The three Friesian 1.5 year olds are now available for adoption, as is at one of the TB recip mares that came from the same farm. The Friesians do have some special management needs described below. More info direct from Dorset Equine Rescue:
https://dorsetequinerescue.org/category/adopt/
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Bumping this thread with some truly good news: https://www.reformer.com/local-news/friesian-breeder-ordered-to-pay-38k-to-dorset-equine-rescue/article_5a6e5148-fdaf-11ee-b5af-53d5e3a2be65.html
Labrie was ordered to repay $38,000 in costs to Dorset Equine Rescue to cover the care these horses needed. There have been a lot of disheartening threads about abuse & neglect on here in the last few months, so I am happy to share a (rare) case of the court system really working for horses.
The Friesians and one of the TB recip mares are available for adoption at DER in Vermont: https://dorsetequinerescue.org/category/adopt/
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that is good news…thanks for posting this!!
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Latest update- two more mares (Friesian and recip) have been taken out by law enforcement because of their condition. There are still 100 horses at that awful farm 
The Friesian mare is Richtsje, a 1st premium KFPS Ster mare, which the farm’s website describes as having “a very rich Preferent line. Her dam, grand-dam, great grand-dam, and great-great grand-dam are all Preferent, which means this whole line is proven to only produce top quality offspring without exception.” She appears to be dam of several of their stallions: https://friesiansofmajesty.com/horses-for-sale/colts/15-breeding/friesian-stallions
If even your best of the best is being neglected, what’s going on with the rest of them that are still stuck there?? 
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