Re: RC: Purebred but not registered

["Carolyn Burgess" <carolyn_burgess@hotmail.com>]

13 is too old.  I am considering a 10 year old as my first horse bought for 
endurance, and I am concerned that he is too old to be starting this sport.


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> > I am contemplating on purchasing (cheap!) a very good endurance >
>prospect.  Here is the glitch....He is a 13yr old gelding, purebred >..my
>plan is that I would like to
> > scoop him up...condition him and put him out on the endurance >
>trail.....my end result is to prepare him to be very saleable (I > know
>that he will be a competitor).
>
>I'm confused. It sounds as if maybe you haven't done endurance in the
>past, but you want to get one in shape to sell for a profit.  Nothing
>wrong with that, I've done it myself but Iit seems that maybe if you
>don't know how big of a deal papers are, you may need to get to know the
>sport.  Starting a 13 year old is fine, but even if you "know that he
>will be a competitor" he'll be 15 by the time he's ready to *really*
>compete.  If you're thinking *really* big, I'll warn you that I've heard
>the UAE crowd wants them under 11.  I'd only consider starting an
>endurance horse at that age to sell for profit if he had potential to be
>a good beginner's horse. Those are solid gold.
>
>When I started my first endurance horse I remember the look on
>experienced rider's faces when I told them that I *knew* my horse was
>appropriate.  Maybe he was, maybe he wasn't. Trouble was that I was
>clueless.  Two horses and a lot of miles later I found one that was right
>for me and the sport... he's done pretty well for me, and he's a purebred
>with no papers.
>
>Angie
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