I had owned Indiana for 3 years and although he had been a dream come true
something was missing. When i had brought
him the dealer had told me some
information but the more and more i thought about it the more it just didnt
seem to
add up.
I had met Kaz through a Equine Forum on the internet and she had become
someone whos views i respected
and a friend.
One day me and Kaz had been chatting and i happened to mention that the
dealer had mentioned that
Indi had been connected to a horse called Indian
Queen but that was all i knew. Kaz mentioned that this horse had been
a
sucessful Race horse and that she would look in to any descendents for me.
Over the next few weeks Kaz had been
coming back to me daily with more and
more information. It turns out that my Indi was infact the only son of
Indian
Queen and his father had been an American racehorse called Nightshift
and we could trace his family back to the early
1800's!!!. Kaz had even
tracked down his old trainer, Kim Bailey to confirm Indi's identity, He was
infact a racehorse
called "Prince of India" in his days at the racetrack.
I cannot thank Kaz enough for finding my boys real identity,
she has finally
found the missing peices of the puzzle. Indi has found his real name and
well i have found a friend
for life.
Indie was given to a person who promised never to sell him on, hence why he had no ID...If it was not for Joanne he could
have been nameless forever
Below are messages from Racehorse Trainers:
James Boyle - Epsom:
Hi Karen,
I'd be more than happy to help with regards to information, and also advertising
any available horses,
good luck with the venture,
kind regards,
Jim Boyle
Ann Duffield:
No problem, contact me if you think I trained a particular horse you come
across & I will help all I can.
Ann
Duffield
Ferdy Murphy:
Hi Karen,
I will tell you anything you need to know.
Regards
Helen (one of the office girls)
Dean Ivory: Who we are going to do some re-homing for him...
Hi Karen,
I would be pleased to help you with information regarding horses which were
previously trained here.
Also I would be prepared to advertise horses for
rehoming on your site, I assume there would be no charge. One proviso
though, I am always very careful where ex racehorses go so I would want full
details of new home etc.
Await
to hear from you in due course
Dean
Howard Johnson:
We would love to try and help give some information if ever you came
across any ex racehorses we trained. The
best way to contact is via
email and I will help as much as we can with information.
Take Care and good luck.
Lucy
Forbes for Mr. J H Johnson
Rae Guest:
Ddear Karen
We will certainly help you with any information on horses trained here. We
are generally
very lucky in re-homing our racehorses and many owners have
them after they retire from racing but should we need to advertise
we will
certainly be in contact.
Best of luck with your new venture.
Bo Hicks-Little
(secretary to Rae
Guest)
Nicky Richards:
Thank you for your e mail. We would have no problems forwarding any information
we have on any horse we might have trained in the past.
We would not advertise horses as we tend to be able to re-home them ourselves
but wish you every success in your venture.
Regards
Caroline Armstrong
Greystoke
Norman Berry:
Hi there,yes keep in touch,good luck with your venture,Best Regards Norman
Berry.
Chris Grant:
Dear Karen, if you find any of our ex racehorses it will be alright for you
to e mail me about details, yours Chris
Grant
Jennie Candlish:
I'd be more than happy to help,
regards,
Jennie Candlish
These are just a few of the replies to mail I have had...
