6 week old foal stolen from Vic racing stable

Does anyone know if it was by Kuroshio?

Absolute low life. Hope they catch the culprit and throw the book at them.

CCTV CLUE TO DEAD FOAL?

November 15, 2018 11:20 am

How do you only get 2 MONTHS for giving you horse COCAINE!?

The trainer is serving time for giving cocaine to his horses. I’d say sowong’s point is if the trainer is prepared to do that to his stock, he’s prepared to do anything. Desperate times call for desperate measures.

Discohips23 wrote: The trainer is serving time for giving cocaine to his horses. I’d say sowong’s point is if the trainer is prepared to do that to his stock, he’s prepared to do anything. Desperate times call for desperate measures.

I thought the same thing until I read that “McPherson slept in a tent in the paddock to be close to the foal, who required human assistance to eat and drink.”

Doesn’t sound like someone who doesn’t care

Is this the same guy who did jail time for traffic offences or is that another trainer with the same name?

goldey wrote: If he didnt care the foal would not have had the splints applied , would of just read foal died at birth like thousands of entries in stud book , assumptions do not lead to the facts . Lets see how this plays out , hopefully the foal gets justice or karma steps in .

Putting my Agatha Christie hat on , the first thing you'd be looking for is motive . In other words if you're accusing the trainer what did he have to gain by all of this ? The only thing I can think of is insurance. Something like the foal was insured against theft but not against being born deformed. I don't know if this holds water . It's a bit of a mystery!

Could it have been a mercy killing? By someone else

acacia alba wrote: Discohips23 wrote: The trainer is serving time for giving cocaine to his horses. I’d say sowong’s point is if the trainer is prepared to do that to his stock, he’s prepared to do anything. Desperate times call for desperate measures. OK, I get it now, but to be honest I have never heard of him before !  Yes I can see whats being inferred now. So why has he done this to his own foal and then made a song and dance about it ?  If he did ? So much speculation and different theories flying around its got me bemused.

Yes AA it reads like a Dick Francis novel! In fact I read a Dick Francis book all about deformed foals and horse insurance but I can't remember who done it in a the end. I just hope this poor little girl didn't suffer too much and they find out who is responsible.

Yes it was Banker. The hero of the piece was the Merchant Banker who approved the studs loan to buy the stallion. Though I think the bad guy turned out to be a crazed naturopath type . He was big celebrity and used to save animals that the Vets had given up on with his magic herbs. Hero Banker discovered he was making the animals sick in the first place in order to publicly cure them and be a big hero. And famous .

Fun fact, many believe that the books were written by Mrs Dick Francis,and they used his profile to generate interest in the early books.