Saddlebred community asking how, why horses were attacked.

From: The Kansas City Star (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune NewsService) | Date: July 3, 2003 | Copyright information

Byline: Grace Hobson

Before Wild-Eyed and Wicked was to compete in an American Royal championship two years ago, rivals taunted his rider in a good-natured attempt to bump the favorite.

He won anyway.

And when the chestnut gelding, owned by a Johnson County couple, skipped the same event last year, the other riders buzzed about their good fortune.

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