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[RC] Horse size....what gives?!?! - rides2farArabs (who are supposed to have been 14.1-15.1 origionally, but are all now > 14.3-16.2...huh??)?!?!> This thought hit me, cause my friend has been trying to sell an EXCELLANT > endurance Arab...granted, she is young (just over 3) she is now only 13.3 and will probablly never > top > 14.1-2 I"m short (5') and love ponies, but it's pretty easy for me to see how a 3 year old that's 13.3 isn't the most marketable thing in the world. Add to that they bred to a well known horse, which ups the price, she's paying you to train it at 3, that ups the price... it's a mare (in my experience most like to ride geldings) and you've just got a lot of money in that horse for what its marketability is. I competed 11 years on a 14.2 horse. Everybody thought he was bigger because my legs lacked about 8" reaching the bottom of his belly and that made him look bigger. After that I bought a 14.1 horse that wasn't as deep in the heart and had a shorter back. It was a huge difference in feel, and that's just ONE inch. Somebody not being interested in a 13.3 horse certainly doesn't mean they'd turn up their nose at 14.2...and a 13.3 "deerlike" build is a *lot* different than a 13.3 stout build. One of my biggest concerns with my little guy was that he had *such* a short back I wasn't sure I'd be able to get a saddle that fit him *and* me. Saddle makers tend to make the seat size in proportion to the tree size and assume a kid rides tiny horses. Just because I'm 5' tall does not mean I don't have a bigger butt than a 5'9 woman! He didn't work out for me for other reasons and now I'm on a 14.3 horse. He's a little big for me and I'd prefer 14.2 when I'm trying to get back on out on the trail without a stump, tailgate, stool, etc. in sight. :-) I've bought and sold horses enough that I accept the fact you cannot scold someone into wanting a product. The worst argument declaring a horse's worth is "how much money you've got in it". That is not the buyer's problem. It's like telling your boss he should give you a raise because you need the money. If you want to sell something it's got to be more desirable than the others they have access to. If you sink more money into an animal than it has a market value to sell for, you've got to consider that "hobby money" that you spent to amuse yourself. That filly may blow everyone's mind someday and hopefully make them wish they owned her, but when you breed small you've got to accept the fact that there's a limited market of people who can and want to ride short horses, and they also have the option of riding tall ones if they have access to them at a better price. At 14.2 she'll be marketable. At 13.3-14.1 she'd be more fun to keep and go beat everyone with to prove a point. >g< Angie =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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