Tough economy, legislation presses horse industry Peggy Goeke said she has a couple of foals from a good brood mare and a hand-picked stallion. "They have a lot of good breeding and good talent behind them," Goeke said. Horses like that used to fetch anywhere from $5,000 to $8,000, she said."I'm not selling them for $200," said Goeke, of Warren County. "That's giving them away. Most of us are just hanging on to them." The economy has hit the horse industry hard. The price of grain and feed has skyrocketed along with the price of fuel. Fewer people are attending horse shows and competitions. However, horse experts also point to the closing of the nation's only horse slaughterhouses in Illinois and Texas as another bad development for horses and horse owners. Legislation in those states banned the slaughterhouses, and there are no others in the United States. Meanwhile, horse rescue facilities are full and most are not accepting more horses....