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RobinKay6573 · 03-08-2006, 10:35 AM

This weekend is going to be interesting. The horse show where I will see my ex-friends (Mandy & Kim) is this weekend. I have some other friends that I knew through Mandy are attending the show as well…actually only the husband. I contacted them because I wanted to find out if they are going to be there. Much to my surprise I received an e-mail back saying they were going to be there and Irony of all ironies THEY are no longer speaking with Mandy or Kim. Mandy upped the price of a horse they had offered to buy from $7,500 to $25,000 after a half sibling to this same horse won first place in the breed futurity (from a VERY small pool of horses). [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif[/img] Like me my friends were very close to Mandy and she considered Mandy & Kim (like I did) family. For the last week we have been e-mailing back and forth. Mandy is in neck deep in debt and Kim (who is 25 years Mandy’s senior) is trying his best to keep the farm above water…yet they both have high hopes of making big bucks (I think that is the only reason he is staying…because he has dollar signs in his eyes). It makes me laugh because one of the breed associations they belong to made Mandy and Kim judges for the association. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rofl2.gif[/img] Kim has very little experience with horses. It makes me wonder how legitimate this association is. The business decisions they have made are the opposite of what I recommended when they started. I have worked on breeding farms since I was 10 and worked for over a year at a farm that’s horses were sold for $30,000 -$150,000. I learned so much from that farm owner. When I was in college I was on two horse sale committees and helped in the sale of over 30 horses. Just because I don’t (and never have) owned a business doesn’t mean I don’t know anything.

In hindsight I really think Mandy was threatened by me. I think she knew if I dug any deeper into the breed association she was part of that I would find an ally and run her into the ground. Perhaps it is true….but I don’t have a “sugar daddy” to finance my farm. I am not looking for a father or someone to take care of me I am looking for someone to love me.

In the last couple of weeks I have learned to just let it go because things might look great on the outside but they might be falling apart on the inside…and that is EXACTLY what is happening with Mandy & Kim. When I see them at the Expo (and I will because their booth is right next to my real friends’) and she tries to talk to me I am going to just give her genetic answers. My life is GREAT…I have wonderful friends, a great job, I can afford to go on several vacations each year and I have a Belle and Max [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

Also the stallion Mandy has that is supposes to be Homozygous for spots is NOT. Last year when Mandy bred the horse to my other friends' horse the foal came out SOLID! Mandy is marketing this stallion as Homozygous...she is going to get her butt sued! The only way you can guarantee a horse is Homozygous is to do a blood test...and it costs ALOT of money to get one done.

**HiddenMickey** · 03-08-2006, 11:02 AM

Ok, didn't we tell you her life was not as good as it looked like from the outside? Sounds like you are better off out of that relationship for all sorts of reasons.

pparm · 03-08-2006, 01:24 PM

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In hindsight I really think Mandy was threatened by me.

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I think you hit the nail on the head! She probably realizes that it wouldn't take much for you to figure out that she's in over her head!!

Good luck!
Paula

BritDisFan · 03-08-2006, 03:04 PM

I am a firm believer in what goes around comes around, it seems that things are not going too well for her at the moment.

Karen

*Pixie*Dust* · 03-08-2006, 08:19 PM

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Also the stallion Mandy has that is supposes to be Homozygous for spots is NOT. Last year when Mandy bred the horse to my other friends' horse the foal came out SOLID! Mandy is marketing this stallion as Homozygous...she is going to get her butt sued! The only way you can guarantee a horse is Homozygous is to do a blood test...and it costs ALOT of money to get one done.

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Is the blood test new??
I thought the only "tests" were looking at pedigree, stud book, test breeding.

RobinKay6573 · 03-08-2006, 09:18 PM

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Is the blood test new??
I thought the only "tests" were looking at pedigree, stud book, test breeding.

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With this type of horse a mare throwing solid colors is NOT good. They get about 50% less for a solid colored horse(how sad is that?). They have been testing for tabanio for for at least 7 years maybe more. It is a pretty extensive test done with blood and pedigrees and coat color charts. The test is not 100% accurate...but to advertise your horse as something...it needs to be proven. Her stallion only has 4 foals on the ground...three colored and ONE solid. I don't think Mandy has enough info on bloodlines to test her stallion properly. Back in Ireland these horses are so loosely bred that many don't even have "real" names...they are called "Bob" or "Old Spotted Mare".

Tigger1221 · 03-08-2006, 10:03 PM

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I am a firm believer in what goes around comes around, it seems that things are not going too well for her at the moment.

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[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/yeahthat.gif[/img] I couldn't have said it better myself. Things are not always what they appear, but be the bigger person and don't get sucked into any petty arguments when you see them.

GATechGal · 03-09-2006, 08:42 AM

It's Karma folks (any Earl watchers out there?)

Just one quick word of advice that will probably be hard to follow. You're doing a great job of moving on. The temptation at the horse show will be to stand there with your friends and yak about how bad things are for Mandy and Kim. It makes you feel better, but in the long run it would just be better not to discuss them at all. Get totally shut of them (hows that for a Southern phrase?) Gossiping will just keep the poison around. Try and focus on the future you and your friends are going to have.

Good luck and enjoy the fair.