MISSING EQUINE Areneceous ,Basically a Dreamer, Skip-A-Bar-Trademark, Socks, Tully, Twister, Dial, SC

Supporters searching for adopted horses after woman's arrest Areneceous "Arnie" 1993 Thoroughbred Gelding 16.11/2 hands currently. Arnie is blind in one eye and can no longer be jumped. Sensitive feet without shoes. Arnie was adopted by Robin Hollingsworth and assumed sold illegally. Contact owner for more specific details we could not post on this site

News Article in Spartanburg Paper

Supporters searching for adopted horses after woman's arrest

Resource: JANET S. SPENCER, Staff Writer, GoUpstate.com, Published: Thursday, March 18, 2004 at 7:24 a.m., Last Modified: Thursday, March 18, 2004 at 12:00 a.m.

Supporters of a horse adoption agency said Wednesday they are concerned about the placement of more than a dozen horses after a Landrum woman's arrest on a charge of illegally selling one in Spartanburg County.

Robin Hollingsworth, 50, of 493 Pierce Road is free on a $10,000 bond.

Hollingsworth was arrested Friday by Spartanburg County sheriff's deputies on charges of obtaining goods by false pretense and forgery.

She is accused of selling a horse, "Cutlass," to Pam Purdy of Campobello for $3,500 and altering paper-

work regulated by the state of South Carolina which confirmed the horse's age and condition.

A report filed by the investigator stated that the horse was owned by Second Wind Adoption of West Union, West Virginia, which held the title that prohibited its sale.

Purdy said Wednesday she negotiated with Hollingsworth through a third woman beginning last July to find a horse her 18-year-old son, Michael, could ride when he plays Polocrosse.

The deal was sealed in October, against her better judgment when Hollingsworth seemed too eager to complete the sale, Purdy said in hindsight.

"And she wanted cash. But Michael was not able to ride the horse in a game which requires a lot of speed, stopping and turning," she said.

A check of the horse by a veterinarian determined he had arthritis and instead of being the maximum age of 11, according to Hollingsworth's papers, which Purdy signed, the veterinarian determined Cutlass was 19 years old, she said.

"The horse is a real sweet boy - but not for riding. He went on the trailer easily enough. But once inside, he began to sweat profusely. We couldn't take him anywhere," she said.

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