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...The fact is that there comes a time when your appaloosa, quarter horse, pinto etc.. has just ran out of gas..... Now, you have a choice to sell it. You might be able to afford some new tack or a young mare from promising blood lines

. You actually believe that the proceeds of the sale of an old Appy to the killers will result in enough money to afford anything but a cheap Mexican saddle or some body's back yard yearling. You will have to sell off a lot of old plugs to be able afford a bloodline foal. It's no wonder that so many horse people are poor, in more ways than money.

I don't generally like to say this about folks, but you've gone beyond sense into full zealotry on this issue. In the last 5 or six posts I've read of yours I haven't seen an intelligent thought added to the discussion, nor any room for debate.

When reading your posts I perceive that you are driven solely by your feelings for horses. I won't mock those feelings, but feelings alone are not a cause for legislation.

Oh, by the way, I'm happy you are so successful and your operation is so well funded that additional revenue vs. additional expenses isn't something you are concerned with. The fact is, some folks scrape by and to them, new tack might mean a good stretch of rawhide and promising means just that, promising - not accomplished. As in, Daddy was a great cutter and Momma had a wonderful temperament around cattle. The arguments you've put forth so far are limousine liberal diatribes.

I sold a horse to slaughter once, and was able to buy my daughter a very very nice, well broke pony. We got about $500 for him.

Becky