Cheating and Fraud iv.A.5-6
·16 min·1 clip
Servants insert soap between a horse's teeth to make it lose appetite, then bury needles in its hoof to create unexplained lameness.
As heard by us
A practical account of horse-dealing fraud, from hidden defects to the pressure placed on servants.
Here, horse-dealing fraud is treated as a working method, not a lone scam. Dealers lean on assistants, train grooms, and sometimes work through a buyer's own servants to keep defects out of sight and push a poor bargain through.
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A steady guide to how horse fraud is built from servants, staging, and small physical tricks.
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