Ballingowan Pizzaz “Mango” arrived in hot and sunny Lexington, Kentucky on Wednesday for his trailer ride to the Pollard Eventing barn in an even hotter and sunnier Chattsworth, Georgia after his recent purchase. Mango is happy and healthy in his new home and Pollard Eventing’s program manager Katie Thornton asked me to give a special shout-out to Mike and the other members of the Tex Sutton flight crew for making the flight so seamless and comfortable on Mango. As Katie said, those guys are pros.
I also promised to provide more details on Mango’s syndication. Half of the shares in the Mango are still available. We have featured a number of notable syndications on EN, including Neville and the syndications through the great EOTF Experience Eventing site. I’m an especially big fan of this syndication option both because I think Mango is a brilliant horse and Michael is a terrific rider and because this syndication has a special feeling of redemption to it that captures the very best of eventing. Michael has posted additional details about the syndication on the Pollard Eventing website:
The goal of Pollard Eventing is to have four horses in contention for the 2014 World Equestrian Games. The recent loss of three of its top horses has meant a refocus to stay committed to that goal. Consequently, Pollard Eventing is offering two syndication options with the aim of replacing its equine talent. To widen the appeal and in an effort to spread risk, Pollard Eventing will be pairing one of its rising stars, at its own expense, with a horse purchased with syndicate buy-in funds. This means that new syndicate members would be able to buy in to two separate horses for the price of one. Additionally, Pollard Eventing will be keeping the maintenance cost per share at a level that covers only competition and insurance expenses.
Go M&M.
