In a message dated 9/7/2004 5:41:45 AM Pacific Standard Time,
whytrotfarms@xxxxxxxxx writes:
if you
are serious about buying a good endurance horse and paying a rock bottom
price, get a mustang! you can find one of just about any size,
shape or color. prices start at $125 for younger stock at the blm
adoptions, but you can find some 4 years old and up for $25! thats
right, $25! that is what i paid for a five year old mustang
stallion,
Bless you for doing this - bringing a otherwise undneeded horse into your
life. But - there always is a but:) - remember that not everyone (in fact, few
people are) is prepared to raise, train and patently handle a "wild animal".
Frankly a ton of people are unable to manage domestic horses (judging by the
huge business for trainers and "natural hrosemanship" clinics thriving? and it
would follow that few people are qualified to do what you have done. While this
may be a very good option for the skilled, experienced AND mature, I would fear
encouraging the rank and file riders, many who are first time horse owners,
acquiring a mustang thinking this was their ticket to partnership and
competitive success - only to be bit in the butt, so to speak. havign seen
both scenarios - the success story with an accomlished horsewoman who I had
known for some time, as well as the horror story with another - it woul be
reasonable to add a caveat that this avenue is not for the greenhorn or those
with little time AND patience. As much as I would love to have one of these
terrific horses, I know that I do not have the time right now to do right by
one. Perhaps in another year or two!
