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[Paint_Party]

A quick video with an inspiring ( * cough * ) musical soundtrack will be made, no doubt. Maybe even with a montage of previous clips, looking back on his journey.

It just needs to end.

Doesn’t he have a home he’s sub leasing? Isn’t it about time for the renter to split? Does he have food in his refrigerator that’s about to expire? What about his dog, Shadow? Doesn’t he need to reconnect with the dog? Something, anything, must be calling him back home. It’s almost the end of the month.

Tick Tock, Dipshit. Get along home.

[BrownDerby]

I checked the Spokane/North Idaho CL horse for sale listings and Bran Flakes is dreaming. The reason I checked is because there are a million pack horse outfits there and they really get going once hunting season opens and need fresh stock.

[ShenanAnna]

Well, somebody’s been Raisin his hopes! (sorry, I’ll stop.)

He did say they’re the Best of the Best. Yeah.

[2DogsFarm]

@Paint_Party

Something, anything, must be calling him back home.

OR…
He was as much Persona Non Grata there.
That charming personality surely isn’t just a product of The Quest
Side Bet:
The poor (or fortunate) dog never sees him again. Nor do the suckered roommates, left holding the full lease.
Grape(sized) Nuts slinks back to Canada, where Daddy bankrolls the Prodigal until his next job*
*When the planned Media Stardom fails to materialize.
*Doing the EffU! Dance for this to end not at all happily for him *

[OverandOnward]

@2DogsFarm

Opinion is he’ll trailer near enough to Spokane to ride in.
Ass-uming (highly appropriate in his case) either horse can even walk after being trailered as footsore as both are reported to be.

It could be that updates are quiet because it’s the weekend, or that Knucklehead is laying low and trying to figure out his end game. Having broken his horses down to the point that he may not want anyone to see them. Don’t know, of course.

@2DogsFarm

Can I hope whatever vet he used at least told him horses aren’t in any condition to be so much as handwalked into Spokane?

He was told that in San Angelo, TX.

Just about Falcon of course, who was 2? weeks into the trip. A trip that neither horse or rider had prepared for.

the_mare_stare said that “he has gotten what he needs from a vet” on Friday 7/29. It sounds like that is just a clearance that they do not have communicable diseases, and have paperwork showing that they have the required vaccinations. Basically, he got his cert to have the horses in Idaho. (Brand inspection or whatever Idaho calls it.)

Did he get clearance to ride them in Idaho? Don’t know. May not matter if they are on wheels.

Did he get a PPE? Don’t know.

@ShenanAnna

After all, that recent LE trouble was apparently in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, which is so close to Spokane. Maybe he even got a foot over the state line into Washington, making the finish technically correct. Or a tire over the line. Who knows.

Right, the map shows he was a 30 minute trailer trip out, give or take.

Whatever sent him back to Montana – out of the reach of Kootenai County, ID; out of range of a quick finish in Spokane – must have given him a genuine fright.

@BrownDerby

I agree; Falcon and Pete have become burdens and he will dispose of them as soon as he can.

I wonder if he didn’t suddenly put them up for sale back on the day he found out the cost of monthly board on 2 horses. Even pasture board.

If he can’t get the sale that he wants, I wouldn’t put it past him to just turn them loose somewhere. Falcon will be an easy ID, though. But Pete would be hard to identify if someone doesn’t have an exact description. I doubt the horses would stick together as Falcon is much more mobile. They might for a short time.

@2DogsFarm

The poor (or fortunate) dog never sees him again. Nor do the suckered roommates, left holding the full lease.

The dog would be better off, I’m almost certain. In a new responsible home, of course.

If the roommates are sub-letting, then they aren’t on Knucklehead’s lease with his landlord. He has made some agreement with them, but they have none with the landlord. It is rare that a landlord will approve a sublet. A landlord doesn’t want to deal with a renter’s friends, only people who have applied and been vetted and signed a lease agreement. Didn’t sound like that is what Knucklehead did. But – don’t know for sure.

[phantomhorse]

@OverandOnward

I’m so glad you mentioned Tevis! How great would clips of that be, alongside Bozo’s own clips of his abused horses.

Susan Garlinghouse and her Walker John Henry have completed Tevis multiple times.

There is simply no comparison, though I do wonder if someone had taken their time to condition Falcon if he wouldn’t have been a decent distance horse. He certainly has a ton of heart.

[ShenanAnna]

@OverandOnward

If he can’t get the sale that he wants, I wouldn’t put it past him to just turn them loose somewhere.

Sounds about right. What good are they to him, anyway? And it’s been getting clearer and clearer to him that horses are a lot of work (and expense!), so why bother? They were always a short-term proposition; he said at the beginning that he intended to sell Falcon for a lot of money after the ride, because “he’ll be famous.” Yes, but for the wrong reasons, butthead.

[OnAMission]

There is a family packing from UT to CO this summer that I just started following. They are only barely similar to Cereal in that they are traveling via horseback to other states but from what I’ve seen so far they have healthy, well-conditioned and matched horses and good gear. Everyone’s a critic on horse stuff including me but the spirit of it is much more responsible and capable than the idiot odyssey. No drama so not as many followers for them but it’s interesting to me. Their packs are riding really well, they are good packers.

https://www.youtube.com/@ExtremePackTrip-2023

[MunchingonHay]

Any one with any horse sense will see that those two are not pack hunt ready.

I don’t understand the stress The Mare Stare and others are placing on a PPE. I have seen better looking, sound horses go through kill pens at New Holland. (meaning Falcon and Pete look super used up right now, they both looked ok/good at the start)

I feel like a PPE is the most current buzz equestrian word they learned and are trying to use it in a sentence as much as they can.

It would not surprise me if Cereal just let the horses go like a few of you remarked. He is such a toolbag. NO he is not a toolbag, they are useful.

[BrownDerby]

@MunchingonHay

Any one with any horse sense will see that those two are not pack hunt ready.

Indeed. I was just searching prices for stock. Very few over $2K. No way Puffed Rice is going to fulfill his dreams.

[OnAMission]

Where the heck are you finding sound horses for less than $2000 anywhere near Spokane or MT? I’ve been watching for a year.

[BrownDerby]

Hey, I didn’t say sound, g. Just a lot of backyard stuff. Couple of nice ranch horses in the five figures.

[OnAMission]

Dang I thought you had a good site for me to look through! We do actual pack trips so I’ve been looking for a decent horse and sadly I refuse to pay the current asking prices with winter coming on. I’ll shop through the winter and enjoy the four we still have until something comes along. I keep watching for these poor death march horses to show up on my daily searches.

[BrownDerby]

Sandpoint, 21 yo reg Morgan mare, $500. This stuff hurts but it fits the local trends.

[OnAMission]

That’s the lowest price I’ve seen from the pages I watch. That age range is a little too old for the riding we do on pack trips but for sure day trips should still be good for a horse, especially Morgan, in its 20’s. I follow Montana Horses on facebook and craigslist for the whole area, which is still a viable resource in this area. Someone will buy that mare and probably be a decent home, lots of people are looking for just that and would rather spend their money on hay. I do see a lot of people off-loading older, lame, or untrained horses right now but to me the prices are still too high for what they are. We have never paid more than $1500 for a horse though so there is that.

[Paint_Party]

I think that’s where Idiot’s delusional prices come into play. He’s so ignorant he’s comparing his two half starved, sore horses to fine using ranch horses. And he’s added a premium to their price due to their social media “fame.” (In his fantasy world).

[2DogsFarm]

@OnAMission

idiot odyssey

If only, like the classic, he’d met up with Circe…
Oh, wait, nevermind.
He’s turned himself into a pig*

*Apologizes to actual pigs

[Belmont]

@MunchingonHay

I don’t understand the stress The Mare Stare and others are placing on a PPE. I have seen better looking, sound horses go through kill pens at New Holland. (meaning Falcon and Pete look super used up right now, they both looked ok/good at the start)

I feel like a PPE is the most current buzz equestrian word they learned and are trying to use it in a sentence as much as they can.

This.

I think we’ve all mentioned it once or twice because we know in general, horses in this condition wouldn’t pass a PPE with a respectable vet, but a PPE isn’t a “no you can’t sell them” sort of situation. They just keep using it.

The TT group was also speaking about hock injections like they’d mask all the horses problems, which we all know wouldn’t be the case. Could it make them feel better? Sure. Would it change x-rays or even fix some lamenesses? No. I think they are more or less thinking about a block vs injections, but its another buzz word constantly flown around lately.

Also, I think its HIGHLY unlikely he’d spend the type of money to inject both of those horses. Why would he spend hundreds to inject something he cares nothing about?

[OverandOnward]

@BrownDerby

Sandpoint, 21 yo reg Morgan mare, $500. This stuff hurts but it fits the local trends.

“Please someone pay me, take on all the horse bills, and then retire my aged horse for me. In time for winter.”

@Paint_Party

He’s so ignorant he’s comparing his two half starved, sore horses to fine using ranch horses.

I don’t understand how he has been able to look at his horses and not see what he has done to them. Does he really not see it? At all?

What does he think that other people think of their condition now? Does he realize that his internet followers have watched those horses go significantly downhill throughout his ‘trek’?

I get it that he is a mindless narcissist with zero empathy. But I can’t wrap my eyes around what he sees and does not see.

@Belmont

but a PPE isn’t a “no you can’t sell them” sort of situation.

I think the internet peeps are wishing for a documented vet review of their current condition.

And agreed, the PPE has nothing to do with a sale, which is as-is, in their current pitiful condition. It’s not like Knucklehead is going to take a few weeks to ‘prep’ them, put weight on and heal up problems.

Unless there is a buyer offering money who really thinks they may be in ok condition? Hope any such buyer didn’t commit to buy and put the money up first, non-refundable, for the sake of that buyer. Although it might get one or both horses out of that situation.

If Pete is not going to heal up well soon, and Falcon proves resilient (yet again), he could take some days off and then ride through his finish point in triumph on Falcon, without Pete, who could go on to a buyer. He doesn’t have to bring all the stuff Pete has been carrying.

Although I have a feeling that both horses need weeks, or months, not days, to get back into presentable condition.

Wildly speculating, here.

@Belmont

Also, I think its HIGHLY unlikely he’d spend the type of money to inject both of those horses. Why would he spend hundreds to inject something he cares nothing about?

To make a grand finish and prove the snipers (like us) wrong when the horse(s) show up not limping. With someone else’s ‘donated’ money.

Fixing their hocks won’t help for his purposes, though, if their feet are busted up, too. Maybe lower legs as well.

If they are in as bad as condition as seems plausible, I’m not sure that there is enough bute in the world to make them walk up sound. Especially with Knucklehead on board.

[OverandOnward]

Re the suggestion to lead them across the finish – I’m all for it, it’s the best idea of the whole trip, at this point. Especially if he leads them about 20 ft from a trailer to the finish.

Is this last bit to the finish dragging out because he’s trying to – I dunno what?

For the sake of the horses, end this, please, end it, end it, end it.