Mitt Romney sold a drugged horse

[Alabama Stakes]

Originally Posted by hoovesupsideyourhead

When you combine Xylazine or detomidine or romifidine with butorphenol, you get nice pain control and sedation. With no ataxia (stumbling, tripping, falling over.. how would you know...this does explain a few things..

wow, what a fargin cheapshot that was. "them's fightin words in my country. but we're not in my country." - Shemp Howard

[Riot]

It's sad that when you guys have nothing at all regarding the subject, some of you immediately resort to insulting and attacking the messenger

"Ad hominem - it's for losers"

I suggest you guys click on the Buzzfeed link, and read the actual testimony from the expert witness yourselves. It gets good about page 12-14, but you'll need the background.

This was clearly not dismissed as "there was no case".

The horse had documented severe low ringbone for years, was lame and injected for years, was known as lame, was not showing for some time at the time of sale.

The horse was drugged to help him pass a pre-purchase (the trainer probably added something on top of what the vet did), sold for $125,000 as an upper level dressage horse - a job he was physically unable to perform without drugs - and the pre-purchase vet didn't do due diligence to the purchaser, as his agency required - he worked for the Romney side.

This is the perfect example of why you always look a gift horse in the mouth and get second opinions. And you never, ever use only the seller's vet. This is a cheating owner, trainer and vet taking $125,000 from a purchaser to get rid of a useless, lame horse.

A purchaser who was smart enough to get a second opinion and catch them. And take them to court.

There is zero justification for this on Romney's behalf. It shows he is completely unethical in his business dealings, and worse, that he'll misuse an animal for money.