Re: Price of Horses

[Chris Paus <paus@micoks.net>]

Maybe people are confusing endurance horse prices with show horse prices??

chris paus & star

At 12:28 PM 1/11/98 EST, CMKSAGEHIL wrote:
>I don't know where on this thread the misconception came about that good
>endurance prospects cost so much money!  I breed specifically for endurance.
>I also know several other people with similar bloodlines who have produced
>many outstanding endurance horses.  Unstarted prospects from QUALITY
ENDURANCE
>LINES and REPUTABLE BREEDERS are out there for $1500-$4000 depending on age,
>etc.  The prices being passed around on this thread for prospects is usually
>only commanded by horses that are already well-started and usually have
>already been to some rides.  At least that is the case in my area.  I'd sure
>like to make those big bucks on horses, too, but it is not realistic to the
>pocketbooks of most of my clientele.  Most of us are far more concerned about
>getting our horses into the hands of capable people--we just can't afford to
>GIVE them away for a few hundred dollars, and shouldn't have to.  Still, if
>you think we are getting those big bucks, you haven't shopped most of the
>reputable breeders!
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>Heidi Smith, DVM--Sagehill Arabians (Oregon)
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