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I have just finished reading all 159 pages of this thread, and most of the links (some wouldn’t open). It’s taken me several days. I’ve come away with an intense revulsion for the activities of JB and her supporters, and a profound respect for those who have been touched by her brand of evil, and those of you who have stepped up to the plate to offer assistance.
I am not even remotely involved in this branch of equestrianism. I am a Shire owner/former breeder, and an avid owner of 2 very rare Baudet du Poitou donkeys. I have seen examples of “JB-esque” behaviour when I was very active in the dog fancy, but nothing to the extent of JB’s brand of twisted deceit.
Here are a few of my observations gleaned from this thread:
JB’s chief enabler is the USEF. A registry which doesn’t require DNA? Which awards points for a single horse in a class? Which allows horse name changes? No wonder this is JB’s registry of choice.
I wonder if Equine Driver was the conduit between CoTH BB and JB, feeding her the list of owners/buyers/lessees who were seeking restitution. Any news on his/her whereabouts?
I was more concerned that the horses and foals in JB’s “care” were unable to shelter from the sun, intense heat and flies…the rain be damned!
I noticed that nothing was mentioned regarding the amount of dung and/or its removal in the small, dusty pens in Petaluma. It must have been monumental with so many horses in such diminutive enclosures. Which leads me to wonder…
Did the dead foals die of Rhabdococcus equi and/or heat prostration? Surely they were in a perfect environment for both conditions.
Where was the long fibre essential to the health of all equines, particularly actively performing stallions and in-foal/lactating mares? Assuming JB was feeding the horses, if their diet was predicated primarily on grain, it’s no wonder wood was being eaten by several of them. The acid produced by a high grain/high carbohydrate diet is a precursor to ulcers, particularly in those horses’ compromised environment.
My son lives in Marin and said the MHS does take animal welfare very seriously. Have there been any updates on their investigation?[/QUOTE]
Let me preface this by saying NONE OF MY RESPONSE IS MEANT TO EXCUSE JILL, but rather to educate a foreigner…
USEF is not a registry like you are thinking of. It is our national governing body and is event centered, not breeding centered. Horses are recorded with them for the purposes of showing and, for some, accumulating HOTY points. Owners, trainers, coaches must also join to show, or pay a non-member fee at each show. They have a huge problem with tracking horses because they don’t care.
Shelter was/is indeed an issue.
Jill lived in a residential area. Manure had to be put in large dumpsters and hauled away. Same with any dead animals. Typical for many areas of our country in high population densities.
I was told one foal never thrived from birth, and the other sustained an injury (broken neck from getting under fence?) I really don’t remember.
Jill fed alfalfa by the trailer load, which, because of the numbers she was feeding, had to be a large reason why she couldn’t get ahead. I saw a newly delivered load, so this is first hand info. She did not overfeed grain that I saw. She did do a LOT of supplementing.
I hope that helps with some of your conclusions.
