December 10, 2010
Fairy Tales Do Come True for This Ex-Race Horse Named Lukas
“The best place for him is the feedlot. He’s too far gone; he’s so scrambled that he’s not coming back.” Those were the words of a trainer called in to evaluate a nine-year old gelding who was quickly becoming unmanageable. Lukas had begun life as a promising race horse, but an injury had ended his career before it began, and a succession of abusive and neglectful homes had left him with little hope and even less spirit. Purchased as an “inexpensive project horse” from a jumping stable where he had failed, again, to fit in, Lukas was well on his way to fulfilling that trainer’s prediction.
