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Re: RE: Breeding for Endurance



 
----- Original Message -----
From: Lif Strand
To: Ridecamp
Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2000 9:30 AM
Subject: RC: RE: Breeding for Endurance

At 11:54 PM 4/22/00 -0400, you wrote:
I bet a lot of people - not necessarily including Don, just using his comment as a starting point - who say they don't want to spend a few thousand dollars on a horse still spend money on new trucks, new trailers, new saddles & other tack.  An awful lot of people who complain about horse prices spend thousands and thousands of dollars on the support stuff - every year even.  I would venture to guess there are a significant number of people who complain about horse prices who have saddles that cost more than their horses did.  Did I say that the horses were no good?  No I did not.  Tbis is just a comment on what people think is worth spending money on.
 
I paid $1200 for my "cheap" horse, I paid $1600 for the saddle not including the blankets, leathers, & stirrups. I think it was worth it because the saddle fits my "cheap" horse like a glove. Whereas if I would have bought a "cheap" saddle for my "cheap" horse I might be looking for another "cheap" horse.
 
John
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


Now before anyone has a hot flash over this, keep in mind I am NOT saying everyone is this way.  But I happen to know more than a few endurance riders who refuse to spend more than $1000 or so on a horse - this would be a trained horse already of endurance age - but who have bought brand new trailers with tack rooms, etc., new trucks, several saddles - oh, and by the way - have bought several more low priced horses along the way to replace the ones that break down.  I bet you know one or more of these people too. 

You keep using keyboards as hammers & you'll keep buying more keyboards.  At some point you've invested more in replacement keyboards than you would if you bought a hammer in the first place. 


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