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Ahh, my daughter and her barn trade in some of those hunter ponies, a good" 
A" quality hunter pony is worth more than a good horse for hunters.And yes 
they deal in those 10-30,000$ hunters-- but the secret is many were 2,000$ 
horses that got training.....

> From: Pasang@xxxxxxx
> To: SandyDSA@xxxxxxx, ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> CC: So_Cal_Endurance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [RC]   Arabian Numbers+SUPPLY & DEMAND
> Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2005 16:03:51 EDT
>
> When the market forces finally catch up to the Arabian Horse industry we
> could find ourselves paying $10k to $25k for a good "endurance prospect." 
> This
> is the situation in the hunter jumper biz and like performance fields where
> WB's  dominate. Or would you be willing to pay $10K and up for a green 
> hunter
> pony for  your kid to train on and show?
> 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. Just like it has for fuel for our 
> trucks:
> think $3-5/gallon for next year.
>
> Don Mac Intosh



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