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That's a good point that you brought out... I paid very little for a young, not baby we are talking 3 or better yr. old verses the big price paid for a similiar or older horse.  Now, true there was a gamble on the original horse.  But for the price, how could you go wrong?  The ones I did buy from someone else and they DIDN'T work out... those are the ones I had to try and get my money out of.  Some I did, some I didn't.  But, of all the ones that I have raised, I have kept. They have all been good horses, that went on to win rides for me.  Like I said, I have just been blessed with the line that I have.  I am lucky to have found it, and will remain loyal to it.  I know... you get what you pay for... but in this case, with my horses, I have gotten more...maybe from the fact that I made them...not bought them.

 

Jody and  ALL the Jet girls
Lif Strand <lif@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> At 02:43 PM 7/18/2004, Jody Rogers-Buttram wrote:
> >This is why I like to raise my own replacements. Your right Roger, buying 
> >and paying a lot for an endurance prospect is a big deal. I personally 
> >can't afford to pay the 3k and up for a horse.
>
> As a person who was (no longer am) breeding horses for distance 
> riding/competition for about 20 years, I do have a bit of a disagreement 
> with your position. Let's say you decide to breed your own. Let's say it 
> only costs you $75/month to care for a horse - an incredibly low amount - 
> and that includes feed, farrier, worming, shots and everything, and you do 
> your own training.
>
> Mare pregnant one year: $900
> Foal fed through 3 yrs: $2700
> Total cost to beginning of foal's 4th year: $3600
>
> Now you've already paid out more than you said you'd be willing to pay for 
> someone else's
>  horses - but you don't have a guaranteed endurance horse 
> anyway. Some foals just don't grow up to be endurance horses, no matter 
> how good the sire and dam. So instead of having a choice among horses that 
> look like good prospects, maybe have even done a ride or more, you're stuck 
> with a horse that isn't suitable.
>
> If there were guarantees that every foal from a great mare and a great 
> stallion would be a great horse too, everyone who was into breeding would 
> be rich. When it comes to genetics, nothing is simple.
>
> >the way I see it, if the horse was that good, why would they sell him.
>
> Maybe they are in the business of breeding endurance horses. Maybe there 
> are rider health issues, or financial issues, or they have one horse too 
> many, or... or... Just because something is for sale doesn't mean it isn't 
> any good.
>
> > I have found it a lot easier to get my money out of a $1000 horse verses 
> > a 2K or more
>  horse.
>
> Hah - now me, I'd wonder why someone was selling a horse for so cheap when 
> I know it costs more than that to raise and train. I'm the other way 
> around when it comes to suspicion and mistrust - underpricing raises lots 
> of questions in my mind!
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> Lif Strand fasterhorses.com
> Quemado NM USA

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