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Re: [RC] [RC] Why by from the killers? - heidi


Wow - $2000? I would expect to pay more than that for a good endurance
horse, to be honest. It is another if it is a young horse of unproven
lines, an   older horse perhaps with a season or two left or an
untrained horse of any age -
 but $2000 is a steal for a horse with reasonable potential. Most show
horses
:)  go for 3 to 5 times that amount as HALTER horses. YIKES!

many  people have paid over $2000 for their horse, and still have
saddle  fit  issues.

That was my response as well, Sandy.  In a sport where Powerstrokes and
Cummins Turbos are the norm for pulling rigs, where people pay well into 5
figures for Sundowners to camp in and haul their horses, where many
saddles have 4-figure price tags, I personally find it shocking that some
people don't think the actual flesh-and-blood equine companion is worth
any investment at all.  Do we have our priorities backward, or what??

We occasionally have "prospects" as low as $2000 or under--but they are
generally young and not yet started.  Most of ours have higher price tags
than that.  But they are still dirt-cheap compared to what even mediocre
show horses sell for, and for what one gets for one's money.  We are still
"giving them away" at the prices we DO charge!  Good thing we have day
jobs...

Heidi



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