elizabeth18088 wrote:
charleyharvey wrote:
Is is stupid that someone would ship a horse all the way from Texas to wherever and then to Australia every winter just for trail-riding? To me, yes.

Will rich people always do stupid things with their money as long as they have it? Yes. 9 times out of 10, yes.

Does it matter as long as he takes care of the mare? No.

He could buy an 800,000 dollar racehorse just to watch someone braid its mane if he wanted to as long as he took care of it.
The guy isn't necessarily rich.  With Shiggin's estimate of 15K to import/export, 5K in other transportation, and low 5 figures/high 4 figures (from the ad I saw for the mare), the whole thing will probably come to somehwere around 30K.  That isn't an expensive horse, just a lot to pay in transportation in relation to the purchase price!


  

I am with analise on this one. 30k for a horse is rich. And I guess I misunderstood. I thought that Hotter was saying he would be taking the horse with him to Australia every winter. Like maybe he had property there or something. This is probably my own stupid mistake.
But even if the horse is only making the trip once, a horse is a luxury item. If you have afford to spend 30 grand on one, you're rich.

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