Next endurance prospects

["Shelley @ TRC" <trc@gte.net>]

    I did not see one message regarding paying the price a horse is worth.
     If we are not willing to pay what a horse is worth, who is going to
keep breeding top horses?
      I do not have a  problem paying top dollar for a well bred horse that
a professional breeder has spent time, money, energy, and heart breeding. 
If it costs $1200 a year to raise a horse, Why aren't we willing to spend
what the horse cost to raise??
     If we are not willing to spend the money for these horses, the
breeders are not going to have the devotion  to breed good horses.
     I, too, have purchased horses for $500, those horses needed someone
who was an excellent rider, and had the time a patience to correct  someone
elses mistakes.  Those horses are rare and I usally spent 2 years getting
the horse to where it could do a  50 mile ride in a decent state. (I also
ended up putting at least $2500 into the horse before I did my first 50.) I
also bought $500 horses that were $100 horses and I waisted alot of time
and energy on  a useless horse!!!
     If we, as a group, are not willing to pay for these horses  who will
be breeding are next endurance prosects????