Sadly there are usually fights etc, thefts you name it and apart from p***ing the locals off, still nothing is being done about it. As I said, there was talk about stopping it or relocating but but as of yet nothing. One of my livery's farrier wanted to buy a little Fellx I have here and I wouldnt sell to him, simply because hes a bit rough to put it bluntly, but I saw him the following Sunday at Mays sale so I went up to him and asked him if I had have sold her to him would he have brought her to sell at Watton and he said YES!! Glad I stuck to my gut feeling as I said before I would rather shoot my horses than have them end up there. Lx
Sad to see that it is still happening but unfortunately the pikey and trotting contingency are very strong in the thetford area and they have always used sales as a form of get together, but you'd think that welfare lessons would have been learnt by now.