----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2000 9:30
AM
Subject: RC: RE: Breeding for
Endurance
At 11:54 PM 4/22/00 -0400, you wrote:
I bet a lot of people - not
necessarily including Don, just using his comment as a starting point - who
say they don't want to spend a few thousand dollars on a horse still spend
money on new trucks, new trailers, new saddles & other tack. An
awful lot of people who complain about horse prices spend thousands and
thousands of dollars on the support stuff - every year even. I would
venture to guess there are a significant number of people who complain about
horse prices who have saddles that cost more than their horses did. Did
I say that the horses were no good? No I did not. Tbis is just a
comment on what people think is worth spending money on.
I paid $1200 for my "cheap" horse, I paid $1600 for the saddle not
including the blankets, leathers, & stirrups. I think it was worth it
because the saddle fits my "cheap" horse like a glove. Whereas if I would have
bought a "cheap" saddle for my "cheap" horse I might be looking for another
"cheap" horse.
John
Now before anyone has a hot flash over this, keep in mind I am
NOT saying everyone is this way. But I happen to know more than a few
endurance riders who refuse to spend more than $1000 or so on a horse - this
would be a trained horse already of endurance age - but who have bought brand
new trailers with tack rooms, etc., new trucks, several saddles - oh, and by
the way - have bought several more low priced horses along the way to replace
the ones that break down. I bet you know one or more of these people
too.
You keep using keyboards as hammers & you'll keep
buying more keyboards. At some point you've invested more in replacement
keyboards than you would if you bought a hammer in the first place.
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