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Group 1 Winner Zazou Stolen In Czech Republic

Group 1 winner Zazou (Ger) (Shamardal), who stands at Darhorse Stud in the Czech Republic, was stolen on Friday evening and information on his recovery is being sought by the Czech authorities, according to published reports.

The stallion is part of the sanctioned assets of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, who is an ally of Vladimir Putin. The sanctions on Kadyrov were invoked following Russia's invasion of the Ukrainian Crimea in 2014. An attempt to kidnap Zazou, and G2 Dubai City Of Gold hero Mikhail Glinka (Ire) Galileo {Ire}) was made last January, but failed according to Czech Radio.

Popular in the Czech Republic, the stallion was based near Roudnice nad Labem, approximately 50km (31 miles) north of Prague. Bred by Stiftung Gestut Fahrhof, the 16-year-old's final races were in the colors of Kadyrov and he was trained by Waldemar Hickst in Germany. He won the G1 Premio Roma in Italy and placed second in the G1 German Derby.

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Wesley Ward’s Stolen Trophies Recovered

LEXINGTON, KY–The majority of the trophies that were stolen just over a month ago from trainer Wesley Ward's home in Versailles, Kentucky have been recovered. According to the Versailles Police Department's Assistant Chief Rob Young, one individual was charged with receiving stolen property and is now in custody.

On the morning of Feb. 8, 2022, a thief walked off with 14 trophies, including many that Ward received from the Royal Ascot meet, but they did not take any other valuables from the home such as electronics and several other trophies were left behind.

Ward was informed of his recovered trophies on Thursday.

Update: Thank you to all who retweeted about my family's stolen trophies. They have been recovered by the Versailles PD and the criminals have been arrested! The criminals have ruined the trophies to get the precious metals, but we are proud to get justice served! pic.twitter.com/c6rbnpbRUm

— Riley Ward (@riley_ward1) March 10, 2022

“We got a call from detective Steve Sparkman of the Versailles Police Department and he brought me in and said they had recovered the majority of the trophies,” Ward said. “There are still a few missing. Those trophies are not worth anything monetarily, so at least we got them back and the memories are still there.”

Assistant Chief Young said that seven of the missing trophies have been recovered.

“It's not the outcome that we wanted because they were heavily damaged,” he admitted. “Versailles police worked with the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office and the Lexington Police Department and we recovered them in Lexington on Wednesday. The case is ongoing. We're trying to recover additional trophies as well as identify all parties involved.”

Due to the ongoing status of the case, Young could not share any further information on the subject in custody.

Ward said that while the recovered trophies were burnt down in order to obtain any precious metals, he added that they were still recognizable and the Royal Ascot insignia could still be seen. When the trophies first went missing, Ward had said he would inquire about seeking replacement trophies, but now says he wishes to keep the recovered trophies despite their damage.

“We'll keep what we have,” he said. “We'll have to dust them off and clean them up, but we're happy to have them back.

Ward credits his son, Riley, for his hand in recovering the trophies by reaching out to various local news outlets including WKYT and LEX18NEWS.

“My son has been there for all these wins and was on the platform when we got all these trophies,” he said. “It really hit him hard so he's the one that reached out to the news outlets. I can't thank them enough because according to Detective Sparkman, that's one of the biggest reasons they were found is because they got a tip from someone and there was a lot of loose talk I guess, so thank God for my boy. He's the one that recovered them.”

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Woman Reunites With Missing Horse After Eight Years

Kayla Pevytoe of Magnolia, Texas, had been searching for her childhood horse, “Dixie,” for over eight years. Kayla lost track of her horse in 2013, when the mare was sold without her knowledge. Kayla tried to locate the mare using social media posts on her own pages and in other equine groups, and searched on horse sale sites and auction websites to no avail.

In 2021, people responding to Pevytoe's Facebook post encouraged her to contact NetPosse, also called Stolen Horse International. Pevytoe filed a “Searching for Horse” report on the NetPosse website. The website generated a flyer and volunteers issued a NetPosse Alert, similar to an Amber Alert for humans. The alert was posted on social media platforms, included in the organization's e-newsletter and given to network partners.

This time, the plea for information on Dixie was seen by the right person, and one of Dixie's former owners let Kayla know she had sold the mare six months prior to seeing the alert.

Pevytoe updated her report and the information was again disseminated on multiple platforms. Two days after the update went out, she got a call from a woman who thought her friend might have bought Dixie from an auction. The new owners then reached out to Pevytoe and agreed to sell the mare back to her former owner.

Pevytoe and her husband drove nearly nine hours to pick up the beloved mare, who was very thin. Dixie seemed to remember her old owner, perking up at her name.

Pevytoe believes the mare had moved at least six times in nearly eight years.

NC Horses Have Tail Hair Stolen To Sell

Horse owners in North Carolina are being urged to keep a close eye on their horse when they are turned out on pasture: Someone is cutting the tail hair from horses when they are not inside barns. Horses in Nash County have been affected thus far.

Horsehair, used to make everything from fake tails for show horses to human wigs, jewelry and home décor, is expensive and demand is high. Hair is typically sold by the pound; light-colored hair can garner as much as $400 to $600 per pound.

Cutting horse tails isn't new; the Camden County, NC, Sheriff's Office reported tail-hair theft in March of this year. Though cutting the tail hair doesn't harm the horse outright, it does limit his ability to swat insects, which may carry disease.

Anyone with information can call the Nash County Sheriff's Office at 252-459- 4121 or Twin County Crime Stoppers at 252-977-1111.