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Thanks to everyone who responded to our request for homes for 12 of our Arabians after the devastating diagnosis we received about my husband's critical illness. Within 48 hours all had found homes. We placed horses in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, and as far away as Texas. We are retaining 2 mares for the time being for the possibility of a future with Arabians, and we gratefully have accepted Tinnell Arabians' offer to take care of them for us while we make other arrangements.

For all of you who saw the notice and forwarded it or called friends, acquaintances, or cross-posted to various lists, PLEASE follow up with another message that horses are no longer available. I am still responding to e-mails (I received over 350 in 48 hours!) and the multitude of phone calls is sadly disrupting Rick's rest. Most importantly, please keep us in your prayers.

Thank you.

Thanks once again to Joyce Bernier-Ventruella for her help on getting us back to the show ring! In our only show ring appearance since before the tragic house fire in November 2003, our yearling colt Psuper Psylk (Super Psyche/Skarlett Silk) was named BAHA Reserve Champion Purebred Yearling Colt/Gelding. With only 7 weeks' training and a 6 1/2-hour trailer ride to get to the show, we were pleased with his debut. Now placed in a new home.

A sad commentary......

The lack of personal and moral ethics of some "trainers" in the Arabian industry is astounding. We have specifically deleted most of the photos here of G Silk Boy's get and grand get because one western Kentucky woman stole (took without permission to use for her personal gain) at least one photo from our Web site for advertising a related horse on her own site. She conveniently listed his name as beginning with PH instead of PF in one location on her site, and completely omitted the beginning initials in another, we presume so prospective clients would not be able to trace him to us for the REAL facts. Though piracy of this sort may be common in the marketplace, it is never acceptable.

We know for a fact that her failure to get permission to publish was not a simple oversight. We sold one green-broke G Silk Boy daughter to her for only $600 because this woman said the mare was being purchased for one of her local clients who had just lost a horse. She didn't even bring a lead shank with her but "borrowed" ours (and it took us 10 months and tracking her down at a horse show to even get that back, badly worn from her using it all that time.) But within two months our mare was advertised for sale on her own Web site (with a PF erroneously in front of her name, though this mare wasn't so registered) for $2,500, more than 400% of what she paid us 60 days earlier! The mare sold out of state to an unsuspecting buyer, who clearly didn't have all the facts in the case. The "trainer/agent" had also failed to transfer the certificate of registration so the new owner didn't even get proper papers for almost a year. (We learned this from the Arabian Horse Association.)

Our advice is to be very careful when you are seeking your own "dream horse" online. Make sure if you see a horse's name listed (she "conveniently" doesn't list registration numbers), you can actually find the horse on the Arabian Horse DataSource so you can contact the breeder and previous owners. Make sure when you pay your hard-earned cash for the "horse of your dreams" that you know the WHOLE truth about what you are purchasing, and, if not exactly how much money the trainer actually has in the horse, at least ask for the name and contact information of the previous owner. Then you can get the REAL story. Remember, buyer beware.