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Re: [RC] Price of horse - Bette LamoreI've said it before and I'll say it again, a very wise person once told me a horse is worth what the owner is willing to sell it for and what the buyer is willing to pay-- sometimes they match-- sometimes not and who is to say who is right? I was offered $250,000 for Halynov two months after I'd purchased him by the Brazilians through trainer Doug Dahman who were looking for a stallion for jumper anglo crosses-- I turned it down and they replied-- name your price-- I repeated that he was not for sale. Doug told a friend that they would probably go up to 500,000 and that I was nuts --- and perhaps I was. We had just spent our life savings buying a ranch and tons of breeding/training equipment and after the government took half the purchase price in taxes and left me with a breeding facility with no stallion, I figured I would not come out ahead. When we were later defrauded by realtors and lost our ranch and then our business was being legislated out, I called Doug in desperation and choking with tears, asked him if he knew of anyone interested-- he sneered at me and said "opportunity knocks but once" and hung up. So what was Halynov worth?-- to me still everything and had I not been worried about my family, I n ever would have made that call and it was the only sales call I ever made on Hal. There is no static "worth" to horses. I've lost sales because I priced the horse too low (to the sheiks-- not enough money in the sale for the US broker to get his "cut") so figure it out... Life is unpredictable and what is one man's pride is another man's cull. So much for philosophizing tonight. Bette Bette Lamore Whispering Oaks Arabians Home of Bunny and 16.2h TLA Halynov who lives on through his legacy Hal's Riverdance! http://www.arabiansporthorse.com "Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming --WOW-- what a ride !! " Ridecamp Guest wrote: Please Reply to: Peter Smith bay_mpf@xxxxxxxxxxxx or ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ========================================== =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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