Ridecamp: Re: [RC] expensive trailers and cheap horses

Joe, you forgot the punch line....which is "Then someone offered him a
free mule...but he turned him down because he couldn't afford it."
<grin>

Jim, Sun of Dimanche, and Mahada Magic


Joe Long wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 8 Nov 2002 12:38:08 -0700, "Paddi" <seamstob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> 
> >I was told that when I started endurance the horse was the cheapest part.
> >New trailer, camper, saddle, bigger truck, camper
> >Yup the horse was the cheapest part
> 
> There's a story on that, it's about horse shows but the same thing
> happens to us endurnace folk:
> 
> A man buys a $500 horse for his daughter, who wants to ride in horse
> shows.
> 
> Then he has to buy a $1,000 saddle for the daughter to put on the $500
> horse to ride in shows.
> 
> Then he has to buy $1,500  worth of clothes for the daugher to wear
> while riding in the $1,000 saddle on the $500 horse in shows.
> 
> Then he has to buy a $10,000 trailer to take the $500 horse to the
> shows.
> 
> Then he has to buy a $30,000 truck to pull the $10,000 trailer to take
> the $500 horse to the shows.
> 
> --
>


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