It’s been quite a week. What else is there to even say? Well, it turns out quite a bit. It’s not quite time for that farewell post I’ve been dreaming about making, although at least I can finally see that day coming. I’ve never been one to jump on bandwagons, so I’m going to go a different way today. Y’all are getting your maintenance dose of drama on the various news sources, so I thought it might be appropriate to throw things back and talk about some of those horses and situations that brought us to where we are. At least for me, they are the reason I got involved.
Remember Sara? She was a purchase from back in July 2016. I have to admit I wasn’t keeping close tabs on their Tuesday fuckery back then, so I’m not sure who she originally came from. She had quite a few fans, both on their Facebook page and with the volunteers. There was never really many updates on her other than maybe a camera passed by her during a live feed or something. People asked after her from time to time until, at one point that winter Manson casually mentioned her death. At the time she claimed that Sara was found with `brain matter’ leaking out her nose and said that there would be a live feed with their vet to explain what happened. That live feed never came and Manson never really mentioned Sara again. We never really knew why this young mare had to be killed.
So, here you go. Straight from Manson herself, what actually happened with Sara. She openly admits that she didn’t really have brain matter leaking out of her nose but a `bastard lung abscess that popped’. Has anybody else noticed that Manson sure hates to say the word `strangles’ for somebody that thinks it’s no big deal? I should note that this conversation took place in August of last year. She clearly states that she has only ever sent one horse for necropsy, but doesn’t state which one that was. I guess those of us that are still waiting for Boyer’s necropsy results or any of the others she promised, probably shouldn’t hold our breath. That other thing that struck me is that Sara had been there at least 5 months when she died, so this obviously wasn’t something she picked up at auction, she contracted the disease at HiCaliber. I believe this was right around the time that Praline, Gertie, and Joplin all died due to Strangles as well. RIP #saytheirnames
I know Thomas tugged at a lot of heartstrings when he showed up at HiCaliber from auction last year. Although he was lame, he was clearly in good body condition and had obviously been cared for. Sadly for Thomas, he was also sore which is probably why he was at auction in the first place. I’m sure the over 2 hour trip back to Valley Center, not counting Chik Fil A stops, didn’t help matters either. Even though they raised over $1300 to `save’ him, Thomas was dead within a few days. I know many of you recall Manson stating that he was sweating too much as one of the reasons she killed him. She pretty much admits in the above screen shots that he wasn’t diagnosed by a real vet. As always there is more to the story.
More lies from Manson. That horse didn’t look anywhere near 30, but I’m sure in Manson’s mind it further justified killing him without giving him a chance. I should add that Thomas was purchased at auction the same day as Cozetta and Jackson Max. All of them are now dead and all them were shot in the face by Manson. Since Mirage was brought up, let’s talk about her too.
If you recall Mirage,co was the mare with the fistula and Manson was completely obsessed with it and her vagina to the point she held several photo seshes with it. A large amount of money was raised so that Mirage would have surgery to repair her fistula and that was supposed to happen in two stages. Mirage only had the first surgery before being returned to HiCaliber where she was not fed as per protocol. Rather than a mushy mash of soaked pellets, there were mistakes made and Mirage succumbed to colic shortly after her first surgery. You can read the details on this post. What disturbed many people was the group pic with Mirage’s dead body complete with a guy cheezin for the camera. Little did we know that group photo ops with dead bodies were going to become a thing in coming months. Anyhow, now you know that the `official’ party line is that it was a beautiful moment and `Gus’ was just super happy to be a part of having his picture taken with a corpse, because really, who wouldn’t be?
I get a lot of requests in my inbox and sometimes inthe comments asking about how Chiefy is doing. She’s the mare HiCaliber purchased at auction with an extremely convoluted back story that was quickly disproved. You can refresh your memories here. Shortly after she was stripped of her original name and drug back to the feed lot, she was kicked in the head and Manson did a little 30% vetting on her by stapling her head up. That was pretty much one of the last updates on her until this past week. As you can see, Chiefy isn’t exactly thriving at rescue.
As you can see from these pictures, horses aren’t the only things that are used for target practice at HiCaliber. As threatened, the great coyote hunt happened, camouflage and all. Apparently, the expert marksmen only managed to kill one, but no further word from Manson about marauding packs of coyotes, so I guess they can put that in the win column for now.
I thought I’d just drop this statement from Angrid in case any of you were thinking all those pictures I posted and other that are floating around social media are Strangles. According to Angrid, the horses were either fighting or cut their jaws on fences. I wonder when the last time Angrid was even at the ranch and I wonder if she went and saw her own horse right after without changing her clothes. I wonder a lot of things lately though…
One of the frustrations about the situation at HiCaliber has been getting local agencies to step up and just do their jobs. We’ve all heard about the conflict of interest that apparently prevents DAS and SDHS from doing their jobs. Part of that conflict of interest is that board member Kat Tarnowski works for SDHS. Many people have questioned how, as an ACO, she could possibly turn a blind eye to what is happening at HiCaliber. I think these rather graphic pictures might clear that up. Apparently, chopping up animals and having a dig around is just business as usual for her. I realize it was part of her training. I’ve had to be present for post mortems in college, but I most certainly didn’t feel the need to photograph them and post them on my social media. Nice to know where those tax dollars go, huh?
I think by now we all know how Manson’s interviews went. What was that she was saying a week ago? She couldn’t wait for it all to come out because she had such a great connection? Then there was her nice post about giving handjobs to all the reporters before the stories broke. That’s always a great way to endear oneself to them. What was super amusing was this private group strategizing about how to win him over. We all know how THAT worked out…
Meanwhile, as the village grows restless, Manson has lost access to her piggy bank Paypal account. I don’t take any delight in the fact that she runs that place so hand to mouth that she’s nearly out of hay. $7000 is a pretty big number though. I don’t think it has occurred to any of them that Manson doesn’t feel a need to go live when she can’t ask for money. As soon as she’s allowed to openly grift again, I’m sure she’ll be back and making up for lost time. Meanwhile, the money laundering openly continues. It’s almost like people passed out shovels to all of them.
With all the goings on lately, I haven’t really had the time to sit down and sort out the auction stuff for a few weeks. That’s still coming. However, I did pull this clip which pretty much shows how manipulative and evil Manson is. Because Manson managed to kill off two high profile horses in a very short time frame that must mean the haters snuck onto her property and slipped them something. You know, because both Umbra and Johnny Cade were the very picture of health. Actually, do you know what causes seizures in horses? Starvation and organ failure does. We all know Manson wasn’t following the refeeding protocol on Johnny Cade and we know that Umbra was getting no foal supplements because they were convinced Eclipse was producing milk to nourish her. Thankfully Manson reads this blog and has decided that even though she thought Eclipse produced enough milk for a 5 month old foal, she is not producing enough for a newborn so she won’t be trying that again. I’m not sure that means little Emlyn is out of the woods just yet. The last update showed them allowing her follow them around the barn yard where they have sick and quarantined horses walking around every day.
Well Rene, they aren’t lurking any more . Happy now?
I’m going to keep this short and sweet. I think many of us are drama’d out this past week. I do want to thank everybody for keeping things sane here. While everybody is losing their mind because some obscure news outlet picked up a story, you guys have kept your focus. There is a lot going on and all this media attention could not have come at a worse time as far as that goes. I’m sure that will surprise some people that I said that, but things will become much more clear in the next week. Mr. Racino made some phone calls and got information that was available to each and every one of you. Remember that. He isn’t the one that made those things happen, he didn’t file the complaints and compile the information, it was several hard working people that aren’t in it for glory, but for those horses. His interest is in breaking a story, not in what is best for those animals. The more drama he can whip up and drag this on, the better it is for ratings and if it puts current investigations at risk, he does not care. For my part, I’ve given it all I’ve got. I will see this through as long as the wheels set in motion are still turning. After that there is no more. For all those horses that have suffered, been exploited, killed for no reason and otherwise mistreated in the name of rescue, we’ve all given it our best. Let’s hope it’s enough and that next week brings good news. #saytheirnames