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These are also the same people that won't give a dime to help a horse who is suffering. So wrong.

@@BoMericHorseRescue Right!

The sale of elite stock does not eliminate the availability of economical stock. There were a few who sold for six figures at this sale and quite a lot who sold for three figures or very low four figures and if a person cannot afford that, they cannot afford to feed these horses. There were also plenty in between the extremes for those with needs that fall between showing a winning hitch and rescuing one that would otherwise be feedlot bound. The old saying that the purchase price is the cheapest part is usually true. Horses are expensive and labor intensive on a daily basis and the failure to recognize, respect and commit to that is a far greater cause of equine suffering than the ability of a few to throw down considerable resources for the horses of their choosing.

@@GoodPonies I am in my 62nd year of working with horses and am well aware of what you write, I still think these exorbitant prices are going in the wrong direction. They mislead breeders to breed these kind of (non) draft horses in the hope for big money and thereby adulterate the draft horse, not only to the detriment of a solid conformation ,but also affect disposition negatively.

Congratulations, 62 years is a long time, get yourself a cookie! Some breeders will certainly follow the money and breed to what's selling well - that's one way to survive in the horse business. Others will breed to traditional standards, form to function for service and still others have independent agendas. Every breed in North America has evolved or been bastardized (depending on one's perspective) by selective breeding throughout the past several decades. That's what people do. There are folks on a mission to preserve the traditional draft horses and I think that's great and wish them well but I also think it's great when a sale has a record number sold for six figures! It's just not cool to go beating up anybody who's out there doing what they believe in, making something happen and contributing to the currently precarious horse industry.

@@melaniehoyt7607 They cut them off which is just absolutely cruel and inhumane. Horses need their tails to protect them from flies and so many other things. Really, really sad and hopefully will be outlawed soon

Andy White

Way too much money for a horse like that what are you going to do with me just a darn gilding can't even reproduce prices are crazy they should never be that high for a

I thought so too ! If you have that kind of money to spend on a horse, that isn't a race or other high buck competition horse, why not get a mare ir stallion ???

Is this an Amish sale? He'll be looking like an old beat plow horse in a year. He is a beauty though.

Wow

Man is his tail totally docked???! Can’t even swipe a fly off his back!😞 What a beautiful horse though!

CNN stuck in her face all the time is aggravating I know why they're doing it it's still aggravating it's too close to her eyes and you're right they doctor tail I thought most of the docking of tales was stopped I know there's there was a petition to stop the Clydesdales tales from being docked I think it went through I hope so

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