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Re: [RC] [RC-Digest] Vol: 03.2519 - Zephyr Arabians------------------------------------------------------------ From: "rides2far@xxxxxxxx" <rides2far@xxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: [RC] Arabian Stud Fees are just too high I think we're slowly moving towards having "endurance blood lines". It just takes a while to have the few mares & stallions who compete have a career, retire, reproduce and wait for the babies to compete. Problem is they last so long! A good endurance mare is able to compete until she's practically too old to breed, unlike race mares who retire at 4 and are bred. It would be hard to want to give a really good endurance mare a year off to havea foal. We may have to spend more time dealing with the "she's a full sister to this successful gelding" type descriptions and get our foals from the mares bred to do endurance who never get to. "Endurance blood lines" are already out there! For instance, my stallion has not had an opportunity himself (yet) to compete -- I got him last year at age 15 and his previous owner has been in poor health for many years so she wasn't doing anything with him except breeding a few mares. However, she (the breeder) has produced many endurance horses in her 35+ year breeding career, including BRR Aurber Lights (paternal half-brother to my stallion) & was co-breeder of RT Muffin (maternal half-brother to my stallion's sire). He's also the only intact paternal half-brother to Heidi's Aur Bold Tribute who has a pretty darn impressive endurance record himself -- and was also a horse started in his teens. Of the foals my stallion has sired, several are endurance horses themselves and I know of others that will be out competing soon. At age 15 my stallion came to me completely untrained and took to trail riding like a natural. And he is simply awesome to ride! He has "endurance blood lines" and it shows when you get on him and head down the trail. :) Please Reply to: Paula Juergens cowlitztractor@xxxxxxx or= ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ========================================== Oh, that and= seeing real Arabs, not goofy, no bodied or brains, show horses,= very refreshing,, I'll look forward to Grizzly! PS anyone= interesting in sharing the cost of diesel? I've got room for a= few more horses in my big new Trails West. Where are you located Paula?? I can't make it to Grizzly <pout> but will be going to other PNER rides. ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ From: Chris Paus <paus@xxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: [RC] Stud Fees In almost every case, stud fees for a good endurance stallion will be a bargain compared to the stud fees for a Scottsdale champion, and you'll have a better chance of getting a decent riding horse, JMHO. I haven't seen too many Scottsdale champions that I would take on an endurance ride. LOL! You got that Chris! ~Nicole * Zephyr Arabians & KattWmn Web Design * * http://www.zephyrarabians.com * * http://www.kattwmn.com * *Native Californian Newly Transplanted to the PNW* * * * You have the right to remain silent, anything * * you say can be misquoted and used against you. * =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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