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 newsâŠthanks 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 farmâs website describes as having âa 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.â 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, whatâs going on with the rest of them that are still stuck there?? 
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The wheels of justice move at a glacially slow pace, but there is another update to this story. Yesterday another 39 horses were seized from Friesians of Majesty, adding to the 35 that have been seized over the past year. When all of this began, there were reported to be approximately 120 horses on the farm, but not clear if there was a new foal crop this year.
The whole situation is infuriating - why is this man still allowed to own any horses on this farm? Why are rescues having to fundraising to get these horses the care they need, unlikely to ever be compensated by the owner despite court orders to do so? Why can nothing be done for the remaining horses so we donât have to read about another group of 30 being seized months from now?
It doesnât seem like thereâs much anyone can do aside from support Dorset Equine Rescue, who have taken on care of the horses, if you are so moved (disclaimer: I have adopted a horse from this rescue that was part of a different law enforcement seizure a few years ago; they are certified by a number of national/international groups that set standards for equine rescue). Vermont has recently passed a strengthened animal welfare law and hired a state-level employee responsible for enforcing the law (both actions supported with strong public comment), but stillâŠthings like this continue.
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Itâs such an awful situation. Horrific.
FWIW, the Director of the new Animal Welfare Division in the state of VT just started work in May. Current laws are inadequate (as is commonly the case for animal neglect in the US) so I am not sure how much more can be done, but hopefully this case will help spur significant changes in the laws to better protect the animals from persistent situations like with this owner (and get financial restitution).
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When over 50 of Morgans were seized by the SPCA near me, it took 6 years from the seizure in 2010 for the case to be resolved and the horses to be adopted out. Steps included sending some of the horses back to the hoarder with certain conditions (that werenât kept) before the eventual disbursement.
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Yes, she is still notorious for that case
And of course thereâs the relatively current Westwind Morgan saga, though that actually does seem to have been resolved fairly quickly; a large number of the horses are with new owners and the ASPCA/AMHA are in the process of transferring registration papers after DNA identification.
I know there are responsible large scale breeders out there, so try not to get too discouraged by these high profile cases. But they certainly make me depressed about the world.
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