The Oympics

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14. the Romney's were involved in horse abuse, but tangential to dressage

in that it could have been any equine discipline.

One of Ann's horses, Super Hit, became unsound. In the old days, and even now, an unsound horse would be retired or semi-retired, only doing as much as was comfortable for him or her, be it trail horse or pasture companion.

Ann's horse was instead drugged up and sold to an unsuspecting client of Ann's trainer, Jan Ebeling, for $125K. The buyer sued for fraud. Toxicology tests on the horse's blood sample (taken during the pre-purchase exam to be held frozen in case of a disput) showed 4 surgery-level sedatives in his system. Only 2 of the drugs were honestly accounted for (used and listed by the attending vet for x-rays). Ultimately, Ann was dropped from the suit and Ebeling settled out of court.