Re: Next endurance prospects

[Chris Paus <paus@micoks.net>]

After going to a few horse auctions, I think we can thank the killers for
driving up the price of horses so the average person has a hard time making
that purchase.

I realize breeders have to pay for stud fees, vet care, horse feed,
training time, etc., adn must recoup that in the young stock they sell.

but, some of us aren't cheapskates, we just haven't won Powerball yet!

chris paus & star

At 12:09 PM 1/8/98 -0700, Zebella wrote:
>Well, not all of us can afford to pay thousands of dollars for a
>"prospect".  And just because you shell out the bucks isn't any
>guarantee that you will end up with a champion endurance horse!
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>There is a plethora of horses here in the $1000-1500 range, I guess that
>supply makes it hard to pay more.
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>And I see horses that already have been doing rides for sale in the
>$2500-3000 range....I'm afraid I'd be more willing to shell out the
>bucks for them than an unproven 3 yr old.
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>My Dad always said there "Ain't no money in raisin horses" and I think
>most breeders would agree with that... they're  probably be lucky to
>break even.  
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>Just my opinion,
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>tracy
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