FTF I think it's the person's intended use that has people scratching their heads.  If he planned on campaigning her in AUS and adding her to his breeding program that would make more sense to people.  Also I find this comment
"It's only viewed as "a bit crazy" by those who don't believe the value of a particular horse can actually be higher than your average backyard horses and crossbred rescues. It makes perfect sense to those whose stricter selection criteria are met by certain horses. "
To be pretty darn condescending.  And that's coming from a girl whose horse was sired by the top point earning stallion in NA in her breed (who recently sold for $40 000).  There is also a very good chance that my horse won't leave my back yard and will serve no purpose other than my own personal pleasure mount for the rest of his days.  And I don't even have boatloads of money!  But this "No one recongnises quality and all your horses are sub par" attitude is special.  I don't know if that's how you're intending to come across and if not I apologize.

It's not the fact that this man bought a quality horse for a lot of money, and is planning on spending even more money to transport it to AUS. that has people raising an eyebrow.  It's the fact that he is doing so with the sole intent of trail riding said horse.  Great for the horse, great for the seller, and heck, great for the buyer that he can purchase his dream horse without a second thought! 

Again, I really don't see anything wrong with it, and if I had boatloads of money, I'd probably import and Andalusian from Spain just to ride around my backyard bareback in a custom made princess dress.  I would also expect that it wouldn't make sense to a lot of people, and I wouldn't really care

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