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At 04:59 AM 7/19/2004, goearth wrote:
> Hello,  A trainer asked me the other day... " why i'm not breeding anymore 
> cause i bred some good ones", as i was showing a horse for sale that i had 
> raised.  The answer was..."I lost money and no longer care to loose money 
> subsidizing the sport."

That is exactly where I am at right now.  And here's what I think about 
this (from a horse breeder's point of view):

No endurance buyers -> no endurance breeders
No endurance breeders -> no horses bred for the sport, the job
No horses bred for the sport -> buyers/riders mostly get horses bred for 
other jobs
Riding horses bred for other jobs -> more injuries, more risk to rider and 
horse
More injuries, more risk to rider and horse -> risk for the sport of 
endurance riding itself

Things could change for the better from a horse breeder's point of 
view.  But I can't, as Tom says, lose money subsidizing the sport while 
waiting for that change.  My logic may be faulty but that's what my heart 
and my checkbook tell me.


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