11 Yearlings From TTA Sale Listed By Suspected Kill Pen Buyer

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Executive Director of the Texas Thoroughbred Association Tracy Sheffield posted a message on the TTA's Facebook page concerning a buyer at Tuesday's annual yearling sale named David O'Dwyer, who purchased 11 horses at the Lone Star Park auction for prices ranging from $1,000 to $2,200. The story appeared on The Paulick Report.

Sheffield's statement said:

“We are aware of the online reports of horses from our yearling sale this week appearing in suspected kill pen advertisements on social media. We are infuriated and saddened to see this. For reference, we have taken steps to rule off suspected kill pen buyers from our sales grounds in recent years. At this year's sale, this buyer who signed the tickets as 'David O'Dwyer' was not a suspected kill pen buyer to us, but as soon as we got wind of what may have been going on, we ejected him from the sale and he is banned from making any future purchases with us.

“Unfortunately, by the time we suspected the activity, he had purchased and, as a result based on the terms and conditions of our sale, legally owned the yearlings he had purchased. We spoke to the buyer at the sale and we reached him by phone today. He claims these horses are not to be killed and that owners/breeders can buy the horses back. We are working to find a solution to this situation which is absolutely unacceptable.”

The 11 horses O'Dwyer purchased during the Aug. 26 sale were all listed on the Bowie Texas Livestock website on a “O'Dwyer Horses” page, each with a “slaughter date” of Sept. 2. The specific horses are as follows:

• Hip 10: chestnut filly by Idol, out of Lost Raven ($2,000) – listed for sale at Bowie website for $2,800;
• Hip 17: (I Don't Lik'em Sir) chestnut filly by Vino Rosso, out of Majestic Lady ($2,200) – listed for sale at Bowie website for $3,400;
• Hip 21: chestnut colt by Competitive Edge, out of Maymesiter ($1,500) – listed for sale at Bowie website for $2,800;
• Hip 26: (Shopliftedinaflash) bay gelding by Shoplifted, out of Miss Flashback ($1,700) – listed for sale at Bowie website for $2,400;
• Hip 28: chestnut filly by Early Voting, out of Mom'z Laugh ($1,000) – listed for sale at Bowie website for $2,400;
• Hip 36: dark bay gelding by Mo Tom, out of Mykindalady ($1,500) – listed for sale at Bowie website for $2,400;
• Hip 56: dark bay colt by Flat Out, out of Pobeda ($1,700) – listed for sale at Bowie website for $2,400;
• Hip 66: (Shaken Competition) dark bay gelding by Competitive Edge, out of Really Shakin ($1,200) – listed for sale at Bowie website for $2,400;
• Hip 98: bay colt by Basin, out of Song From Above ($1,700) – listed for sale at Bowie website for $2,400;
• Hip 114: gray colt by Mark Valeski, out of Supercede ($1,700) – listed for sale at Bowie website for $3,800;
• Hip 122: bay filly by The Big Beast, out of Tayrona ($1,700) – listed for sale at Bowie website for $2,400.

This story will be updated when more information becomes available.

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