Pssst - a bill of sale does not necessarily mean money changed hands :winkgrin: It simply protects the “seller” and the “buyer” to show ownership has transferred.
When I bought my OTTB I did actually pay for him but even still, the farm he came from was very strict on their practices. The BM couldn’t find the actualy BOS file in the office so he hand wrote it for me. It listed the horse’s name, their name as a business, and my name. It listed his sale price and that he was being sold to a NON race home and he was not to return to the track at any time. It also stated he was being sold “as is” so if any issues arose they were not liable. We both signed it and he made several copies (I got one and he kept the other 3).
For any horse transferring from one person to the next, being sold or given away, it is in the best interest of both parties to have some sort of signed document to state X is transferring ownership of horse Y to Z. That way, if miss 4-H lady decides she’s got a good runner on her hands she can’t try to return the horse to the track (probably extremely difficult if there are no papers which I expect there aren’t) and it provides proof for you, or SB, or anyone else that the horse ended up somewhere. As well as establishes the horse was not stolen etc.
A Bill of Sale is just smart. That’s all. End of comment.
I really have no dog in this fight. I’m all for helping the horses. The constant bashing of SB isn’t solving the problem at hand. The ideas aren’t flowing and therefore very little action is taking place by majority of the posters on this thread. I’m rather far from Penn but if someone wants to put together some real efforts I’m all for doing what I can to help. I’m not in a financial position to take these horses (though I’d love to) and I certainly don’t have a place to put them even if someone where to pay for a horse to be in foster care. But, I will help ensure programs are established and rules followed if anyone wants to actually stick to the point of getting them set up. 
