Wow. I remember reading about Mighty Mecke. Someone really needs to see what's going on with that farm, what they stated as their reasons for selling Mighty Mecke don't add up at all.
I would hope that MS's bloodlines will keep him out of danger in the immediate future... but you know nothing's ever really enough. And the online sale ad instead of public auction is just bizarre and creepy (as is that farm's connection to Mighty Mecke -- how did they get Monastic Springs in the first place?).
There's nothing inherently wrong with trying to sell a horse privately. In Monastic Spring's case, he was a winner, and that's it. He may not be sound to ride, or sound but they'd rather try and sell him privately as a stallion prospect rather than take him to auction and risk getting a lower price and auction fees.
That said, there's nothing wrong with following him, either.
Well, I got a call back at last, and he has been sold to a gentleman in Venezuela. It sounds almost like he was an afterthought purchase to "fill out a skid" since it costs the same to ship one horse or three apparently. I still don't know how he ended up for sale in such an odd way...but I'm still worried.
Yes, indeedy. I emailed all the particulars to Ron Mitchell at BH and told him if he wasn't interested in the story as news, to please pass it along to Deidre Biles who wrote the story about Mighty Mecke. Hopefully, one or the other of them will get some more details out of the Stillfork Farm people.
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I would hope that MS's bloodlines will keep him out of danger in the immediate future... but you know nothing's ever really enough. And the online sale ad instead of public auction is just bizarre and creepy (as is that farm's connection to Mighty Mecke -- how did they get Monastic Springs in the first place?).
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That said, there's nothing wrong with following him, either.
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