologize for.