Re: [RC] Arabian Numbers+SUPPLY & DEMAND - SandyDSA
In a message dated 4/6/2005 1:04:40 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
Pasang@xxxxxxx writes:
Perhaps
for years we endurance folk have had a "free ride" in the horse acquisition
aspect of our sport due to market forces driving down the prices of Arabians.
But when availability of good Arabian horses gets very low, the prices
will naturally go up, way up.
Oh no it isn't a free ride, sifting through prospect after
prospect, to find the right combination of ability and heart, The availability
is already very low when compared to the availability of average to poor ones
being bred at a breath-taking rate up until recently, with the "rejects" finding
their way into cheap auctions and often on to the endurance trail, where they
may or may not be particularly suitable, either. At the same time, a $10,000
endurance horse is already out there, and some probably rightly deserve such
esteem. Most do not - but when the front runners in the pricing market continue
to be horses who demonstrate signs of ADD at the end of a lead and/or
mince about a ring for a full 5 minutes before they are dripping with sweat, i
cannot help wondering where breeding quality for its own sake went, rather than
breeding what is popular this year.
We will not likely be paying $10,000 for a "good" one but probably
for a REALLY good one or top notch one - probably more. But the rank and file
endurance CANDIDATE should not be a $500 weanling or an $800 two year
old.
