"...You have not seen the numbers of people who come into contact with Arabians because some friend who is a ride manager twisted their arm into coming to help at a ride, or the people who meet endurance riders out on the trail conditioning and are awed and amazed that these horses are calm, tractable, and friendly."
There is a lot of truth to that. In 1999 I was the only one on this 2 mile long road that was out conditioning. Now there are five of us and two more are watching and might be interested. None of us are breeders, we just ride and look forward to being ready to do 50s. (Doing a few 25s now when we can.)