Prime (western) horses selling for subprime prices at National Western - The Denver Post

Prime horses selling for subprime prices at National Western - The Denver Post

This is not HJ related, and I have zero experience in the western show world, but I found the Colorado statistics very interesting, if not a bit depressing.

57 percent: Increase in number of Colorado horses between 2000 and 2005

10.5 percent: Increase in Colorado human population between 2000 and 2005

6,000: Number of new unwanted horses each year

975: Number of Colorado horse-neglect investigations in fiscal year 2004-05

1,700: Number of Colorado horse-neglect investigations in fiscal year 2007-08

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