It's great that you got to Lexington a few days early. I'm from Dallas, and I absolutely just love the Bluegrass area of Kentucky. I've been there several times and have toured a lot of the major horse farms. I've never flown into the Lexington airport before. It is indeed smaller. I used to fly into Louisville or Cincinnati and then drive to Lexington just because the flights were direct and the airfare a lot less. The Cincinnati airport is actually across the river on the Kentucky side. What you were seeing there was the largest Thoroughbred Yearling sale in the world. This sale will go on for at least two weeks, and I think you were there on Day 3. I watched the videos of the horses that brought over a million dollars on Keeneland's YT channel and then read about them on The Bloodhorse website on Wednesday. Incidentally, you happened to catch on video one of the biggest buyers of horses during these first three days. The man who walked in at 12:08 and then sat down at 12.13 wearing a light-colored plaid shirt and jeans with the partially bald head is Douglas Scharbauer, owner of Valor Farm in Pilot Point, TX, which is about an hour north of Dallas. It is the nicest Thoroughbred farm in Texas, and I visited it many years ago. The reason I knew that was him is because The Bloodhorse published a photograph of him on Wednesday and wrote an article about him. The two men sitting to his left were his current farm manager and the prior one that retired two years ago. They helped him select the horses that he bought. On that day he bought four horses total, including two fillies by leading sire Gun Runner, including the co-session-topper Hip695 for $1,050,000. He also bought two other Gun Runner fillies on Day 1, one of which sold for $1.5 million. During these first three days, he purchased a total of six horses, four of which are the fillies by Gun Runner, which is what caught the eye of the reporter from The Bloodhorse who interviewed him. His parents bought and raced 1987 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner Alysheba, which was the Eclipse Champion Three Year-Old Colt that year and Champion Older Horse and Horse of the Year in 1988. (I later saw this horse and his nemisis Bet Twice who beat him out of a Triple Crown in the Belmont when they were both standing at stud at Lane's End Farm in KY.) Mr. Scharbauer's maternal grandfather also had a Kentucky Derby winner in the 1950's, so he's a third generation horseman. Sorry for the long post. I just thought that was interesting for the short while you were there you just happened to video one of the biggest buyers at that sale. Of all the articles in The Bloodhorse so far he was the only photograph they have shown of one of the buyers sitting in there, and of course the only one whose farm I've actually visited to see their stallions. I've never met him but did meet his farm manager and talked with him over the phone about breeding a mare there in the past. I was a small-time Thoroughbred owner and breeder for a while, but it's been over twenty years ago, and I have actually rescued OTTB's as well. Be sure to visit the museum, the Parade of Breeds Show and the Hall of Champions Show while you're at the Kentucky Horse Park. They're not to be missed. I look forward to seeing your other videos later in the week at the Mustang show. Have fun!
I don't think you ought to apologize for your post! I read every word of it, and was fascinated! Plus---you just gave Britta a great set of references for what she caught on camera.
Rescued 3 OTTBs, my current one is 25 and was only raced a handful of times. Sunny is still a spitfire but I love him. Never had a mustang but I am fascinated by your channel, thanks for taking us on these journeys, it’s fun to watch! Keep up the rewarding work and you’re a great person/rider! 😁
My horse was bought off the Caliente track with an injury. My riding instructor bought him. I walked him on a lead for almost a year while he healed, then graduated to lungeing, then finally I was able to ride him. When my trainer decided to sell him, no one told me. I came out to exercise him and he was gone. Apparently, everyone knew but me. I found out who he sold him to and went to them to see if they'd sell him to me. I had been saving all my lunch money, babysitting money, odd job money from the time I was in first grade, and that's what I bought him with. That crazy cryptorchid giant, who thought he was a lap dog, saved me. I am not a fan of horse racing. I lived next to the Del Mar track for a while, and saw and heard too much. And unfortunately I've seen several horses, young horses, have to be euthanized on the track.
What a story! To come to walk him and he’s gone. Something similar happened to e as a kid but I wasn’t as lucky (sounds like you managed to buy him off the new owner?!!) as for living by the track and seeing the worst of it, so hard to bear. These experiences make caring horse people. The negative treatment of horses has led me to a passion for rescue and horse centered training - though I live vicariously through you tube videos. Curious if this will lead horses back into my life somehow. Best to you.
Welcome to Kentucky! I hope I get to see you at the Horse Park this weekend (also if you have an open evening my husband I would love to take you to dinner!)
@@sherriewatson4532 Two Sunnys and my OTTB was Happy, because both he and I were happy when I got him....The folks who bought him had a riding school for kids, so they understood my (14 yr. old) heartbreak when I got to the where my trainer kept him and he was gone,. They were kind people. When for various reasons I had to re-home him, he went back to their riding school where he could be dotted on by horse crazy little girls like I was(and will always be). Weren't we lucky to get to love some great horses!
You are in my neck of the woods. I am an owner/breeder of Thoroughbred race horses here in Kentucky. You mentioned racing was not for you. I hope you have not had a bad experience with racing. I’ve had a few, but I still love the game. Enjoy your time in Kentucky.
Girl, you are practically in my backyard! lol! (Not really, I live in Ohio---but I know where Keeneland is, as well as the airport, obviously) Thank you for the Covert Peek into high stakes Thoroughbred Auction action. It was interesting to see, as a one-off. Why not? And I agree, there are lots of "reclaimed" racehorses that get rescued and retrained for eventing and so forth. Kentucky has a huge span between areas with money, like the horsey set of people you are witnessing----and then the utterly desperate and barely scraping by folks.
All that big money and then we see those beautiful horses literally thrown away into the auction pipelines. Like you I am not a fan of the racing industry. It was a very interesting video! Thank you for sharing your experience there. It definitely brought up some feelings!
OMG, that auction was a mad house! The horses were beautiful. I don't think anybody was picking you out in the crowd, just making sure who you were and if you were bidding. I agree about your statement about the racing community. What people won't do for money, huh?
I've seen the Keeneland sale on video, and in person to watch the Del Mar sale before. It shocked me, the first time, that a TB could sell for more than a house with acreage. When you think how easily they can be injured or how many horses die on the track for numerous reasons like not letting knees and lungs mature enough, or over use of Lasix, or one injury ending their racing career(and the possibility of earning back the inital cost), it's nuts. They are beautiful, but, I'd rather have a home and a less expensive horse, if, in some imaginary universe, I had the choice. I was looking at the competitor list and program for the Mustang Classic today. I thought maybe you'd enter a class, but your not on the list. However, Project Equestrian is mentioned twice. Maybe it'll bring some business your way. Also, I was pleased to see prize money for each place, not just first.
Kentucky is beautiful. Wish they had a larger area to move the young thoroughbreds around more at the auction. Check out the Kentucky Horse 🐎 Park. 😊 Enjoy your time away ❤
Lexington is a world of it's own. I have been there a lot photographing dogs and some horses for commissioned oil portraits. Most of the clients were in a single zip code and although nice I always felt out of place and relieved to drive 3-4 hours home to muck my modest barn and be home with my horses. Most didn't own horses, just parts of syndications and had high end art everywhere and framed halters. My husband and I had an arranged tour of the Sheik of Dubai's farms for photo reference. Not a shaving allowed on the stallions paraded for foreign speaking stud fee buyers standing watch. The sculpture of almost life sized racing TB's at the Thoroughbred Park downtown is fun to walk thru and Crossgate Gallery is international quality with a focus on TB Sporting Art. I was lucky to have some work there. Every road is lined with that expensive 4 board fencing, but be watchful as the roads are narrow with deep ditches beside them! The Horse Park is an experience too! The novel "Lexington" is an enlightening, excellent read about the history and well written, by Geraldine, Brooks.
I agree with you, I used to be a racing fan but after all the horrible deaths at Santa Anita Park in CA and elsewhere and seeing so many former TB race winners wind up at kill pens, no more endorsement of racing.
Thanks for sharing. That is really hard to watch. Chains over the horses gums and tongues. Treating horses like tools rather than companions. It’s so common in the horse industry and normalized even though it’s is wrong. But it is something that needs to be seen to be changed. Although, with all that money floating around I don’t see change happening anytime soon.
My first horse was an OTTB, he was already trained and much older when I got him and I could barely make out his lip tattoo to look up anything about his racing days...I do not think he went for 6 figures though$!😂
I'm glad you got to experience a boat. As a person who started in the very what's. The second Mustang makeover 2 thous and 8. From the West moved to Kentucky 4 years ago. Just because I've had experience in both worlds and actually moved here. Because I was wanting to do the cold start. Competition with Wrote to the horse ended up working at kingland where I work Spring and fall. Just for the simple fact that I had to do my cancer treatments in that pulled me out of these competitions, but I still had to work quite is a different 2 worlds, but both have the same outcome. We're all trying to make. It horses better. We actually have a Mustang.We picked up for a pony Rider and this must thing will be at Keenland Hopefully next fall so both Worlds will be Colliding , as the hundred and twenty five dollar horse , we'll be Leading the million dollar horse To the The track. For morning work in the gate for afternoon His name is leo and he is a red room He's. The kind that I wish I drew in those competitions absolutely a show And i'm so excited to have him up at kingland in the short future Enjoy your stay and listen anybody.That's dealing with the mustangs And makes a way truly have the right to deal with the third breads.And there's another outlet for them When the racing days are over
I worked in tb industry for 38 yrs. Before judging the industry , it would be good to go behind the scenes and learn more about it first. Thank you for the cool video. ❤🐴
I don't think they were staring at you Britta. I think that maybe you felt like you weren't supposed to be there because you don't have the means to bid on horses like that. But that doesn't mean that you don't belong. I saw several other people dressed the way you were. Maybe you were misreading the people working the auction, who are looking for buyers, so they're trying to look at you just to see if you're going to put in a bid. I had to do a double take of the horse at 20:00. He is spitting image of Seabiscuit! It blew my mind to realize that a horse I grew up idolizing raced almost 100 years ago!
What is sad is that out of all the horses shown and sold for the hundreds of thousands of dollars, that at least one if not more will end up with a lifelong injury and will have to be rescued by a sanctuary. This is why I don't support horse racing and barrel racing. Just saying, my thoughts only.
Without racing there would be no Thoroughbreds. Horses get injuries in every discipline, on trails and in the wild. Horse Plus euthanizes mustangs they get trailer loads via their new buyout program that has activated flippers, the extra wild ones that jump the fences are most likely SA mustangs directly from BLM corrals, and none of the mustang rescues Horse Plus turnes to is offering any help, so they put them down. True sob story as this is mostly mustang channel.
If you became a non profit mustang rescue, would you be able to apply for grant money to help buy a horse property? I see that there are government grants and grants from large animal societies for 501c3 horse rescues. Im sure there would be a lot of paperwork. But it would open up the cash flow.
The world is not a fluffy and cuddly place. I will say the level of care and professionalism within the TB business is heads and shoulders above any other equestrian discipline.
Such a foreign world to me. It felt so sterile in there (how do they keep the horses from pooping while they are on “stage”?) The percentage of white older men to anyone else on film seemed about 85 / 15. Perhaps you were drawing attention because the other women there were either in the reserved bidding area or working there? Honestly it may be unusual for women to be there alone. I am not familiar with Kentucky or the racing world but I am curious if this could be part of it. Also your vibe is “someone who cares about horses”. I agree with you, not a fan of racing. Was it just me or did two of those horses rounding the corner of the small walking track seem stiff or lame in the hind? I am no expert but something looked off. For the most part the horses seemed calm. They sure are beautiful. I feel for them. Are you going to the “breeds barn” in the horse park? I saw that in a video once and would love to visit some day.
One of the things I hate about the horse racing industry is that 2 year olds are backed and they are racing at such a young age, are they still maturing at 2 years old?, it doesn’t surprise me that they’re broken down early in life, it’s all about the money for this industry, over here there’s a race called the grand national and over the years many horses have died doing this race, it’s so sad, tfs x Julie 🇬🇧
The majority of these blue blooded high dollar horses never earn back their auction prices. Every once in a while a $50,000 horse will win a triple crown race and that keeps the game alive.
It breaks my heart to see the gorgeous Thoroughbreds being used this way and so many end up in the slaughter pipeline-humans are so inferior to animals and trees. My friend and I think you could have a go fund me to help get a house with land for our gorgeous heritage mustangs-i just adopted my second mustang from Bowie Kill Pen -she is so gorgeous and I love her -got her Aug 19th-she is a yearling and I named her Amelia By starlight-I love thoroughbreds and have had 5 of them and several halfbreds from my mares-I have to skip ahead-it is making me ill literally to watch these fools abuse these gorgeous horses with their evil sport
most of these horses don't end up in the slaughter pipeline; they retire to be breeding stock. Many that end up in slaughter aren't even breeding sound
The only reason you felt uncomfortable is because you felt you didn't belong. No one was giving you the side eye they were just looking to see if you were going to bid. That feeling that you had was YOU not them. You looked just fine with the way you were dressed. I made a note to look at others clothes after your comment and I didn't see one person there that look any better than you did. NO ONE!!! Now as for the horses, that was a meat factory auction. None of those horses were being treated like horses they were being treated like profit making machines period. Sure they were selling for crazy prices but not one of those horses looked comfortable being yanked around the way they were. So was that just me seeing that or did you see that as well?
@@sharplyopinion8ted249 you’d have to experience working with these horses and on a Thoroughbred horse farm to understand it better. It isn’t all bad. I don’t like some things but the industry provides jobs to many who truly love these horses.
These horses are extremely well taken care of. They are trained for months by their consigners for sales prep. They get used to being hand walked and shown to potential buyers, turned and walked back and forth at the barn and then asked to stand still and stack where all four legs can be seen. Some may also go through a lot of vet checks by the vets hired to look them over. Mainly they are doing scopes to make sure they don't have any physical breathing problems. Their legs have already been x-rayed by their consigners in advance and all x-rays are online, and the vets go in there and look over the x-rays on line before the sale. So none of these horses have to stand for numerous x-rays by each vet as it was done many years ago because now everything is digital. So that takes a lot of stress off them. The horses are also given a lot of time to rest and lay down in their stalls at the barn. Any discomfort that you may observe is just from the very few minutes they're in the sales ring because the auctioneer and others are just behind them. That's the first time they've been in there, and most of them handle it quite well. That one colt called out a lot, but most of them do not or maybe only once or twice. As soon as they walk out of the ring, they go back to their barn calmly and rest.
@@pennyplyman5022 I never said anything about the farms nor the treatment of the horses on those farms. Why? Because I'm not seeing those farms, nor the treatment of the horses on those farms. If you read my post I was talking about the way those horses were being treated in the auction and in the showing areas before the auction. Is that so difficult to comprehend? I DID NOT make statements about things I CAN NOT SEE, only about what I watched on this video. PERIOD. I do not need to understand it better and yes they might very well be treated wonderful on the farms, BUT, at this auction if you believe that was an excellent way for horses to be treated I have my doubts about your thinking on the treatment of horses. Have a great day!
It's great that you got to Lexington a few days early. I'm from Dallas, and I absolutely just love the Bluegrass area of Kentucky. I've been there several times and have toured a lot of the major horse farms. I've never flown into the Lexington airport before. It is indeed smaller. I used to fly into Louisville or Cincinnati and then drive to Lexington just because the flights were direct and the airfare a lot less. The Cincinnati airport is actually across the river on the Kentucky side.
What you were seeing there was the largest Thoroughbred Yearling sale in the world. This sale will go on for at least two weeks, and I think you were there on Day 3.
I watched the videos of the horses that brought over a million dollars on Keeneland's YT channel and then read about them on The Bloodhorse website on Wednesday. Incidentally, you happened to catch on video one of the biggest buyers of horses during these first three days. The man who walked in at 12:08 and then sat down at 12.13 wearing a light-colored plaid shirt and jeans with the partially bald head is Douglas Scharbauer, owner of Valor Farm in Pilot Point, TX, which is about an hour north of Dallas. It is the nicest Thoroughbred farm in Texas, and I visited it many years ago.
The reason I knew that was him is because The Bloodhorse published a photograph of him on Wednesday and wrote an article about him. The two men sitting to his left were his current farm manager and the prior one that retired two years ago. They helped him select the horses that he bought. On that day he bought four horses total, including two fillies by leading sire Gun Runner, including the co-session-topper Hip695 for $1,050,000. He also bought two other Gun Runner fillies on Day 1, one of which sold for $1.5 million. During these first three days, he purchased a total of six horses, four of which are the fillies by Gun Runner, which is what caught the eye of the reporter from The Bloodhorse who interviewed him. His parents bought and raced 1987 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner Alysheba, which was the Eclipse Champion Three Year-Old Colt that year and Champion Older Horse and Horse of the Year in 1988. (I later saw this horse and his nemisis Bet Twice who beat him out of a Triple Crown in the Belmont when they were both standing at stud at Lane's End Farm in KY.) Mr. Scharbauer's maternal grandfather also had a Kentucky Derby winner in the 1950's, so he's a third generation horseman.
Sorry for the long post. I just thought that was interesting for the short while you were there you just happened to video one of the biggest buyers at that sale. Of all the articles in The Bloodhorse so far he was the only photograph they have shown of one of the buyers sitting in there, and of course the only one whose farm I've actually visited to see their stallions. I've never met him but did meet his farm manager and talked with him over the phone about breeding a mare there in the past. I was a small-time Thoroughbred owner and breeder for a while, but it's been over twenty years ago, and I have actually rescued OTTB's as well.
Be sure to visit the museum, the Parade of Breeds Show and the Hall of Champions Show while you're at the Kentucky Horse Park. They're not to be missed.
I look forward to seeing your other videos later in the week at the Mustang show. Have fun!
I don't think you ought to apologize for your post! I read every word of it, and was fascinated! Plus---you just gave Britta a great set of references for what she caught on camera.
Rescued 3 OTTBs, my current one is 25 and was only raced a handful of times. Sunny is still a spitfire but I love him. Never had a mustang but I am fascinated by your channel, thanks for taking us on these journeys, it’s fun to watch! Keep up the rewarding work and you’re a great person/rider! 😁
I find thoroughbreds have one of the nicest rides around
@@sherriewatson4532 congrats on keeping your OTTB long term. What a joy!
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I feel the same as you about the horseracing industry. I used to love it as a young girl, but once I heard about their cruel practices...nope.
@@elamanvetta1685 agreed. And the number of these poor things that find themselves in the slaughter pipeline when they don’t win races is very sad.
My horse was bought off the Caliente track with an injury. My riding instructor bought him. I walked him on a lead for almost a year while he healed, then graduated to lungeing, then finally I was able to ride him. When my trainer decided to sell him, no one told me. I came out to exercise him and he was gone. Apparently, everyone knew but me. I found out who he sold him to and went to them to see if they'd sell him to me. I had been saving all my lunch money, babysitting money, odd job money from the time I was in first grade, and that's what I bought him with. That crazy cryptorchid giant, who thought he was a lap dog, saved me.
I am not a fan of horse racing. I lived next to the Del Mar track for a while, and saw and heard too much. And unfortunately I've seen several horses, young horses, have to be euthanized on the track.
What a story! To come to walk him and he’s gone. Something similar happened to e as a kid but I wasn’t as lucky (sounds like you managed to buy him off the new owner?!!) as for living by the track and seeing the worst of it, so hard to bear. These experiences make caring horse people. The negative treatment of horses has led me to a passion for rescue and horse centered training - though I live vicariously through you tube videos. Curious if this will lead horses back into my life somehow. Best to you.
I said the same thing about the fencing when i was in KY 😂😂. Farm girls thru and thru! We want a load of gravel for our bdays 😂😂😂
Wow those horses are NICE
Welcome to Kentucky! I hope I get to see you at the Horse Park this weekend (also if you have an open evening my husband I would love to take you to dinner!)
Always blows my mind...half a million for a horse. Had a TB that raced in the past. He was an amazing horse, Sunny.
OMG, my OTTB is 25 and his name is Sunny 🤭
@@sherriewatson4532 Two Sunnys and my OTTB was Happy, because both he and I were happy when I got him....The folks who bought him had a riding school for kids, so they understood my (14 yr. old) heartbreak when I got to the where my trainer kept him and he was gone,. They were kind people. When for various reasons I had to re-home him, he went back to their riding school where he could be dotted on by horse crazy little girls like I was(and will always be). Weren't we lucky to get to love some great horses!
You are in my neck of the woods. I am an owner/breeder of Thoroughbred race horses here in Kentucky. You mentioned racing was not for you. I hope you have not had a bad experience with racing. I’ve had a few, but I still love the game. Enjoy your time in Kentucky.
I had a great friend from Kentucky we always Wanted to go to watch the races like the black stallion
It’s not so much about the people having a bad experience with horse racing, as it’s about the bad experiences the horses have with it.
Girl, you are practically in my backyard! lol! (Not really, I live in Ohio---but I know where Keeneland is, as well as the airport, obviously) Thank you for the Covert Peek into high stakes Thoroughbred Auction action. It was interesting to see, as a one-off. Why not? And I agree, there are lots of "reclaimed" racehorses that get rescued and retrained for eventing and so forth. Kentucky has a huge span between areas with money, like the horsey set of people you are witnessing----and then the utterly desperate and barely scraping by folks.
All that big money and then we see those beautiful horses literally thrown away into the auction pipelines. Like you I am not a fan of the racing industry. It was a very interesting video! Thank you for sharing your experience there. It definitely brought up some feelings!
They're beautiful animals and it's a lovely facility.
OMG, that auction was a mad house! The horses were beautiful. I don't think anybody was picking you out in the crowd, just making sure who you were and if you were bidding. I agree about your statement about the racing community. What people won't do for money, huh?
Thanks for going oly way i will see it❤ love This channel 😂God 💯🙏💯💖 Blessing from Iowa, USA
Welcome to Kentucky! I hope to see you Saturday! My husband and I love following your journey and have missed your post! Enjoy your stay!
I've seen the Keeneland sale on video, and in person to watch the Del Mar sale before. It shocked me, the first time, that a TB could sell for more than a house with acreage. When you think how easily they can be injured or how many horses die on the track for numerous reasons like not letting knees and lungs mature enough, or over use of Lasix, or one injury ending their racing career(and the possibility of earning back the inital cost), it's nuts. They are beautiful, but, I'd rather have a home and a less expensive horse, if, in some imaginary universe, I had the choice.
I was looking at the competitor list and program for the Mustang Classic today. I thought maybe you'd enter a class, but your not on the list. However, Project Equestrian is mentioned twice. Maybe it'll bring some business your way. Also, I was pleased to see prize money for each place, not just first.
Kentucky is beautiful.
Wish they had a larger area to move the young thoroughbreds around more at the auction.
Check out the Kentucky Horse 🐎 Park. 😊
Enjoy your time away ❤
Lexington is a world of it's own. I have been there a lot photographing dogs and some horses for commissioned oil portraits. Most of the clients were in a single zip code and although nice I always felt out of place and relieved to drive 3-4 hours home to muck my modest barn and be home with my horses. Most didn't own horses, just parts of syndications and had high end art everywhere and framed halters. My husband and I had an arranged tour of the Sheik of Dubai's farms for photo reference. Not a shaving allowed on the stallions paraded for foreign speaking stud fee buyers standing watch. The sculpture of almost life sized racing TB's at the Thoroughbred Park downtown is fun to walk thru and Crossgate Gallery is international quality with a focus on TB Sporting Art. I was lucky to have some work there. Every road is lined with that expensive 4 board fencing, but be watchful as the roads are narrow with deep ditches beside them! The Horse Park is an experience too! The novel "Lexington" is an enlightening, excellent read about the history and well written, by Geraldine, Brooks.
That was interesting ! Thanks
Great job Britta👍🍀🇺🇸
I want to visit Kentucky ❤
Hi!! Hey can you make a video of everything you need for a horse?
You always look great no worries❤
Congratulations🎉 see if you can find any mustang along the way
You are an attractive young lady filming. They were wondering if they would find themselves on the evening news. You looked great.
I agree with you, I used to be a racing fan but after all the horrible deaths at Santa Anita Park in CA and elsewhere and seeing so many former TB race winners wind up at kill pens, no more endorsement of racing.
Thanks for sharing. That is really hard to watch. Chains over the horses gums and tongues. Treating horses like tools rather than companions. It’s so common in the horse industry and normalized even though it’s is wrong. But it is something that needs to be seen to be changed. Although, with all that money floating around I don’t see change happening anytime soon.
My first horse was an OTTB, he was already trained and much older when I got him and I could barely make out his lip tattoo to look up anything about his racing days...I do not think he went for 6 figures though$!😂
I'm glad you got to experience a boat. As a person who started in the very what's. The second Mustang makeover 2 thous and 8. From the West moved to Kentucky 4 years ago. Just because I've had experience in both worlds and actually moved here. Because I was wanting to do the cold start. Competition with Wrote to the horse ended up working at kingland where I work Spring and fall. Just for the simple fact that I had to do my cancer treatments in that pulled me out of these competitions, but I still had to work quite is a different 2 worlds, but both have the same outcome. We're all trying to make. It horses better. We actually have a Mustang.We picked up for a pony Rider and this must thing will be at Keenland Hopefully next fall so both Worlds will be Colliding , as the hundred and twenty five dollar horse , we'll be Leading the million dollar horse To the The track.
For morning work in the gate for afternoon His name is leo and he is a red room He's.
The kind that I wish I drew in those competitions absolutely a show And i'm so excited to have him up at kingland in the short future Enjoy your stay and listen anybody.That's dealing with the mustangs And makes a way truly have the right to deal with the third breads.And there's another outlet for them When the racing days are over
Just been keeping a eye on a eight yr old bay mare mustang online corral but the thoughbreds are very nice too
I worked in tb industry for 38 yrs. Before judging the industry , it would be good to go behind the scenes and learn more about it first. Thank you for the cool video. ❤🐴
I don't think they were staring at you Britta. I think that maybe you felt like you weren't supposed to be there because you don't have the means to bid on horses like that. But that doesn't mean that you don't belong. I saw several other people dressed the way you were. Maybe you were misreading the people working the auction, who are looking for buyers, so they're trying to look at you just to see if you're going to put in a bid. I had to do a double take of the horse at 20:00. He is spitting image of Seabiscuit! It blew my mind to realize that a horse I grew up idolizing raced almost 100 years ago!
What is sad is that out of all the horses shown and sold for the hundreds of thousands of dollars, that at least one if not more will end up with a lifelong injury and will have to be rescued by a sanctuary. This is why I don't support horse racing and barrel racing. Just saying, my thoughts only.
Without racing there would be no Thoroughbreds. Horses get injuries in every discipline, on trails and in the wild. Horse Plus euthanizes mustangs they get trailer loads via their new buyout program that has activated flippers, the extra wild ones that jump the fences are most likely SA mustangs directly from BLM corrals, and none of the mustang rescues Horse Plus turnes to is offering any help, so they put them down. True sob story as this is mostly mustang channel.
If you became a non profit mustang rescue, would you be able to apply for grant money to help buy a horse property? I see that there are government grants and grants from large animal societies for 501c3 horse rescues. Im sure there would be a lot of paperwork. But it would open up the cash flow.
The world is not a fluffy and cuddly place. I will say the level of care and professionalism within the TB business is heads and shoulders above any other equestrian discipline.
The lip chain on 701 😢
@@mrsultraviolet8564 😢
What isn’t that about, concern for biting? Or just general control?
He's wearing a lip chain because he's a young stud horse who is hard to handle. It doesn't really hurt him. It just makes him easier to control.
its a stud chain, totally normal lol
Wow kind of opposite of a mustang auction 😑 crazy money being spent 😮
i saw my dad yellow shirt
Such a foreign world to me. It felt so sterile in there (how do they keep the horses from pooping while they are on “stage”?) The percentage of white older men to anyone else on film seemed about 85 / 15. Perhaps you were drawing attention because the other women there were either in the reserved bidding area or working there? Honestly it may be unusual for women to be there alone. I am not familiar with Kentucky or the racing world but I am curious if this could be part of it. Also your vibe is “someone who cares about horses”. I agree with you, not a fan of racing. Was it just me or did two of those horses rounding the corner of the small walking track seem stiff or lame in the hind? I am no expert but something looked off. For the most part the horses seemed calm. They sure are beautiful. I feel for them. Are you going to the “breeds barn” in the horse park? I saw that in a video once and would love to visit some day.
Get a sale catalogue
One of the things I hate about the horse racing industry is that 2 year olds are backed and they are racing at such a young age, are they still maturing at 2 years old?, it doesn’t surprise me that they’re broken down early in life, it’s all about the money for this industry, over here there’s a race called the grand national and over the years many horses have died doing this race, it’s so sad, tfs x Julie 🇬🇧
Bay horse with a white tail? Some unusually colored horses at this sale.
Almost fell asleep but woke up to see I had clicked 😴 your video
The bloodlines are just as important in the mustang
Itwould be hard for me to sell any horse
The majority of these blue blooded high dollar horses never earn back their auction prices. Every once in a while a $50,000 horse will win a triple crown race and that keeps the game alive.
You lead a very fun life!
Well beautiful horses but what are those horrid halters they are all wearing 😕
It breaks my heart to see the gorgeous Thoroughbreds being used this way and so many end up in the slaughter pipeline-humans are so inferior to animals and trees. My friend and I think you could have a go fund me to help get a house with land for our gorgeous heritage mustangs-i just adopted my second mustang from Bowie Kill Pen -she is so gorgeous and I love her -got her Aug 19th-she is a yearling and I named her Amelia By starlight-I love thoroughbreds and have had 5 of them and several halfbreds from my mares-I have to skip ahead-it is making me ill literally to watch these fools abuse these gorgeous horses with their evil sport
most of these horses don't end up in the slaughter pipeline; they retire to be breeding stock. Many that end up in slaughter aren't even breeding sound
Their legs are so thin compared to mustangs
The only reason you felt uncomfortable is because you felt you didn't belong. No one was giving you the side eye they were just looking to see if you were going to bid. That feeling that you had was YOU not them. You looked just fine with the way you were dressed. I made a note to look at others clothes after your comment and I didn't see one person there that look any better than you did. NO ONE!!! Now as for the horses, that was a meat factory auction. None of those horses were being treated like horses they were being treated like profit making machines period. Sure they were selling for crazy prices but not one of those horses looked comfortable being yanked around the way they were. So was that just me seeing that or did you see that as well?
@@sharplyopinion8ted249 you’d have to experience working with these horses and on a Thoroughbred horse farm to understand it better. It isn’t all bad. I don’t like some things but the industry provides jobs to many who truly love these horses.
These horses are extremely well taken care of. They are trained for months by their consigners for sales prep. They get used to being hand walked and shown to potential buyers, turned and walked back and forth at the barn and then asked to stand still and stack where all four legs can be seen. Some may also go through a lot of vet checks by the vets hired to look them over. Mainly they are doing scopes to make sure they don't have any physical breathing problems. Their legs have already been x-rayed by their consigners in advance and all x-rays are online, and the vets go in there and look over the x-rays on line before the sale. So none of these horses have to stand for numerous x-rays by each vet as it was done many years ago because now everything is digital. So that takes a lot of stress off them.
The horses are also given a lot of time to rest and lay down in their stalls at the barn. Any discomfort that you may observe is just from the very few minutes they're in the sales ring because the auctioneer and others are just behind them. That's the first time they've been in there, and most of them handle it quite well. That one colt called out a lot, but most of them do not or maybe only once or twice. As soon as they walk out of the ring, they go back to their barn calmly and rest.
these horses are taken care of better than most people's kids lmao
@@casdragon_5939 Not during this auction they were not that's for sure!
@@pennyplyman5022 I never said anything about the farms nor the treatment of the horses on those farms. Why? Because I'm not seeing those farms, nor the treatment of the horses on those farms. If you read my post I was talking about the way those horses were being treated in the auction and in the showing areas before the auction. Is that so difficult to comprehend? I DID NOT make statements about things I CAN NOT SEE, only about what I watched on this video. PERIOD. I do not need to understand it better and yes they might very well be treated wonderful on the farms, BUT, at this auction if you believe that was an excellent way for horses to be treated I have my doubts about your thinking on the treatment of horses. Have a great day!