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[RC] How did you find your endurance horse? - Sharon HahnI had ridden other people's horses as a teenager, but never had one of my own. I saw an ad in the paper for a half-lease and thought, "I'm an adult, I can have a horse if I want to." Thus Cameo and I met. About 6 months later, her owner decided to sell her. At first I resisted, because I was doing temp work and wasn't sure I was staying in Minnesota permanently (didn't want to haul a horse cross-country). Eventually, I caved in and bought her. I didn't vet check her because I'd already had the benefit of a 6 month trial and she seemed healthy and sound. We got into endurance because she had a lot of energy and wasn't particularly good at anything else. Twelve years later, we're still doing great. I purchased my other mare as a weanling from an endurance person who does some breeding. It was hard to find a weanling bred to actually perform - seems like most people who sell horses that young breed them for the show ring, but I really wanted a baby to train. I felt really good about that purchase (nothing like spending 4 hours on a competitive ride with someone to understand how their training theories and how they interact with horses). Unfortunately, that mare broke her ankle in a freak pasture accident and may never make it to the competition scene, although she is ridable.
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