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Title:	Equine Notes Conference
Notice:	Topics List=4, Horses 4Sale/Wanted=150, Equip 4Sale/Wanted=151
Moderator:	MTADMS::COBURNIO

Created:	Tue Feb 11 1986
Last Modified:	Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	2080
Total number of notes:	22383

1382.0. "Do you see it, too?..." by BOOVX2::MANDILE () Wed Oct 24 1990 13:31

    I think the "recession" is finally hitting the horse
    market here in N.E.  It's impossible to sell any horse
    (or even give away) with special needs, or an injury, 
    or who is aged.
    I've been talking to my horseclub members and other
    horsepeople, and nothing's selling, even to the point
    where one sold a thoroughbred colt for $300 just to
    get it a good home, and it was a top bred baby, too.
    I'm seeing "free to good home" in at least three of
    my local papers, and many of the club members are
    offering free breeding along with purchase of mares, etc.
    The gas prices aren't helping any, as the feed & hay
    prices have gone up.  The shelter in Methuen is full
    of horses, too.
    
    Does anyone else see this, too?

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1382.1	I agree...	DELNI::KEIRAN		`Wed Oct 24 1990 13:41`	16
	I definitly agree. The harness horse industry is really hurting right now, the closest track to us is over 2 hours away in Scarboro, Maine. If you truck all the way up there with 2 horses and don't get a check, you are looking at well over $100 lost between gas, paying drivers etc. Well bred, staked colts sold at the sale at Scarboro for cheap money too. I have a wonderful standardbred mare off the track that I have saddle broken and am trying to find a home for. I have had absolutely no luck. Of course the most important thing is a good home, and I wouldn't think of giving her to anyone who I questioned. I find this really depressing, and I hope there aren't horses suffering because of the state of the economy. I would keep all 4 of mine if I could afford it, I just can't!!!
1382.2		DECXPS::LCOBURN	If it works, break it.	`Wed Oct 24 1990 13:48`	12
	Defineatly. We've been trying to lease or possibly even sell a nice TB gelding since last summer. We've had a few lookers, but none serious. He's a real nice horse, but the cost of upkeep is so high and, face it, horses are an extravagant hobby. With mortgages to pay, or rent, and prices of everything going up (except of course, wages) it seems fewer and fewer people are willing to take on so costly a pet. Thank Gawd I am able to keep my mare at home, paying board would be really tight right now, and as well we all know the cost difference between keeping at home and boarding is astonomical. It's a shame, but a reality that horses (for most of us) are an excessive strain on the old bank accounts.