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seemed to. This did not lead to a good overall scenario. The free enterprise system works quite well and is dependent on a free and open market. Sponsors need to be able to aim their limited resources in more flexible ways to do the most good, and syndications definitely provide that opportunity. Eventing fans can now choose to spread their invested resources out more easily, owning a share in multiple horses and for multiple riders. I presently have shares in horses ridden and managed by three quite different riders and am glad of it.
Many out of Few Where in the recent past sponsorship of upper level horses was down to just a dozen or so owners, due mainly to very high costs, syndication has brought the price of being a “player” in the incredibly exciting world of U.S. team com- petitions down to a level where hundreds, maybe thousands of eventing fans can afford it. For those horses clearly aimed at international level eventing, there are 501(c)3 organizations to which money can be donated in support, making the great majority of the cost of such syndicates over a horse’s
Halimey Go, a Trakehner stallion in a new syndication with Micheal Pollard as his rider/trainer.
career tax-deductible to the syndicate shareholder. This changes everything, in some ways. Speaking as one who has been right in the thick of it as
an owner, at Athens and at London, I can tell you there is a very special excitement in being an owner of an Olympic contender. It is an experience that one never can or will forget. The world sharpens its focus for those four days, believe me.
Give Your Own Warmblood a Chance The possibilities of using the EOTF model for syndicating horses that are not yet at the three- or four-star level are real, and the idea is being experimented with by multiple riders and owners. Even breeders can initiate the process, as happened with our homebred Windfall daughter, Komik, now in a ten-share syndicate run by bright new star, Allie Knowles of Paris, Kentucky.
Share the Fun with Friends Some syndicates I belong to are just friends, all of us, and we take special pleasure in sharing the ups and downs of the horse and rider’s careers together. Others are made up of folks I did not know at all before, in fact had no connections to before. Gradually getting to know them at venues, in email discussions and so on has been yet another very valuable experience, both fun and enlightening. It is the riders who put together these groups; they are the common thread for all the owners. The ones who are doing it right are making beautiful music out of syndication. I am truly lucky to be part of it. You can be too. To learn more, just visit
www.ExperienceEventing.com.
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