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Re: [RC] Looking for a kid safe endurance prospect - vccfarms

My thoughts exactly.  My 9 year old daughter has a 13 yr old arab that has done endurance, parade,local gymkhanas and rail classes.  Got her for ONLY $2500 would not sell her for $10,000.  You find one like her and she's worth her weight in gold.  Also in the pasture she is the the first one to come up and meet us .
 
Mark


-----Original Message-----
From: oaklawnarabians@xxxxxxxxx
To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tue, 2 Dec 2008 12:18 pm
Subject: Re: [RC] Looking for a kid safe endurance prospect

I thought the same thing at the time this came through.  We paid 3,500 dollars 
for a 16 year old mare who was kid safe and that was the best money I ever spent 
on a horse.  I would have spent more on her knowing what I know now.  

Carrie

------Original Message------
From: Diane Trefethen
Sender: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: Ridecamp
Subject: Re: [RC] Looking for a kid safe endurance prospect
Sent: Dec 2, 2008 11:55 AM

> ... We are helping my daughter's 13 yr old friend find a horse that she 
> could ride LD's and 50s on and show for 4-H...  We are looking for 
> something... that is trained, sane, sound, healthy, safe and likes to
> be loved on. they are looking for under $1000.

Just getting to reading some older posts and I want to respond to this one.

I have never seen a request for a sane, well trained, safe for a kid 
horse where the writer is willing to spend more than about $1,000.  Why 
is that?  Clearly they know such horses aren't easy to find (why else 
are THEY advertising for one?).  And yet they seem to think that the 
owners of such caring animals ought to be literally giving them away.  I 
doubt they would expect people to sell a top show horse for $1000, or a 
consistent Top Ten horse for $1000.  So why should they so undervalue 
that extremely rare quality in a horse, the quality of being a true Care 
Taker?  We all know horses that when you put a beginner on them, they go 
where they please, stop to eat grass and refuse to move on, turn and 
head (run?) back to the barn.  How many do you know that react to 
beginners (adult OR child) by thinking, "This is someone that I need to 
take care of"?  I don't mean horses so old they CAN'T be obnoxious, but 
rather good, fit horses that CHOOSE to be careful with their "precious 
cargoes".

And here this ad ALSO wants this horse to be a kid safe endurance 
prospect!  A Care Taker AND and an Endurance horse?  In one package? 
For only $1000?  What can people who make these requests be thinking?

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