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Article: Horse slaughtering deeply divides racing, breeding community.
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- The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL)
- Article date:
- May 28, 2004
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Byline: Rick Maese
ORLANDO, Fla. _ Along a dirt road with no street sign, behind a house with no visible number, the rogue dealer doesn't want people to know his name.
If they find out what he does, surely, he said, he'll face a backlash. With more than 450 farms across Marion County, Ocala is entrenched in the horse business. While most of the equine community breeds horses and deals with them at the start of life, this horse dealer sees them at the end.
He rides a golf cart across his property to make sure nearly 100 horses _ some of them thoroughbreds that failed at the track _ are fed. He isn't raising them or training them or enjoying ...