Re: RC: Re: Re: Stallions in endurance

[Lif Strand <fasterhorses@gilanet.com>]

Bette wrote:
> 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???

We are on the same wave length!  Paul has been reading the emails
about this topic & wrote a (very flammable) email that I
censored.  

However, here's the gist of what he said (and has been saying for
years):  Most people who make offers of killer buyer prices to
breeders of endurance horses know perfectly well what it costs to raise a
horse.  One of the many reasons we had to get out of breeding was
because we started to take it personally, and we started getting so upset
about this that it caused us to rethink the sanity of continuing on with
our program.  We may be weenies, but we are now happier
weenies.  

Paul thanks you for your last email - you're much more diplomatic than he
is.  Lif

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