These people just did not care about showing to strive in that direction. My personal thought on this is to continue to train and do some showing now as opportunity arises. My main focus or niche in the horse world is to continue to start colts and bring them along in their training in reining, cutting, trail riding, roping, etc. and produce a finished horse that could be shown by me or someone else. I had to overcome. It's much easier and quicker to work with another trainer and glean from his experiences than muttling through the whole ordeal by yourself.
Horse training can be very complex and intense.
I really had a wrong attitude about other trainers and learned the hard way that I really did need them if I wanted to be successful in horse training. I certainly don't claim to know it all by any means, but I'm a much better trainer that I was 30 years ago or 20 even 10 years ago for that matter. The big turn around for me was getting aquainted with some all time good trainers and people in the state of Arizona, Colorado, Nevada and Texas. I really appreciate those who have helped me through the years and to these individuals I am forever grateful. I always believed if I could build a good foundation on a horse that was solid and consistent, I was then equipped to go on and finish this horse either as a good all-around horse or an event horse, a horse that specializes in cutting, reining, roping, trail riding, team penning, etc., for example.