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I know that the major horse-producing industry in Egypt would be the private studs who breed Egyptian Arabians for racing and halter shows. When I moved here there were about 20 of them and the last time I saw a count it was up around 300 last year. Every so often someone's accountant points out that the money going out is vastly more than the money coming in and another shipment of purebred Arabs ends up at the pyramids stables. They don't eat them, they just rent them out for lots of money to jerks who want to be seen riding a flashy horse as they gallop around and sometimes ride them to death. Ours end up in bone piles or pulling carts.  This is hardly an end to be desired but that's sure the way it is.  You might argue that any horses that could be sold to the Gulf would be spared a life of pain, but somehow I kind of doubt that. Nature/supply and demand/whatever you want to call it...it isn't very kind.

Maryanne

On 10/8/07, Steph Teeter <stephteeter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Interesting question. How many thoroughbreds (race track) do you
think we produce each year... and where do you think -they- go?

Steph

On Oct 7, 2007, at 3:42 PM, rides2far@xxxxxxxx wrote:

> I'm trying to imagine 427 young endurance horses produced by an
> area the
> size of a couple of our states. Is there *that* much demand from the
> Gulf?  What happens to all the leftover "also rans"?   We couldn't
> begin
> to absorb that sort of influx of horses into the market I wouldn't
> think.
> This may be a harsh question and you can slap my hand if it's out of
> line, but is it more possible to produce large quantities and only
> keep
> the successful ones if you are a country that is known to have a large
> demand for horsemeat?  I find it very hard to imagine that someone
> could
> do that but where do they all go?
>
> Angie McGhee
>
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