Re: endurance horse prices

["Robert Morris" <bobmorris@rmci.net>]

Did you people out there wondering about the price of endurance horses ever
consider what bearing the BLM feral horse adoptation program has on the
market. 

Consider the National advertising done for this program (and you the
taxpayer pay for it), the number of horses available (over 10,000 yearly),
the minimal cost to the adopter ($125.00), and the free publicity given
these horses in endurance riding and you might get a bit upset! 

The BLM is in direct competition with you, just one of the reasons I have
given up on raising endurance horses.

Bob Morris
Morris Endurance Enterprises
Boise, ID

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> From: epicarab@micron.net
> To: ridecamp@endurance.net
> Subject: Re: endurance horse prices
> Date: Wednesday, September 09, 1998 3:26 AM
> 
> I couldn't agree more with Sandy.  As a breeder who tries to produce
horses
> capable of show ring and endurance success, it is increasingly
frustrating to try
> to market these horses.  I really prefer to see my horses in the hands of
> endurance/performance people, but the show buyers are usually the only
ones
> willing to pay a decent price.  I am always astounded when people contact
me
> looking for a good, broke endurance prospect and tell me they'd like to
spend
> about $1,000 to $2,000.  It costs me that much to get a horse to a year
old, let
> alone broke and ready for endurance.  More frustrating is when I hear
from buyers
> who decided to pass over one of our horses to buy a "cheap" one, only to
tell me
> later that they spent more getting this horse ready than they would have
if they'd
> just bought from us in the first place - sometimes having to sell and
start over
> because the horse just didn't have what it takes.  Whatever happended to
"you get
> what you pay for"?  Oh well, I'll keep selling to the show people until
something
> changes.
> 
> SandyDSA@aol.com wrote:
> 
> > Indeed. And in addition, the sad irony is that show horses command
higher
> > prices, even while considerably less is required of them. While I can
take a
> > decent distance horse a turn him into a respectable arena or show
horse, the
> > converse in rarely true. The horse who cists the owner $8000 or more,
say, is
> > less likely to see the trail, let alone b dependable out there.
Interestingly
> > enough, the show horses I see attempting to traverse the great open
spaces are
> > wrecks by the time they get home. Of course both can - and should - be
done
> > together but rarely are. So...while that show prospect (based too many
times
> > on the sire's reputation) is sold for $5000 or better at 2 years old,
the same
> > quality 2 year old destined for true athletic endeavor is luck indeed
to
> > command $1000 or more. This is incomprehensible to me. Frankly show
horses
> > (and we have them - they do both!) should be a dime a dozen while true
> > athletes of good breeding should command the higher prices. I would
hate to
> > have that bargain horse show that he was no bargain - halfway down the
road on
> > a 50 miler.
> > San
> 
> 
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