[RC] Why buy from a breeder? - Kristi SchaafThis whole auction/breeder thread has been quite interesting. I can say that ridecamp has educated me (when Heidi and Lif are on, they're ON) so that when the time comes to buy another horse, I am going to do a much better job of researching the horse I buy, instead of buying because he tugs at my heart strings. I've bought all my horses with my heart instead of my head (and convinced myself that the potential was there). Of the three I have now (and love DEARLY), one has done a lot of NATRC but now has issues that may prevent him from ever doing 50's, and the other two are still fairly young (6 and 8) but I've discovered that they probably don't have the potential to do even slow 50's. After spending about $2K each on the younger ones and investing 2 years in LSD, only to discover that neither one is a good candidate, what was their true cost when you add in my time for those two years? (I know, I know, I've learned a lot just by working with them, and that's a sort of payment). But I want to do 50's so BADLY. Since I only have room for three horses, I'm in a bit of a quandry. I don't want to sell any of them because they are FAMILY, but I want to do 50's!!! If I had spent more money in the first place on a horse bred for and/or proven in endurance, he would be family AND I would already be doing what I so long to do (50's, if I haven't mentioned it yet..). Live and learn - I'm trying anyway. Kristi iluvdez at yahoo dot com ===== Life's a journey, so enjoy the ride (and try not to fall off) _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Win 1 of 4,000 free domain names from Yahoo! Enter now. http://promotions.yahoo.com/goldrush =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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