Most Expensive Horse Trade

Another trade I liked was for a stud horse, Camiseta Badger. I wouldn’t raise horses for years, cause you could buy them cheaper than raise them. Finally though, I did buy some mares and started with a couple paint studs. Didn’t take long and we made geldings out of them. Next I leased a stud or two and finally bought Chex Again. A 15.3 black horse that Ken Wold had trained and showed well. He was by King Fritz and out of a Blob Jr. mare. What a nice horse. I never rode him a lot, but he was broke! Good to rope on, would really work a cow and did the reining stuff better than anything I’d ever been on. Well, old Chex Again at about 17 years of age lost a piece of gut and died. So I was in the market for a new stud.
I called Ken Wold because he had trained Chex Again, and I hoped Ken would have another stud for sale. He did, so Dick Knight and I drove down to look at Camiseta Badger. When we got to Kenny’s, Camiseta was tied to a fence and Dick and I both said “Wow”. What a keen looking horse this feller was! We talked to Kenny about him and found out that Camiseta had an impressive show record, and there was some of his get to see, nice. The next day or so I went back to Ken’s, after counting my money. I rode Camiseta Badger and really wanted him then. So I asked Kenny if there was any trade in him, Ken said no. If he isn’t worth my asking price I’ll keep him.
So I ended up with the most expensive horse I ever traded for. I traded cash for my new stud. I figured in less than two years Camiseta had paid for himself, so guess that was another good trade, at least in my mind.