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By now I would have expected them to have learned enough to breed  
their OWN horses with the traits they desire for their style of  
endurance riding.

Lynne

On Oct 27, 2005, at 10:33 AM, heidi larson wrote:

> Could it be the horse's records in these other countries are  
> showing that they are better horses?  Do they have a better base of  
> training than the US horses?  In the international rides are these  
> countries placing higher than the US horses/teams?  If I was out to  
> purchase the best, I'd go where the best horses are, political  
> policies or not.
>
> heidi
>
>
>
> jan mutchler <jmutchler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Isn't the UAE continuing to purchase endurance horses through  
> Australia, Argentina, France, etc.? I heard a few months ago that  
> UAE was slowing its buying of US horses. This reduction of  
> purchasing US horses may be due to political reasons, or more  
> simply, maybe they feel they are buying better horses elsewhere  
> with the types of bloodlines they feel are best suited for their  
> type of competition.
> Jan Mutchler
>
>
> ---- Ridecamp Guest wrote:
> >
> > Please Reply to: ti tivers@xxxxxxx or ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > ==========================================
> >
> > A large proportion of this group will be glad to hear that  
> several UAE sheikhs have reduced or shut down their buying  
> activities in the US. This means that even good or excellent  
> endurance horses will be available at far lower prices in the US.
> >
> > At the same time, UAE and Middle East purchases of Thoroughbred  
> racing/breeding prospects is climbing.
> >
> > Why is this happening? I leave that question open for discussion.

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