Rescued from the event.
For stingray.
"This special stallion was likely our most expensive rescue. An insane number of people bid on him, which we found out afterwards was due to his amazing background as a show jumper. Likely most of these people were interested in a backyard breeder with fancy lineage however, because he isn't jumping much now a days. In fact, he couldn't even quite walk right - his front right leg was broken. In the auction house workers wrapped it tight with cloth while it was still just a fracture, but the moment we went to load him up into our trailers, the fracture quickly turned into a break - and he collapsed into the dust. We had our vet sedate him and an emergency chopper take him straight to the facility, where we called in a fairly large team of physical therapists, equine vets, and especially a prosthesis expert. A majority voted against euthanization, and they went to work to get him set. He was put in a sling for a while and then went through two differant surgeries to fix the leg, endured hours of painful therapy, and was finally fit with a brace set into the bone with pins. The brace, designed by our prosthesis expert, includes a flexible rubber based material fitted over the leg, with thick nylon and leather straps fitted over top where the pins set through the bone connect to the brace. This keeps everything in its proper placement and prevents any future breakage of leg, as is widely common in repaired breaks. We wanted this boy to be our proof that humans no longer had to slaughter their broken horses - and he did a pretty darn good job of proving it. Even through everything he faced this stallion is as sweet as could be, and though hes a little hesitant to trust others right off the bat, he is a calm and easygoing old Walker. He will still need some work with his leg as well as a long term pain management plan, which can be discussed with your vet. His brace will still need to be worn for life regardless, and the pins will not be removable, but hopefully over time his body will fully adjust and he will once again be able to run and jump to his hearts content."
Owner: X
Show Name: Sodapop
Barn Name: Pop
Gender: Stallion
Post: X
Breeding Notes: Somatic tail brindle has a 5% chance of passing. Right eye has partial heterochromia (base color/full left eye is moss green, partial color only in right eye where white overlaps is glowworm green).
Halter will be added once all tasks are complete.
For stingray.
"This special stallion was likely our most expensive rescue. An insane number of people bid on him, which we found out afterwards was due to his amazing background as a show jumper. Likely most of these people were interested in a backyard breeder with fancy lineage however, because he isn't jumping much now a days. In fact, he couldn't even quite walk right - his front right leg was broken. In the auction house workers wrapped it tight with cloth while it was still just a fracture, but the moment we went to load him up into our trailers, the fracture quickly turned into a break - and he collapsed into the dust. We had our vet sedate him and an emergency chopper take him straight to the facility, where we called in a fairly large team of physical therapists, equine vets, and especially a prosthesis expert. A majority voted against euthanization, and they went to work to get him set. He was put in a sling for a while and then went through two differant surgeries to fix the leg, endured hours of painful therapy, and was finally fit with a brace set into the bone with pins. The brace, designed by our prosthesis expert, includes a flexible rubber based material fitted over the leg, with thick nylon and leather straps fitted over top where the pins set through the bone connect to the brace. This keeps everything in its proper placement and prevents any future breakage of leg, as is widely common in repaired breaks. We wanted this boy to be our proof that humans no longer had to slaughter their broken horses - and he did a pretty darn good job of proving it. Even through everything he faced this stallion is as sweet as could be, and though hes a little hesitant to trust others right off the bat, he is a calm and easygoing old Walker. He will still need some work with his leg as well as a long term pain management plan, which can be discussed with your vet. His brace will still need to be worn for life regardless, and the pins will not be removable, but hopefully over time his body will fully adjust and he will once again be able to run and jump to his hearts content."
Owner: X
Show Name: Sodapop
Barn Name: Pop
Gender: Stallion
Post: X
Breeding Notes: Somatic tail brindle has a 5% chance of passing. Right eye has partial heterochromia (base color/full left eye is moss green, partial color only in right eye where white overlaps is glowworm green).
Halter will be added once all tasks are complete.
