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Success StoriesBlaze went missing December 13th 2006, taken
out of a padlocked stable and over a 5ft gate, because he is so
small they must have just lifted him over. My family and I were
devastated!! He may be small but he has a huge character and had
stolen all our hearts. Christmas came and went and the search for
Blaze continued. Blaze was freezemarked when we bought him from
Slaneyrose Stud in Wicklow, but we only put him outside with a rug
on so the thieves wouldn’t have known. We had contacted Padlock
Ireland immediately he went missing and they were amazing! For the
next three months they kept Blaze in the limelight, even getting
him on RTE's Dustin's Daily news and all the prominent papers, hence
the thieves had to keep Blaze hidden and couldn't sell him on as
planned, because Padlock Ireland kept Blaze in the forefront of
peoples minds and gave us invaluable support, guidance and untiring
effort in the search for our little 28” stallion. I offered
a large reward but it wasn't till three months later….on March
17th 2007 that Blaze was returned to us (by someone who "could
buy him for us" from an unidentified party) It was ONLY thanks
to the freezemark and the help of Padlock Ireland that we got our
little horse back, and we can never thank them enough. Registering
your freezemarked horse with Padlock Ireland`s National Register
is the best thing you can do for your horse.
As told by Mr. Barrett, pictured below with his stallion Blaze.
Blaze went on to win champion of show at Cork show 2007, three months after being returned to his owners. A Cob cross in Co. Cavan was in the process of being stolen, December 2006, on Christmas eve, but the thieves were interrupted and thankfully fled. The owner got us to freezemark the horse as soon as possible and now, no one bothers with him. December 28, 2004: Eamon Mahoney of Loughrea had three donkeys stolen from his farm in Derrybrien. The only donkey left remaining was one bearing a Padlock Ireland Freeze Mark!
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