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So sad people do things like this-Hope they are found.
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Those could have been freak events.
They never said how the stall chains looked, broken vs removed. Most event stalls aren't that solid to begin with so a determined horse could knock one down. We don't know the shape of the stall either.
The sick horse could have easily picked something up on the road. It happens.
Maybe someone did something, maybe not.
They never said how the stall chains looked, broken vs removed. Most event stalls aren't that solid to begin with so a determined horse could knock one down. We don't know the shape of the stall either.
The sick horse could have easily picked something up on the road. It happens.
Maybe someone did something, maybe not.
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Very troublesome. 
One thing I can't believe is that they don't have their own private security cameras on their horses at all times. They are cheap enough for the average joe to afford, why wouldn't he have one?
And another thing, why would he show a horse he suspects of being sick?
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One thing I can't believe is that they don't have their own private security cameras on their horses at all times. They are cheap enough for the average joe to afford, why wouldn't he have one?
And another thing, why would he show a horse he suspects of being sick?
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Slidestop- you are so right. We rent our property and our landlord hires out the mowing. More than once I've come home to see the mowing crew standing at the fence trying to coax my horses over. I set up my husbands trail cam in the barn just to see what is going on in there when I'm not home. So, there are plenty of inexpensive ways to keep an eye on your barn.Very troublesome.
One thing I can't believe is that they don't have their own private security cameras on their horses at all times. They are cheap enough for the average joe to afford, why wouldn't he have one?
And another thing, why would he show a horse he suspects of being sick?
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The story does sound kind of shady, but these things seem to happen a lot. Last year in my area we had a rash of "missing tails." Someone was going around the county cutting off the tails of competitive show horses. They never caught the people doing it.
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And especially this day in age! People tamper with others horses at lower level shows, heck it's even happened to people on the forum! Now the level his competing at id EXPECT there to be someone out there trying to sabatoge him. And if my horses wore worth 100,000 you'd bet I'd pay someone to stay awake all night and keep eyes on them.
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IT all sounds a bit suspicious to me. Horses step on nails all the time, doubt someone took the time to go in the stall at a horse show and then basically would have had to hammer it into the horses foot.
The sick one could have happened before he even got there, maybe he was already sick before he stepped into trailer to go to show. Horses get sick and colicky at shows all the time due to stress.
Funny, the rider has no comment? Sounds a little bit staged to me.
The sick one could have happened before he even got there, maybe he was already sick before he stepped into trailer to go to show. Horses get sick and colicky at shows all the time due to stress.
Funny, the rider has no comment? Sounds a little bit staged to me.
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I doubt There was deceit on the part of Andrea Fappani, as he is an International super star in reining.
He was riding customer horses, not his own, and most venues of this caliber have security guards, so if anything, the managers of the facilities were at fault,as there should have been a night watchman
Far as showing a horse with a slight temp, that would have been the joint decision of the vet and owner,and perhaps also the trainer.
A slight temp can result just from stress, and thus it can be a judgement call whether to still show a horse .
I would imagine, since the horses targeted were all being shown by Fappani,somebody had a personal grudge against him
I don't know of anyone that hauls their own security cameras around to show venues
Far as those owners, they are usually never seen near the barn itself, but are in the stands the next day to see their horse's run, or might not even be at the show, but back at home, managing whatever business that allows them to play at this level
He was riding customer horses, not his own, and most venues of this caliber have security guards, so if anything, the managers of the facilities were at fault,as there should have been a night watchman
Far as showing a horse with a slight temp, that would have been the joint decision of the vet and owner,and perhaps also the trainer.
A slight temp can result just from stress, and thus it can be a judgement call whether to still show a horse .
I would imagine, since the horses targeted were all being shown by Fappani,somebody had a personal grudge against him
I don't know of anyone that hauls their own security cameras around to show venues
Far as those owners, they are usually never seen near the barn itself, but are in the stands the next day to see their horse's run, or might not even be at the show, but back at home, managing whatever business that allows them to play at this level
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Not true
Many TBs are also run on days they are a bit off
These horses all have max immunizations, thus a slight temp is often just the result of stress, even just having been worked on a hot day in warm up
If every horse at every venue was pulled, having a slight temp, being a bit 'off', there would be a lot less horses being shown at this level.
It costs big bucks to get a horse trained to this level, then add entry fees, ect. Thus, many owners are un willing to pull a horse that has just a slight temp, and if the vet agrees,the horse gets shown
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