Re: RC: Re: Re: Stallions in endurance

[Bette Lamore <woa@stormnet.com>]

Hi Lif
Here is the reply I drafted to Becky before I saw your post. You took
the words out of my mouth. I'm tacking on my reply.
Hi Becky
Sounds like you breed quality athletic horses, too. My question to you
is why would you want to breed for an endurance market where the riders
USUALLY (not all) want the horses for less than it costs to feed them
(even some of the very affluent ones)???  Don't you ever get tired of
buyers who offer you a fraction of what the horse's worth is, yet will
spend TONS on supplements, fancy equipment and riding attire, not to
mention the best in trucks and trailors. It's almost like the getting to
the ride is far more important than what they are riding. Am I missing
something???
Bette (who by now is sure to get flamed, but hangs in there due to the
ones who do not take advantage or genuinely do not have much money and
are doing their best--- they make it worthwhile)
Bette Lamore
Whispering Oaks Arabians, Home of TLA Halynov
http://www.stormnet.com/~woa
I've learned that life is like a roll of toilet paper, the closer it
gets to the end, the faster it goes. Smell the roses!

Becky Huffman wrote:
> 
> Every other sport in the world breeds specific lines for
> their people, what is wrong with us??!?!?!?!
> 
> Becky Huffman
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Lif Strand wrote:
> 
> At 03:51 PM 4/21/00 -0500, Becky wrote:
> 
> > Every other sport in the world breeds specific lines for their
> > people, what is wrong with us??!?!?!?!
> 
> Amen to that.  Paul was just saying this morning that if we had only
> known at the beginning that so many people looking for horses for
> endurance don't care about anything but the surface (conformation &
> how they act when handled), we would have gone about this totally
> differently.  We would have bred for the show world & sold endurance
> people our culls.
> 
> Before anyone starts screaming about this, just recall how many people
> have talked on this list over the course of time about the
> unimportance of pedigree (i.e., the unimportance of the horse's
> ancestors), that history - how the horse is raised from day one -
> doesn't matter, about the many reasons it is a great idea to buy from
> livestock auctions (the good old "why pay more" attitude).  Very
> disheartening for people who have a vision of the superior endurance
> horse.  Whether or not that is possible is another question, but
> without the support of the endurance horse buyers, the answer will
> remain unknown.  Lif
> 
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Lif Strand wrote:
> 
> At 03:51 PM 4/21/00 -0500, Becky wrote:
> 
> > Every other sport in the world breeds specific lines for their
> > people, what is wrong with us??!?!?!?!
> 
> Amen to that.  Paul was just saying this morning that if we had only
> known at the beginning that so many people looking for horses for
> endurance don't care about anything but the surface (conformation &
> how they act when handled), we would have gone about this totally
> differently.  We would have bred for the show world & sold endurance
> people our culls.
> 
> Before anyone starts screaming about this, just recall how many people
> have talked on this list over the course of time about the
> unimportance of pedigree (i.e., the unimportance of the horse's
> ancestors), that history - how the horse is raised from day one -
> doesn't matter, about the many reasons it is a great idea to buy from
> livestock auctions (the good old "why pay more" attitude).  Very
> disheartening for people who have a vision of the superior endurance
> horse.  Whether or not that is possible is another question, but
> without the support of the endurance horse buyers, the answer will
> remain unknown.  Lif
> 
>         ______________________________________________________
>         Lif & Paul Strand  STRAND ENTERPRISES fasterhorses.com
>              providing you with alternatives for your life
>   Web Page Design * Computer Graphics * Internet Research * Fine Art
>         Blue-Green Algae & other complementary health options
>                   Arabian Horses for Distance Riding
>                           fax: (561) 594-4609

-- 
Bette Lamore
Whispering Oaks Arabians, Home of TLA Halynov
http://www.stormnet.com/~woa
I've learned that life is like a roll of toilet paper, the closer it
gets to the end, the faster it goes. Smell the roses!