Ad Gripe of the Day

I can't find it now so maybe it's been deleted but there was an ad up this morning (or was it last night??) about a free horse in CA. I don't remember where but maybe Redding????

Anywho, this horse had apparently won quite a bit for his owners even as late as last summer. I think the horse was about 20 years old or so. There was a pic of someone roping on him, a sorrel horse, looked like.

Anyway, they were 'giving' him away. What a cheap shot... This horse won for you and carried you to wins and all of a sudden, he's 'free' and only 20 years old?? Hello?? I'm betting dollars to doughnuts that the horse went lame and they didn't want to deal with him, even if they caused it by overfeeding or using him too hard or whatever. The ad was very short with not much info which I thought was kind of a tip-off. Trying to put the owner's problems and ultimately the horse's problems, off on someone else.

Just gripes me big time to see this. If the horse went lame, then do the right thing and either work to fix him, take him to the vet or put him down so he doesn't suffer any more. Geez, this isn't that hard...

My disclaimer again (I'll probably post this statement A LOT)...I may be wrong but looking at the ad, I just had a bad feeling.