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Hi from Carol Rivoire at Beaver Dam Farm in Nova Scotia -- I was just reading through the Digests I missed this weekend, and saw Kathy Spiegel's. ---- I agree more evaluations might be the better route but the practical > considerations are sometimes enormous. > I will be traveling over 1100 miles one way in October. The only reason > that I would consider it at this time for this horse is because I will > be going to the event anyway. However I would NOT do it on a regular > basis because of both the expense and the risks to horse and driver. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "because of both the expense and the risks to horse and driver." -- "risks to horse and driver" hit a nerve with me because I am very very nervous trailering horses. I keep thinking of the poor horses encased in this rolling tin can, completely at the mercy of us, and everybody else on the road. And I think of the horrific horse trailer accidents I've heard about, and I swear that if we ever get where we're going and home again in one piece, that I'll never ever subject my horses to this again. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kathy also points out . . . > With a couple of horses a year, all profit AND operating expenses for a > small breeder could easily be gobbled up with evaluations ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is certainly a valid point. What serious breeder who is trying to make a business breeding Fjords could possibly afford to go to more than one or two Live Evaluations 1,000 miles or more from home? -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ unless they > were restricted to only a few horses- which defeats the purpose of the > evaluation. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Having only one or two of a breeding farm's horses evaluated does defeat the purpose. -- Regards, Carol Rivoire Beaver Dam Farm Fjords II, Ltd. Phone: 902-386-2304 Fax: 902-386-2149 URL: www.beaverdamfarm.com E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Raised by the Sea in Health and Tranquility" Visit our NEW Riding Vacation page on our website today! http://www.beaverdamfarm.com/pages/riding-vacation/index.html
