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I’m so thankful to know that Phebu lived the easier life of a broodmare for at least a few years. I’ve loved the story of that GN since I was a small girl, and have visited the Kentucky Horse Park many, many times, which was Jay Trump’s home in his later years. I did not go for the first time until a few years after his death, but his grave is at the finish of the mighty steeplechase course at the Park, and I have visited him there.
Thank you to everyone here for your kindness to a ghastly American.
You can’t know how touched I am to find that there are other Phebu fans, and that anyone would make the effort to look up her progeny. I am endlessly envious of British steeplechase, and wish Americans had a proper appreciation for real racing. I hope you all win a big wad on the GN next week.In reading the article posted above, I am sorry to say that it is likely many of the "missing" number of horses are being eaten. Here in the States the kill man buys all he can carry at the monthly auction and trucks them direct to Mexico for slaughter and sale of the meat for the European market, now that horse meat is no longer used in pet food in the US. I can’t imagine that horses from such a convenient source as Britain would be overlooked by those concerns that are purchasing so much from the Mexican slaughterhouses. I do not mean to injure anyone’s sensibilities by this comment, only to inform with facts that may be news to those of you that wonder where those unaccounted horses may have gone. There are some monstrous videos of these operations on YouTube for those that may doubt the veracity of my comment. I do not suggest that anyone that loves or honors horses watch them, though. The memory of these terrible images haunts my dreams even now. Is it happening in Britain? If there is enough of a profit motive to ship horse meat transatlantic from Mexico, I fear that there must be a parallel sort of business on your side of the pond.
Sorry for the disturbing subject matter.
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You can’t know how touched I am to find that there are other Phebu fans, and that anyone would make the effort to look up her progeny. I am endlessly envious of British steeplechase, and wish Americans had a proper appreciation for real racing. I hope you all win a big wad on the GN next week.