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Re: [RC] Letters ...NOW-- Let's get the ball rolling! - heidiI don't breed any more. I can't afford it. I got no support from AHA or IAHA for breeding good horses that could (and have) completed the toughest endurance rides in the USA, if not the world. All I ever got was invoices from AHA, and then invitations to participate in promotion programs that cost more money than I could sell a foal for, that wouldn't help to promote good, using horses anyway. People come to my place and walk in my herd and somehow think these horses are "magic" or that I am a horse whisperer because my guys are so calm and people oriented. Even the unbroke horses are in your pocket, and you can lean on them, mess with them, lead them around with a string. Heck, you can lead both my stallions around with strings! And sadly, Lif, you are the kind of breeder that we need. One of the FIRST ways that I cut costs in my own program was to quit paying dues to IAHA. You are right that their programs are of no worth to the breeder who is just trying to put decent foals on the ground. And I was relieved to find that even with the merger with the Registry, one can still pay a smaller fee just to belong to the Registry portion of it without having to shell out to support the Pied Piper end of it that is piping the whole breed into sea. Heidi ============================================================ There must be a full understanding between the horse and rider for entry into the top competition brackets. There must be a confidence established that the desired position is attainable. There must be a caring for the horse, on the part of the owner, so as to not exceed the physical limits in the heat of competition. There must be a well planned training program that will result in the necessary equine attributes. ~ Bob Morris ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================
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