AR-News: (US FL) Horses find a haven from labor on farm where only people work hard

[Animalara2003 at aol.com]

RICH McKAY
Associated Press
ALACHUA, Fla. - The lanky, white-haired old man ambles into a horse pasture 
with a hammer wagging in his right hand as six or seven of his 17 dogs chase 
tails in circles around him.
At 75, Peter Gregory strides toward a fallen-down railing along a corral in 
steps that echo his youth. He fishes some long nails out of his pocket beneath 
a couple of fat carrots that catch the eye of an idle horse swatting a tail at 
a persistent fly.
There's always work to do at the Mill Creek Farm, "Unless you've got four 
legs," Gregory said in the heavy accent of his native London.
"Then it's luxury," he said, as he starts pounding nail to railing.
At last count, there were 122 horses on Gregory's farm nestled in 240 acres 
of rolling hills about 11 miles north of Gainesville.
And not one of the horses is ridden, pulls a cart or wagon, pulls a plow or 
does any work at all. There are no saddles, stirrups, bridles or crops or 
whips, or even horseshoes. Peter Gregory calls those items an "abomination" and 
scowls as he speaks.
Mill Creek Farm is also called the Retirement Home for Horses and it's a 
sanctuary for horses that have worked hard, or have been abused, nearly starved, 
or were at one point doomed to become glue, Corinthian leather car seats or dog 
food.


fullstory:
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/breaking_news/7796713.htm



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but because of those who look on and do nothing.",
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