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 Sexy Bee Yacht
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Location: WA | Tell me about your Game Plan horses. I have a mare whose sire is Game Plan. Hot little suckers from what I understand. Here is her pedigree:
http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/michelles+plan
Any tricks that work for working with these horses? Besides FREQUENT work, lol. I got sick in October and when I went back to working her we were at step one, lunging before getting on, etc. She is a firecracker. When I can ride 5 days a week, she was picking up the pattern quick. Even gaming patterns, although poles stressed her a bit (but they can do that to a lot of horses).
Not in a bad situation with her, just bored and seeing what experiences, successes and utter failures others have had with similiarly bred horses. |
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Location: Where I am happiest | I tried several times to buy a mare by Game Plan that was flat kicking butt and taking names with a older ( 60's) bigger guy riding her who came from nowhere and was lucky if he got his rein hand changed during a run, but spank you they would. She was/is a NICE mare with a ton of talent. |
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Sexy Bee Yacht
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Location: WA | ThreeCorners - 2013-12-19 4:35 PM I tried several times to buy a mare by Game Plan that was flat kicking butt and taking names with a older ( 60's) bigger guy riding her who came from nowhere and was lucky if he got his rein hand changed during a run, but spank you they would. She was/is a NICE mare with a ton of talent.
That's good to hear. We had some game shows at our house this summer, when she was getting worked all the time. She isn't patterned and still learning how to use herself in a turn and we were 3-4 seconds off those running all out. Her brain is a little fragile though and I have to be careful with that. I am hoping when I can ride her solid for an extended period of time she will come around. I really like her, she challenges me. Lol. She has a hard time putting up with her QH owner too I am sure. |
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 The Non Sky Diver
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Location: SE Louisiana | Live link.. http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/michelles+plan
All that TB blood in there... they are so sweet I have no idea why they would be hot.. |
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Sexy Bee Yacht
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Thanks for live link. Lol, such quiet mellow ponies. That time she spent at the track must explain her mellow-ness. ;-) |
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Sexy Bee Yacht
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Location: WA | No body else? |
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| Not sure how much help I may be, but I have a quarter horse off the track and he can be pretty hot at times. He is getting finished on the pattern right now. He is hot in the sense of go, go, go but will listen. I used to lunge him or let him run around before riding when I first got him. He is better if he is ridden every day, sometimes I can miss a day but he still may throw in a little playful buck...
What I have found that works best with him is to stay quiet and not pick fights. If I am asking something and he doesn't respond or do what I ask, I just ask again. I don't really "demand" him to do it if you know what I mean? Now I do get after him at times, but its more like making his feet move and circles at either a walk or trot. If I get too aggressive with him, he checks out and its 15 min trying to bring him back to earth LOL.
Overall my advice would be to take it slow and when teaching her, just be repetitive and quiet.  |
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Sexy Bee Yacht
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Location: WA | Red3 - 2013-12-23 2:29 PM Not sure how much help I may be, but I have a quarter horse off the track and he can be pretty hot at times. He is getting finished on the pattern right now. He is hot in the sense of go, go, go but will listen. I used to lunge him or let him run around before riding when I first got him. He is better if he is ridden every day, sometimes I can miss a day but he still may throw in a little playful buck... What I have found that works best with him is to stay quiet and not pick fights. If I am asking something and he doesn't respond or do what I ask, I just ask again. I don't really "demand" him to do it if you know what I mean? Now I do get after him at times, but its more like making his feet move and circles at either a walk or trot. If I get too aggressive with him, he checks out and its 15 min trying to bring him back to earth LOL. Overall my advice would be to take it slow and when teaching her, just be repetitive and quiet.
Sounds a lot like my mare, but she will rear if she gets pushed too far. Learned that the hard way. She almost flipped once. Has flipped in driving lines. She does way better when worked regularly. If she gets any sort of time off, I have to go back to lunging before riding. Tomorrow we are going to a game show to trot patterns. She has been working good at home, so we'll see what happens there. Last time she was there she was petrified by the end of the arena. A shot of courage may be called for. |
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Location: TX | I've had quite a few OTTB's and appendix bred horses. They can be quirky but overall they have a superb work ethic. I pick and choose my battles. They only seem to really get frustrated when they are learning something new and don't understand. I do typically ride them longer than my Qh's since they have a lot more stamina. |
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