Clever Allemont rescued.....

[lilmegahertz]

I wish I had all the money and acreage to give them all homes to live out their days....

Rescued Clever Allemont to Old Friends


by Esther Marr
Date Posted: December 26, 2008
Last Updated: December 26, 2008



http://channels.bloodhorse.com/images/content/Clever_Allemont_TCJ298.jpg
Clever Allemont, a 26-year-old stallion, has been rescued from slaughter.
Photo: Courtesy of Winding Road Equine Rescue & Retirement

Clever Allemont, a 26-year-old stallion, has been rescued from the road to slaughter and will be shipped to Kentucky to spend the rest of his days at Old Friends near Georgetown.

A stakes winning son of Clever Trick who stood at Double D Farm in Illinois during the 1990s, Clever Allemont was acquired in mid-December by Kristin Chambers, executive director of Winding Road Equine Rescue & Retirement (http://www.windingroadequinerescue.org/)near Waverly, Kan., from a local kill buyer.

When Chambers went to the property of the kill buyer to inspect a Quarter Horse palomino mare who was said to be “too pretty” to be sent to the slaughterhouse, she discovered that Clever Allemont was also stabled there.


Read the rest here:

http://www.bloodhorse.com/viewstory_plain.asp?id=48558

[strapper]

Good story with a happy ending for the holidays! :)
I know CLEVER ALLEMONT will live out his days with the dignity he deserves now, thanks to the great work done by Old Friends.

[jfb]

Damn what a sad story. Had me thinking of Exceller and Sunday Silence. Then such an excellent turn of luck!

Well done Kristin and Michael!

[MickJ26]

I wish I had all the money and acreage to give them all homes to live out their days....

Rescued Clever Allemont to Old Friends


by Esther Marr
Date Posted: December 26, 2008
Last Updated: December 26, 2008



http://channels.bloodhorse.com/images/content/Clever_Allemont_TCJ298.jpg
Clever Allemont, a 26-year-old stallion, has been rescued from slaughter.
Photo: Courtesy of Winding Road Equine Rescue & Retirement

Clever Allemont, a 26-year-old stallion, has been rescued from the road to slaughter and will be shipped to Kentucky to spend the rest of his days at Old Friends near Georgetown.

A stakes winning son of Clever Trick who stood at Double D Farm in Illinois during the 1990s, Clever Allemont was acquired in mid-December by Kristin Chambers, executive director of Winding Road Equine Rescue & Retirement (http://www.windingroadequinerescue.org/)near Waverly, Kan., from a local kill buyer.

When Chambers went to the property of the kill buyer to inspect a Quarter Horse palomino mare who was said to be “too pretty” to be sent to the slaughterhouse, she discovered that Clever Allemont was also stabled there.


Read the rest here:

http://www.bloodhorse.com/viewstory_plain.asp?id=48558 (http://www.bloodhorse.com/viewstory_plain.asp?id=48558)



I thought they made horse slaughter illegal?
How are they able to get around this?

[Miss Disco]

Well it is illegal to slaughter horses in the US, but killer buyers DO buy liely prospects at auction an ship them to Mexico to slaughter there.

I remember Clever Allemont in his racing years. A truly honest campaigner. I am glad is has been given the opportunity to end his years in grace and peaceful retirement

[Mr_Ed]

Passed away a couple weeks ago:

http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/85296/clever-allemont-dies-at-old-friends

A great story.

[tucker6]

Passed away on Monday, Memorial Day. RIP old boy.

[Tom]

Glad he got live out his days where he did.
Hope the owners who threw him away are not so fortunate. Rat bastards.

[Mr_Ed]

Glad he got live out his days where he did.
Hope the owners who threw him away are not so fortunate. Rat bastards.

An early Derby contender mid 80's, then obscurity for over 2 decades, then lived like a king past 5 years.

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