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Re: [RC] Buying on a budget - heidiFWIW, a great many breeders will work with those on budgets. Likewise, the information that some of us are TRYING to impart here (and which a few folks are trying to turn inside out and label as "arrogant") is that it pays to FIND OUT what constitutes a "good horse"--and breeding is a part of that package! As MANY posters have pointed out here, good horses DO fall on hard times, and are available to the "budget buyer" as a result. But the "budget buyers" who are the most successful at FINDING good horses are those who paid attention and did their homework, and didn't just go off in a huff when thoughtful people shared information about what it takes to make a good horse. You will go much further in your "horse-search-on-a-budget" if you are well-versed in what good endurance horses look like, move like, and act like--and yes, about how they are bred. Just a PS here... Why is it that it is ok to give advice from long experience about saddles, saddle pads, trucks, trailers, stirrups, riding tights, underwear, ulcers, feed, bug spray, and prit-near anything else, but if one dares to offer some advice about horse selection and genetics from long years of blood, sweat, research, and experience, one is labeled as "arrogant?" This has always puzzled me... Heidi =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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