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Originally Posted by brianwspencer
don't get me wrong, i'm hardly an advocate of running unsound horses looking for money or the sort of dishonesty that goes on in the claiming game as far as trying to get a broken horse off your hands before its too late.
i was mostly just sort of playing it out in regards to how it would affect the owners too -- and not just the greedy ones trying to run for a check, but maybe an owner who has a horse with some physical infirmities but who legitimately wants to get unload it...and allowing everyone to get a really close look before decided they don't want it -- when without an inspection, they may take a stab at it. it could go both ways it seems.
but i don't know a damn thing about the reality of it outside of some Portland conversations with the trainer and exercise rider, so I'm hardly saying I know what I'm talking about here, just sort of talking out the reality vs. the ideal.
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but if they really want to be rid of the horse they can 'unload' it to a rescue group and take the tax write off...YES i understand that it may be for a very limited amount of money...but they no longer have to pay the bills on it...so in the end if they are running a "broken" horse to try to unload it then it really is all about the money...cause they are hoping that either someone puts a claim in or the horse hits the board...