This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> "Jean Gayle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> we should take a study of who is just an owner for pleasure,
> "backyard owners". horse is a pet, horse is aged, no interest in
> showing, no interest in breeding, 4Hers, rescued horse, retired, vs
> breeders, contestants, buyers and sellers, stables, trainers, etc.
EXACTLY!!!
Someone occasionally needs to remind breeders, trainers, etc that they
can only stay in business when they are outnumbered by "end users".
Y'all can only sell so many foals/youngsters to each other---then you
need a bunch of new customers to take the rest. Evaluations (by
whatever name) speak to the greater glory of breeders and trainers.
So, if y'all want your "name" horses to show up in the evaluation
records, maybe you need to develop incentive programs.
Personally, I own 3 Fjords. The mare is 31, retired for 10 years, and
purely a pasture ornament. One gelding has such bad conformation that
even **I** can see it; no point in paying someone to tell me that his
legs are still crooked. The other gelding was evaluated informally by
David Klove at Libby (before the American program started up); no
point in paying to find out that he's Officially still a nice horse.
Frankly, when I buy a "using horse", the important pieces of paper are
his "resume" (is he trained to do the things I want, and has he gone,
been, done, and seen everything I'll want to take him near) and the
vet check (is he servicably sound). I'm into Fjords for their
temperament---which is not currently part of the evaluations. Now,
maybe if there was a police-horse-suitability test
Marsha Jo HannahMurphy must have been a horseman--
[EMAIL PROTECTED] anything that can go wrong, will!
15 mi SW of Roseburg, Oregon
