>>> I just want to add, the promotions of this being a family horse are
excellent as we have taken ours to a western showing program for the last
2-3 yrs and have had the boys have great success in speed events with many
people asking to buy these guys from us.

That's interesting.  How old are the boys?  Was one of them the one in the
picture with the grey horse?

>>> I don't intend on ever selling them but I have had offers of 10,000
during one of the shows and most of the quarter horses that compete here
aren't nearly that expensive. I took it as a compliment.

And why do you think the people were so interested, to be asking about
buying them?  Do you think the people wanted them because the horses were
successful at the games, or because they seemed like fun and safe horses for
the kids to ride?  Did they say?  What games do they do?

>>> I had decided that when the horses weren't at their game I would ride
them around the grounds where the boys show and try to work out the issues
they brought that day and I was approached by so many 50
something men and women who said they didn't know they could ride them and
wanted to know where to buy one.

Personally, I think that low-key kind of "marketing" is the most sincere
type, and the type most likely to win over the kind of people I'd like to
see become interested in the breed.  I have no interest in showing, but
we've taken a couple of horses to our little local saddle club shows, and
just ridden around the show area.

I guess it would be more appropriate to call that "exposure" as opposed to
"marketing" maybe?

Karen Thomas
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