Private Vow is the one whose slaughter kicked off the whole “don’t sell to Korea” thing. The Blood-Horse article quotes the horse’s seller - “it’s sad and disturbing”.
If there have been “many” such instances, the Blood-Horse hasn’t reported on them. Nor has TDN or the Paulick Report.
The vast majority of American TBs that are sold over seas, sell through the high end auctions where shoppers from Japan, China, Europe, U.K., and the Middle East purchase numerous horses each year. Adding any kind of stipulation to the sale is impossible. Enforcing a “return clause” would be equally impossible.
He was gelded in quarantine because he was a shy breeder and they couldn’t get him to cover the 2 mares necessary to meet the import requirements.
Which is why he came back from Japan…Shadai finally gave up trying to convince him that breeding is fun.
They tried so hard with him too. The foals he got were very good weren’t they?
He had a 2yo filly champion, Robe Tissage and a couple of classic winners.
They flew in experts from all over the globe, tried changing his stabling arrangements, everything except pasture breeding. He frequently tried to savage mares he didn’t like, so it stands to reason they wouldn’t have just turned him out with a herd.
But I think he only sired around 100 foals in over 10 seasons of trying. That’s not even close to a full book for the hot, high demand sires.
You are absolutely correct. There is no proof of any horse I listed ending up in slaughter, that’s exactly why, if you read my comment carefully, that I did not indicate that any had, in fact, been slaughtered. Just that they had disappeared (which for the record, does not equal slaughter).
I also agree that South Korea could use an aftercare program, but I don’t know. So could USEF or FEI… They sure don’t have aftercare programs.
I think you missed the whole point of my comment, so let me reiterate. Your comment is xenophobic and racist. Plain and simple. You are trying to fault a country for something we literally do here. Selling a horse to South Korea is like the Netherlands sending a horse to the United States to be used for sport (going off of @skydy’s reply) . There is no aftercare, but the difference is, is that some sellers (as @Where_sMyWhite stated), refuse to sell overseas. Not only this, but buy back clauses (for stallions, at least) are becoming increasingly more popular. There are no buy back clauses (to my knowledge) for the imported sport horses.
Tell me. Why should the Netherlands send us sport horses, but we can’t send thoroughbreds to South Korea?
Why specify Asia ? Horses are slaughtered in Europe and in North America as well.
Yes, also 90s into early 2000s is when you really see warmbloods replacing TBs in show ring, so that market dried up too for OTTBs. Too many changes to rely on old data.
I read that he was put in a pasture full of mares so he could perhaps have more success. So, for awhile he had a band of mares. He also had a preference for gray mares over other colors.
Where did you read that? As @Mara mentioned, he would savage mares he didn’t care for so I really doubt that Shadai would risk that. Here is an article from 2008.https://thehorse.com/122820/behavioral-therapy-reduces-war-emblems-breeding-foibles/
Have no idea where I read it now; read countless articles thru the yrs. about War Emblem since he was one of my favorites.
Thank you for the link, it is very interesting.
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