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Backyard Breeding is the Blight of the Horse Industry

Backyard Breeding is the Blight of the Horse Industry

Essentially that $500 foal is being produced because the breeder likes producing baby horses. It isn’t to improve the breed, to improve upon the parents. It certainly isn’t because they’re running a business of any kind. They are hobbyists who are flooding a market where the victim is the horse because they face a future of uncertainty.