Beattie, in an interview July 12, said Parker’s claim that he told her he would take the horse upon its retirement isn’t true.
“It has been a long three months,” Beattie said of the situation, which made her a popular topic on Internet chat rooms. “I don’t send horses to killers. I don’t believe in that. My reputation has been trashed, and I’m not happy about it.”
You can only recycle trash so many times
Beattie, who operates large stable, said she has given away about 110 horses since January 2009 and “can tell you where all the horses are.” A few, including Contrary, fell through the cracks, Beattie acknowledged.
She said the horses were to be shipped to a retirement facility in Ohio. She worked through trainer Darrell Delahoussaye, who several months later was kicked off the grounds by Penn National management.
DD now theres a good one to allegedly have making your horses retirement solutions. Would you or anyone of your defnders care to share with us the success stories. Surely out of 110 horses at least one made it as a sports horse. What retirement facilety can take 110 horses?? Why haven’t they come forth to laud your generosity and benevolance.
Two of the horses ended up in the entry box at Suffolk Downs in Massachusetts.
Umm why did their papers go with them…and you obviously signed them over to someone, I doubt a rescue did that. You naughty girl, your nose is inching out there.
“When there going to a retirement home, you don’t think they’ll race again,” Beattie said. “I didn’t call the retirement place, and if that’s my ignorance, it’s my fault. Did I trust Darrell Delahoussaye? Yes. He showed up here, got licensed, and got stalls. I’m a trusting person.”
Double decker bus loading at the gate all in front please…