A thoroughbred racehorse worth over US$300,000 almost met a tragic end when she was abandoned in a stable to perish. However, in the nick of time, a charity found and rescued her and she survived, despite the huge odds stacked against her. Today, 9-year-old War Celeste is in the loving care of fosterers, living the life she deserves. Bred in the United States in 2012 by Swettenham Stud, Celeste was auctioned off to China Horse Club for 240,000 pounds (approx. US$328,000) by Watership Down Stud, a stud farm owned by composer Andrew Lloyd Webber. With an impressive lineage—her dam, Dawn Chorus, was mated with ex-racing horse War Front, one of the most expensive sires in the world—Celeste was sent to Ireland to be trained. But when she hadn’t raced by the age of 3, she was sold to Bowman Bloodstock for just 15,000 euro (approx. US$17,500) for breeding. Her fall from …
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