You'll need more than that pilgrim, spain!

Charlie, I just saw your post this morning .

Working at the sales barn is a great way to connect with just about everyone in the industry. And you learn a lot. I used to work at the local sales barn also, as a test rider in the arenas for potential buyers. Fun riding all types of horses and mules, and you learn fast about their quirks , and the ones I refused to ride .

Charlie, sometimes those appys that have skin pigment but doesn't transfer into the hair have a gene that can mute colour in some offspring, and magnify it to very loud colour foals in others. I knew one horse that hardly had any colour but sure made loud flashy foals !
Blue and red roans are always so pretty.

People who haven't had the ranch experiences that you and I have , and that John Wayne was around, have missed out on wonderful country life.

There's another chestnut that J.W. rode quite often in some of his movies, a very tall one. He had beautiful conformation too. One thing about modern day movies , you don't see that quality of horses very often as in Wayne's movies.

Whining is what will bring down a people, or the country. Time for everyone to look in the mirror to find the real cause of the problem. This is and has been for long time, the easiest country in which to become successful.
You don't become successful by whining. You start by showing up at school and do your best to stay awake during class.
If a family of Asians who can't speak a lick of good English can show up over here and end up with a thriving business, anyone can.

Neat topic Sharon, test riding at the sale barns.
When they were still packing horses in the states, they had kids out back trying the horses before killing them.
Unreal the number of good horses that slip through the cracks for whatever reason.

Or the horses at the track who pass through numerous trainers, before finding the one that can get the run out of them.
I heard some rags to riches stories of trainers and horses from the old security guards at the tracks in California.
For a good read google Sunday Silence: The Star No One Wanted

Thanks for that info, dkrug.

Yes I've seen great horses that have been helped to get good homes.

I can say, I've had a hand in introducing some off the track thoroughbreds who didn't run fast but were superior jumpers to the dressage and cross country shows...a few gained international status ....and were bought for a song....just as the tales like Sea Biscuit .

One of the best barrel horses on record was bought at the yard for the price of a "nag".....

Haarses are like people...they are both physically and mentally designed to fill the niche that suits their talents best.

I will have to read Sunday Silence. Thank you.

John Wayne was the man.