Re: Horses wanted

["Becky" <bechack@sierratel.com>]

We all know people that buy horses and have no idea how much it costs to
keep a horse, the teenager that looses interest (in something every week)
or they buy a new horse and one has to go.....mom is tired of feeding the
horses for the kids....you name it, there are many reasons that perfectly
good horses go for next to nothing that has nothing to do with the horse.

I can give you a list of different reasons that I have heard.....and all
different...for how I got all of my horses (and 6 kids horses)  ranging from
$200 to $1200.

You can always ask, so what can they say...no ????     I know a lady that
was     GIVING AWAY   horses...with papers.  Of courses they had to be roped
to bring them home.     If you knew what you were doing, there were some
excellent horses on her place for the having....

So don't put anyone down for asking.....

Becky Hackworth
now in Coarsegold, CA on 16 acres!!!!
-----Original Message-----
From: Paula C Gentry <pgentry@U.Arizona.EDU>
To: ridecamp@endurance.net <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Date: Saturday, June 26, 1999 7:40 PM
Subject: RC: Horses wanted


>I don't know if I should even post this. I apologize in advance to anyone
>whom I might offend. I don't know any of you, so maybe I should keep my
>mouth shut and will accept humbly all flames that follow.
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>I've been visiting and lurking at this site for a long time now. I'm
>interested in endurance and we have a horse that's a real prospect. He's a
>grade horse, a ranch horse that came up from Mexico, about seven years old
>and a ball of fire. If you put him on a cow, by God, you better be willing
>to work it! We use him a lot for hunting and have easily gone 50 miles in
>a day on him (which is why I got the crazy idea that he would be a fun
>horse to start my endurance career!), and we've done it several days in a
>row. This was in the Gila Wilderness country of southern NM, which I'm
>sure Lif and Paul Strand can verify isn't easy country (never met them but
>have had fun reading their posts). We paid $700 for him because the people
>that owned him thought he was possessed, he was so awful, and they were
>glad to get that. It was killer price at the time. Well, it took a while
>to get his trust, but he's now the best horse on the place and trust me,
>he'll never, ever be sold. He can do anything, go anywhere, keep you safe
>and come home sound. Yeah, you get what you pay for. And sometimes, you
>get lucky, and sometimes, someone gives someone a break because he needs
>it, the someone being a horse or a person!
>
>I have read how endurance people were good sportsmen and help each other
>out. I've seen that, lurking on this list. But I'm apalled at the tone
>some people have taken. God forbid that someone want a horse for $200.
>Someone mentioned being sure to check out the owners, if they only can pay
>that much for a horse. Well, darn it, that is good advice no matter HOW
MUCH
>someone is willing to pay for a horse! My fiance has sold people horses
>for far less than the horse's worth because he wanted them to have a good
>horse and he knew he was doing them a very great favor. Sometimes, a horse
>can't do a darn thing more strenuous than be someone's 4-H western pleasure
>horse, but the kid that got it learns about horsemanship and
>responsibility and all the other good things that come from growing up
>with a horse. And there are horses waiting to be rescued and given a good
>home. Those people were straight about what they could afford and they
>opened up their search to a lot bigger area by posting.
>
>My point in writing this is that it's easy to go off on someone like this
>person who wanted a gold horse for nothing. It's easy to assume the worst.
>And griping about the very real costs of breeding, raising, training and
>owning horses is legit because we've all had to write that check to the
>vet for coming out in the middle of the night or flushing the mare with
>the infected uterus, or whatever. But at the same time, there are so very
>many of us who would have never had horses if all the horses
>cost the full price of breeding, foaling, raising, training and owning the
>horse up til the time we bought it. There's *always* more to a horse than
>the price. And I don't ever want to forget my days in graduate school when
>every extra penny, and some of the non-extra ones went to taking care of
>my mare.
>
>OK, I'm done, except to say thank you to this person:
>
>From: peggy brush <psbrush@hotmail.com>
>To: ridecamp@endurance.net
>Subject: RC:  RC: Re: Horses wanted
>Message-ID: <19990626134529.40690.qmail@hotmail.com>
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>I was a 4-H leader for 8+ years and had many horses donated free (they did
>get a tax write off) because people know that the horses were going to
>good
>4-h homes, would have lots of leaders helping with the wellfare of horses
>and a great sport for our young teens (what a good way to keep them from
>'hanging out' at the mall).  Many of these horses were very nice,
>registered
>and trained. Bottom line, lots of young people would love to have a horse
>but their family can not afford $3000 (or $6000 for 2)....it sure doesn't
>hurt to ask.  I have no problem with breeding, training and selling horse
>for a profit, but not everyone has money as their primary motivation.  If
>we
>can afford to help some young people let's do it!!
>
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>Paula C Gentry
>pgentry@U.Arizona.EDU
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>It is not knowing a lot but grasping things intimately and savoring them
>which fills and satisfies the soul.
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>--St. Ignatius--
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