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I have to laugh, Heidi
I was wondering if you could refrain from bashing any of my posts just 
once and since I didn't see any of yours recently, I thought this one 
just might slip by. I was wrong--- always vigilant... always predictable.
I guess not all of us can afford to keep anymore offspring as some of us 
have monetary constraints that limit us. I happen to have all the 
quality I need now-- hard to imagine that I am still not satisfied-- and 
cannot wait until full maturity to evaluate all offspring. If my clients 
get better quality than me--- hooray for them!!! Hopefully they will 
promote the lines and I still win!
Now the only thing is to wait for your reply to this ;-)
Bette the producer??? breeder??? idiot for keeping on posting to this 
email group??? I guess it is time to put you back on my DWP list (delete 
without reading) :-) so fire away and don't expect a response.  I do not 
enjoy being placed in the position of having to defend myself every time 
I post. I know that I am not always right; however, I also know that by 
sheer laws of averages, I am not always wrong as you intimate. :-)
heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> > Amen to you Chris!
> > I feel the same way and do the same as you do-- with one exception-- I
> > have a buyer for my horse before it hits the ground.
> >    
>
> Herein, though, lies the philosophical difference between a "breeder" and
> a "producer."  As a longterm "breeder," ALL of my matings are done with
> the thought of how the foal will fit into and contribute to the long-term
> breeding program.  The key to the program is that one produces horses with
> consistently useful traits.  BUT--NO foal of mine is ever for sale prior
> to birth.  ALL foals are considered in the context of the future of the
> program before ANY are offered for sale.  I have turned down more sales
> than I can count because the horses were key to the future of the overall
> program.  And if I sold them, I can't guarantee I can replace them.  They
> only become sale horses when there reaches a degree of genetic redundancy
> in the program that I can pick and choose--and then some of them can go
> find jobs.
>
> SH Frisky Affair is a good example of this--she is the mare that Karen
> Chaton recently posted about that just won overall fastest time on one of
> the recent multidays.  She was only for sale because I had five mares by
> her sire, and in two cases, the mares were out of closely related dams. 
> So I kept three, and sold one from each "redundant" pair.  (The other one
> went into an endurance breeding program.)
>
> Additionally, the buyer does not have the risk of a sight unseen
> foal--they get a mature horse ready to go, and they can see what they are
> getting.
>
> I had a buyer this year really eager to buy a Junior foal out of one of
> our leased mares before it was born--but I worked too darn hard to get
> that mare line into my herd, and there is NO WAY on God's green earth that
> I'd part with the filly that she had.  If I get another one out of the
> same mare, then (and only then!) might one be for sale.
>
> I could probably pay the bills easier if I would just put price tags on
> everything and let buyers just come shopping.  But I still want to be
> breeding at this caliber (and better!) in another 30 years, and to do
> that, I simply CAN'T rip the guts out of the program by selling foals that
> are integral to its future.
>
> Heidi
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Bette Lamore
Whispering Oaks Arabians
Home of Bunny and 16.2h TLA Halynov
who lives on through his legacy Hal's Riverdance!
http://www.arabiansporthorse.com

Always remember: "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away." (George Carlin)




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