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Location: Not Where I Want to Be | They bought Scamper for $38 and an Asado Taco
to be fair, the taco came with nopales but it was still a taco
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 Three in a Bikini
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| What age range are you interested in?
I think we could give you a much better idea of your options if we had that info.  |
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  Warmblood with Wings
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Location: Florida.. | It wouldnt even buy a wellbred dressage yearling here in florida.
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Duct Tape Bikini Girl
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| In the Fort Worth area, a stunning 2-yr-old with color and 30 days. By color, I mean palomino, roan, or buckskin. Of course, if it's a roan with "fling" in the name, the price will shoot to $30,000! |
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Location: California | serious question, how do people get money to buy 10-15-80,000 dollar horses?
most barrel racers I know aren't rich. |
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 Guys Just Wanna Have Fun
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Location: OH | *almost there* - 2017-09-06 12:55 AM serious question, how do people get money to buy 10-15-80,000 dollar horses?
most barrel racers I know aren't rich.
DADDY may be though !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Location: Texas | I paid 8500 for a well bred 7 year old 1D gelding that had won money at pro rodeos .... I set all my standards by him he was amazing but I bought him from a very legit amazing person/trainer and to me that makes a difference. she made him who he was and wasn't trying to make a killin off selling him. I believe they are out there you just have to know where to look.... FYI yes he was my Unicorn and also the horse in my picture :) |
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Guys Just Wanna Have Fun
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Location: OH | AshleyJ2911 - 2017-09-06 9:15 AM I paid 8500 for a well bred 7 year old 1D gelding that had won money at pro rodeos .... I set all my standards by him he was amazing but I bought him from a very legit amazing person/trainer and to me that makes a difference. she made him who he was and wasn't trying to make a killin off selling him. I believe they are out there you just have to know where to look.... FYI yes he was my Unicorn and also the horse in my picture :)
That is an amazing buy !!!!!!!! Good for you. |
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| *almost there* - 2017-09-05 11:55 PM serious question, how do people get money to buy 10-15-80,000 dollar horses?
most barrel racers I know aren't rich.
I wonder this every day. |
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| star1218 - 2017-09-06 8:49 AM
*almost there* - 2017-09-05 11:55 PM serious question, how do people get money to buy 10-15-80,000 dollar horses?
most barrel racers I know aren't rich.
I wonder this every day.
I get my money from my 80 hour week in the oilfield...you get what you put in, where you put it in at. |
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| I like those babies. I prefer to raise mine. I have bought several very young horses, some off the track. Trained them myself but I prefer my own babies. That is what I have had all my life. I am old now and send mine to a phenomenal trainer.
You need to understand that by the time you pay a stud fee, have the expenses of raising a baby to be a two year old, either put your own time in or pay a trainer , pay entry fees and haul one till they are winning the 1D, you probably have well over 10,000 in them. Let's face it, equine events just are not cheap. |
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| Their are enough Rich ones to get the job done and keep those high dollar horses priced high. You would be amazed at what some people will do to get that money. Second Mortgages, high Risk-High Interest Loans etc. |
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Location: Texas | When I bought my horse, at the time my husband and I had 3 trailers together ( a living quarters, a stock trailer and a two horse slant) we opted to sale the two horse and a back up team roping horse and paid for my barrel horse. |
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Location: California | classicpotatochip - 2017-09-06 6:59 AM star1218 - 2017-09-06 8:49 AM *almost there* - 2017-09-05 11:55 PM serious question, how do people get money to buy 10-15-80,000 dollar horses?
most barrel racers I know aren't rich. I wonder this every day. I get my money from my 80 hour week in the oilfield...you get what you put in, where you put it in at.
I make good money - I suppose I am just too financially responsible as I don't believe in taking loans against your house or other equity, etc, and I'm not too "rich" to say 10k is a lot of money. Even though I make good money, I will never be too good for Walmart or $2500 horses.
Edited by *almost there* 2017-09-06 11:22 AM
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| classicpotatochip - 2017-09-06 8:59 AM star1218 - 2017-09-06 8:49 AM *almost there* - 2017-09-05 11:55 PM serious question, how do people get money to buy 10-15-80,000 dollar horses?
most barrel racers I know aren't rich. I wonder this every day. I get my money from my 80 hour week in the oilfield...you get what you put in, where you put it in at.
How do you have time for horses with an 80H work week??
That being said, I wonder too. Several even 50K horses, a 125K trailer, and an 80K truck. There's either a lot more sugar daddies out there than we realize, OR people are so bottom's up it's not funny. Because a 10K to win barrel race still isn't paying for said list of stuff!
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Location: California | classicpotatochip - 2017-09-06 6:59 AM
star1218 - 2017-09-06 8:49 AM
*almost there* - 2017-09-05 11:55 PM serious question, how do people get money to buy 10-15-80,000 dollar horses?
most barrel racers I know aren't rich.
I wonder this every day.
I get my money from my 80 hour week in the oilfield...you get what you put in, where you put it in at.
But I could say someone working your hours with your income it would make sense to buy finished winning product due to work hours |
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Location: Illinois | I have taken out a loan to purchase a horse, but didn't jeopardize any other financial commitments to do it either. I just didn't want to wipe out my savings when the right horse happened to come along a little sooner than I was planning to get one. Some people I know have paid $10K for a horse and have covered that investment with winnings at local NBHA jackpots within 1-2 seasons. Most of the season we have $25 entry fees and 1st in the 1D pays **** near $500 a lot of the time, when you have a winner its easy to make your money back quick that way. My 3D/4D barrel horse was just under $10K as an unbroke 7 year old and he's made over half that back in the 7 years I've been hauling him and I maybe go 10 times a year? So if you haul and win higher divisions, its doable. And some people just prioritize things differently. If money is tight for me, I'll eat ramen noodles so I can go to the barrel race that weekend if that's what it comes down to. Those boots with the holes? Better tape them up bc heading to the jackpot is way more important than new boots. However I'm also single with no one to support so I can focus all my efforts on barrel racing, people who have families I'm not sure how they do it sometimes. Kudos to everyone out there busting ass to do this crazy sport! |
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| classicpotatochip - 2017-09-06 8:59 AM star1218 - 2017-09-06 8:49 AM *almost there* - 2017-09-05 11:55 PM serious question, how do people get money to buy 10-15-80,000 dollar horses?
most barrel racers I know aren't rich. I wonder this every day. I get my money from my 80 hour week in the oilfield...you get what you put in, where you put it in at.
My husband makes lots of $$$. He has always been the first to get to the office and the last to leave. He has a set of skills that allows him to carry a huge workload, that combined with his work ethic has led to being very well paid. In the much leaner years if we could not save and pay cash for a luxury, hobby, car, we did not buy it. As he started making more $$ we continued to live/spend well below his income, paying cash and avoiding debt as much as possible. |
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We currently don't have a mortgage because we are living in a farm house on the farm my Hubby grew up on. We don't pay rent because we help run the farm in exchange. We have a nice LQ trailer.....because his mom got out of horses and gifted it to us as a wedding gift. We are not rich, but those are two big payments that give us a lot of flexibility!
One year I sold 6 horses to be able to afford a Frenchmans Guy daughter at the Myers sale. It was a win-win because I needed to get down on horses, but it also bought me a really nice one. |
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Three in a Bikini
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| *almost there* - 2017-09-05 9:55 PM
serious question, how do people get money to buy 10-15-80,000 dollar horses?
most barrel racers I know aren't rich.
I have a job. Lol
But seriously... there are a lot of things I consider when purchasing a horse. I could buy a high dollar animal and continue on with business as usual.
BUT
Do I have the skills necessary? No
Do I have the time to commit? No
How bad do I want it? Not bad enough.
Those are the realities that I face in life. So instead of wondering how much money people spend, I usually question how they logistically make it all work! |
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