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 I don't want to screw up!
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Location: North Dakota -> Colorado | If I could, I would pay 10-20k on a prospect, right now that is not an option but the barrel horse industry is booming right now (and I believe it will continue to do so), THe brrodmares, vet costs, stud costs: It all adds up. | |
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Location: WI | As much as I can! I honestly feel you get what you pay for when it comes to prospects. At one time when I first started it was only $2k, hoping to be able to afford my next one in the $8k range. | |
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  Northern Chocolate Queen
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Location: ND | Well I'm going to be the odd ball here as I don't pay much for my prospects. Obviously my goal isn't barrel futurities or anything along those lines, I'm just looking for nice all around using horses that can work the ranch, go to an occasional horse show, run barrels or go into mounted shooting. To this day the most expensive horse I've ever bought was a green broke 4 year old for $3500 and that was the best money I've ever spent, that horse is amazing. I've got a filly I paid $130 for as a weanling that is going to be incredible and is also very nicely bred.....sometimes it isn't the money spent, there are incredible horses out there for very affordable prices if you know what you are looking for. I'm mostly raising what I ride at this point but I don't have much invested in those that I've bought. | |
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 Can You Hear Me Now?
Location: When you hit the middle of nowhere .. Keep driving | casualdust07 - 2015-02-25 8:58 AM
IF I had the money, I would pay $$$$ for a super prospect. It takes a lot of time, effort, and money to get those babies on the ground. Then you think if you have to ET, or like someone else said ICSI... $$$$$
I would totally do it if I could afford to. I don't hold anything against people with good horses who are worth the money. I sure wouldn't complain if I had one for sale and someone paid that much for it.
ETA- but since I can't afford to... I have picked the best stallions I could afford at the time and bred them to the best mares I've had at the time.. and have created horses who I would have had to pay a decent amount for. not a HUGE chunk, but I'm talking about 6000-10,000 babies. Our 2016 babies will be in that range as well. And our 2017 babies we hope to jump up and spend more on the stud fee to break into that 10k+ range.
This. I am breeding my good mares to a nice reasonably priced stallion this year for resale and am hoping to get $5000 -7500 each for the foals, but next year after all the expenses of my dads estate has been handled... I am going all out, I have one mare in particular I am throwing around spending $10,000+ on alone. The other I already know I want to breed to BJO because it was supposed to happen this year but had to be postponed due to my fathers death (that was my dads dream cross for her). I am hoping the first mares two track babies this year and next will continue to grow her already impressive catalog page, but I can gaurentee you IF I sold that baby it wouldn't be cheap as it stands now. | |
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | SaraJean - 2015-02-25 10:21 AM
Well I'm going to be the odd ball here as I don't pay much for my prospects. Obviously my goal isn't barrel futurities or anything along those lines, I'm just looking for nice all around using horses that can work the ranch, go to an occasional horse show, run barrels or go into mounted shooting. To this day the most expensive horse I've ever bought was a green broke 4 year old for $3500 and that was the best money I've ever spent, that horse is amazing. I've got a filly I paid $130 for as a weanling that is going to be incredible and is also very nicely bred.....sometimes it isn't the money spent, there are incredible horses out there for very affordable prices if you know what you are looking for. I'm mostly raising what I ride at this point but I don't have much invested in those that I've bought.Â
The nicest horse in my pasture right now is a 5 year old I traded for as a yearling. The horse I traded was priced at $1800 and I got the good end of that deal. LOL | |
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