The SCTBR volunteers found Katie at a low end auction. Funds were available for the possible rescue of one horse but there were seven Thoroughbreds there that night, that were in danger (including one with what appeared to be a broken knee). Emergency donations allowed the rescue to outbid the kill buyer for a few more of the horses.
Katie’s consigners had taken her to the auction because they could no longer afford to keep her.
Katie’s history showed that she had raced a few times, taken time off to raise a foal, then returned again to the racetrack. She later went to a private owner.
Katie, despite being under tack during the auction and ridden in the auction ring, still went to the feedlot.
The rescue was given a reprieve of 48 hours, to pull her from the lot. Funds came in for her rescue, and what eventually turned out to be two other horses as well.
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