This is my only non-registered horse, & I consider him quite handsome. His name is Boone, & he is a 'sooty' or 'smutty' buckskin yearling. Actually, he is eligible for registration as both his parents are registered Missouri Fox Trotters. But with horse prices so cheap, it doesn't pay to register. In his case, I would have to first join the MFT association, then I would have to pull mane or tail hair & submit for DNA analysis ($45-50 depending on the association) plus, since MFT has only recently converted to DNA, I would also have to run the DNA for his mama. She has her registration papers, but at the time she was registered DNA was not required. So, before registering any of her foals, she will first have to be DNA'd--so, there's $100 just in DNA fees alone, not to mention joining the assn. & registration fees. Small wonder nobody seems to be breeding horses any more.
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And how much would you make if you sold her?
Oh, yeah, I left out the MOST IMPORTANT part: Even some BROKE horses are going for $250! This one is too young to be under saddle, but training fees average $500/mo. & it takes AT LEAST 2 months to even half-way get the basics down...many, many more months to actually have a dependable, well-trained mount. So it's easy to get $1,000 invested in a young horse just paying the essentials: stud fees (anywhere from $150-$1500 & up for an average foal),mare care (feed/vaccines, trims, etc.) for 11 months just to get the foal on the ground. Then the expenses start mounting for foal care: feed, vet bills, blah, blah, quack, quack. So, as is readily apparent, there is absolutely NO money in breeding horses. (Unless you happen to breed a derby winner; of course, the expenses involved in that are exorbitant, but don't outstrip the payoff.) The horse business right now SUCKS --- BIG TIME.
How about this? You have the real-life spread and the cachet to make this authentic:
Open a "cowgirl" themed bar/restaurant and serve Heirloom tomatoes soaked in beer, with nice frosty glasses of Chelada.
We'll all move there and help you.
You get to the Maitre D. Claudia can be the chef. Hannah will be the bartender. Chris can be himself and document the whole thing.
I get to be the bouncer. I so like have the background.
I meant to say, "you get to BE the Maitre D."
Hey, I LIKE it!
P.S. What does Frank do?
That's a good question. I just assumed he'd go on doing what he already does, since it has so much cachet he doesn't need an alter-ego.
But cowgirl bar-wise, he could be the gambler/cardshark, who holds high-state poker games in the back room.
Now we need a name for the new establishment. Your call.
Never mind. That's too boring. Better yet, he's your somewhat shady and mysterious lover. He's an occasional fixture at the bar, but no one really knows who he is, or what his story is.
Spin is he's an ex-con, and dangerous. But you, the big-hearted Barbara Stanwyck in Stella Dallas type, have taken him under your wing.
Frank has always maintained that we should open a house of ill repute.
Whichever or whatever is decided, it HAS to be more profitable than the horse business!!!
I like to think of it as the Entertainment Business. . .
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