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$40,000.00 Horsetrailers/  $40,000.00 Trucks/ $2,000.00 Saddles/Who knows what we spend

on riding clothes,BUT $1,000.00 IS TOO MUCH TO BREED A PROVEN STALLION TO YOUR

MARE!!!!!!!!!!!! GO FIGURE!!!!

Truman Prevatt <tprevatt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> John you make some interesting observations. Horse ownership seems to be 
> quite a bit different in the US than many other countries. I many 
> coutries equine activities are a purview of the wealthy. In the US much 
> of it is by the "proletariat." I suspect that in the US for the most 
> part CTR and endurance are the sports of the "proletariat" where as in 
> many other countries it is a sport of the wealthy. As you point out you 
> are more interested in the individual horse than the "breeding" and I 
> think many of not most of us involved in endurance in the US are the same.
>
> We have equine sports in the US that are dominated by wealth - where 
> breeders are omni present promoting their breeds, etc. much the same way 
> you describe in Argentina. However, in the US it is diciplines such as 
> dressage, eventing, TB racing, etc., not endurance. Endurance (and
>  CTR) 
> started as a backyard sport for the masses. It is not breed specific and 
> it is a sport where all you need is a good horse a set of goals and the 
> desire and work ethic to get your horse (and yourself) capable of 
> meeting the goals.
>
> That I think is what makes the sport so attractive to most of us in this 
> country - and is fundamentally different from many countries. It would 
> be interesting to find out in how many countries the motto of thier 
> version endurance is "to finish is to win," where the event is purposely 
> listed in the the bylaws of their organization as a "ride" rather than a 
> "race." For the most part I believe that "to finish is to win" is the 
> personal motto of most (but of course not all) US riders.
>
> Truman
>
> John Teeter wrote:
>
> >Sorry to enter late into this. I generally don't have much to say about the breeding of the Arabian horse - mainly not being too particular as to the breed, but the individual
>  I'm riding. But there are contrasts with activities in the US and those I've seen or heard of in other countries. 
> > 
> >
>
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