Sexy Horse Noises!

Another lovely obituary from the Daily Telegraph (of course) that is, as always, written with panache:

Nick Mills, who has died aged 54, was a country vet with a practice which took him across the world as an anaesthetist for wild animals, an insurance adviser to the racing industry and a "sex therapist" to thoroughbreds at stud.

Among the famous racehorses he examined before they were purchased or put out to stud were Epsom Derby winners such as Galileo and Benny the Dip. When the 2002 Kentucky Derby winner War Emblem showed a lack of interest in the opposite sex, Mills made several journeys to Japan (where the horse was standing) and drew on his research with the Cambridge University veterinary school. This included using chemical stimulants; placing a blanket soaked in mares' urine on stallions; and even introducing reluctant thoroughbreds to a harem of carthorses in the hope that they might be stimulated by "rough trade". Mills's efforts with War Emblem led to productive coverings. During the past year he had been working on a CD, to be called Sexy Horse Noises.

Whole life here.

Comments

[Andrew F. Giles]

Ha! Rough trade! This sexpert sure knew his stuff. There is also a school that uses artificial horse vaginas to encourage the stallion to... well, you know: "Initially, we attempted to fashion a home-made Mississippi style artificial vagina using a latex rubber tube occluded at one end by two sticks and foam rubber padding. While manipulating this flimsy device, we found that manual pressure applied to the penis elicited pelvic thrusting and ejaculation, even before the stallion mounted the mare". Later, they found it easier using a plastic bag. Easy-freeze, dontcha know. Mills would be delighted.

[Neil Mackenzie]

I was going to attach this comment on your lost sheep thread with a suggestion you ask your friends at the Spectator to go looking for their lost black sheep. Alas you were twittering so "sexy horse noises" will have to do. There appear to be far too many Spectator readers who deem the following noises sexy:

If Israel is to be browbeaten into committing suicide, however, it is essential that the fingerprints of the Israel-haters are not found at the scene of the crime and that it is carried out instead by someone with impeccable credentials as an Israel supporter. That person may well be Hillary Clinton who, if appointed Secretary of State, will be expected to finish the job her husband failed to do and force a Palestine state into being.

Melanie Phillips writing of Barack Obama on her blog at the Spectator. My point about the Spectator was actually somewhat serious. Perhaps you could lend someone your shepherds crook so they could go looking for their lost black sheep.