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Location: Home on the Range | Nothing on google either? Not familiar with the term "dirty broke" what does that mean? |
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Location: Phoenix | Not a clue....bumping for you. |
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | that just sounds, well...terrible. Some of the sale "lingo" makes me tuck tail and run. Kind of like when they are standing on the horse in the photo. Sorry, I don't plan to do that, show me how he RIDES. |
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| Please use in context. We may be able to help guess at a translation. |
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Location: Peg-Leg Julia Grimm | Never heard that before.  |
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Location: ND | To me it's just a horse traders way of saying the horse is really broke. And since everyone's opinion of what really broke is varies it basically means nothing. |
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Location: 'Hawk Country | SaraJean - 2014-01-28 9:05 PM To me it's just a horse traders way of saying the horse is really broke. And since everyone's opinion of what really broke is varies it basically means nothing.
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Location: Idaho | It means very. Lots of cowboys say it. My husband does it all the time. Drives me nuts! Lol |
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I am a Freak
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Location: Nowhere Special | Ive heard it both ways either like said a horse traders way of saying they are really, really broke and quick or Ive heard it said when someone "quick" breaks one.. Rough, camps on them and just rushes them into a 30 day wonder.. clear as mudd right.. |
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 A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Never heard this saying either, I was thinking it meant a person that was super duper broke. But a dirty broke horse, never heard of it.  |
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| Maybe we saw the same ad recently with this term because I thought the same thing. From the description it sounds like Well broke. Because in the ad it went on to say he was a started reiner and went into all the different things the horse does.... |
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Location: Western performance horse Hades | Dirty broke is slang exceptional handle |
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Location: nj | Not sure.. but I do know that when I was looking for a horse last winter - the phrase people liked to use was 'the real deal' it was kind of a cliche that a number of people used - which didn't really carry much weight with me :)
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A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | threeponies - 2014-01-28 9:55 PM Not sure.. but I do know that when I was looking for a horse last winter - the phrase people liked to use was 'the real deal' it was kind of a cliche that a number of people used - which didn't really carry much weight with me :)
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Location: High heels in the air... | Dirty broke is a handy handling spinning sum of a buck who seen the country and never misses a step...most good ranches have a couple of em all the time...I bought one from Betty Kloeckler in OK and he is at work on a big ranch daily...light as a feather to move, will track a wild cow in rough country and put you where you can rope one, spins on a dime and never flicks an ear at a charging cow or a little girl crawling under him...he is dirty broke fur sure...turned down big money for him several times even at 13... |
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Location: Central TX | basically just means they have a great handle and are super broke...HATE when i see someone use that term...it sounds ugly |
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A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Well I learned a new word today  |
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Miss Not Exciting
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Location: Ft Worth TX | I saw the ad with "Dirty Broke" to... just assumed it meant well broke... I figured dirty was the opposite of green broke lol. |
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Location: Midwest | I bet Google had some interesting answers for you... Lol |
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Location: Oklahoma | CowboyUp!!! - 2014-01-28 11:01 PM Dirty broke is a handy handling spinning sum of a buck who seen the country and never misses a step...most good ranches have a couple of em all the time...I bought one from Betty Kloeckler in OK and he is at work on a big ranch daily...light as a feather to move, will track a wild cow in rough country and put you where you can rope one, spins on a dime and never flicks an ear at a charging cow or a little girl crawling under him...he is dirty broke fur sure...turned down big money for him several times even at 13...
Betty is a hand, that's for sure! |
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Location: Mountains of VA | Not sure I would use this term in an ad..........1st - it sounds like a regional type of term that only a few people would understand. Since the ad is seen by people all over, it would be better to stay away from regional terms.
2nd - my interpretation being from the east would be a kick, jerk, and run the h*ll out of type of horse. A horse that is full of holes in it's training. A horse that had just enough of rough training to look like it could do a job.
Personally, I like "fancy broke" with no holes, a horse that can be used for most any job and do it well without a fuss. |
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Location: Adopt a homeless pet - www.petfinder.com! | From my recent horse buying experience I would say dirty broke is the same as fancy broke. Sale ad lingo drives me crazy, give me specifics, what skils does the horse have!? 
Edited by Calangelo 2014-01-29 8:18 AM
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Location: North Dakota | "Dirty Broke" and "The Real Deal" terms make me laugh. You don't need "fancy" terms to describe your horse. Let your horse's skills do the talking in my opinion.
Using those terms isn't going to get me knocking on your door to try out your dirty broke horse that's the real deal. |
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| I saw it too, however I understood what they were trying to say, and I can imagine what "well broke" means. If it was something that caught my eye and I was in the market, I'd pick up the phone and inquire. Didn't really bother me, I have a pretty open mind and realize not every seller will describe their horse with the same words. I wouldn't knock an animal over the describing words the seller chose. jmo
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| I saw her ad too, and understand exactly what she is saying. She's saying the horse is "fancy broke" with all the bells and whistles, reining horse handle. I guess it's like the cool kids lingo or something. I kinda like it actually. I want my horse "dirty broke" |
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| Bnparlay - 2014-01-30 3:51 PM
I saw her ad too, and understand exactly what she is saying. She's saying the horse is "fancy broke" with all the bells and whistles, reining horse handle. I guess it's like the cool kids lingo or something. I kinda like it actually. I want my horse "dirty broke"
Hahaha! That's like one of my friends says that my husband and I are a pretty "rank" couple. To me them's fightin' words! To him it means we are an AWESOME couple. I understand what they are trying to say in the ad and have a "dirty broke" horse that is LITERALLY bomb proof (but don't bring a horse drawn carriage ANYWHERE near her, lol)
But...thinking about the saying makes me think of all the horses that are broke by the Charro/Vaquero style of cowboy around here. They can do all these fancy things IF you plan on beating them into submission and tying their rens behind the saddle horn and going inside the house for 4 hours and leaving them...but that's not what I like in my barn. Maybe "workman type with flashy moves." LOL |
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Location: never in the right place | I thought "dirty broke" was the opposite of "fancy broke" meaning you can halter him but was green riding. |
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| I would never even look at a horse that was said to be dirty broke. To my mind, it just brings up the old bronc days of bucking them out and that's it. Dirty does not equal good. |
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A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Dirty Broke sounds like something you can't trust. |
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I Really Love Jeans
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Location: North Dakota | I have never heard this. From the comments I guess it is a horse that is really broke. If I read this in an ad I would think it is a horse that is roughly trained and doesn't have much of a handle, one you need to use two hands to turn but I guess my interpretation would be wrong!! |
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 The Comeback Kid
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Location: lost in missouri | I do not use the term dirty broke as it can be looked upon many different ways, but i see it as the horse has a lot of miles on it and has had a many dirty saddle pads and has gotten pretty dirty a lot from being worked. it took me a while to get used to the term and having it pop up in my brain this way. that term just seems so wrong |
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Location: Never in one place long | This is news to me, I was thinking it was having to do with someone who is BROKE like "Dirt Poor" lol hmmm |
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Location: MD | I totally take it to mean that the horse is "fancy" broke, which I don't normally like most people's definition of. It does make my mind go to one seller in particular, however. Seriously, every time I read "Dirty broke" her face pops into my head. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | WrapSnap - 2014-01-31 11:21 AM I totally take it to mean that the horse is "fancy" broke, which I don't normally like most people's definition of. It does make my mind go to one seller in particular, however. Seriously, every time I read "Dirty broke" her face pops into my head.
Hummmm, Now I wonder who that could be {fingers drumming here} LOL..... |
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Wishing I were a Wildcat
Location: 'Hawk Country | We use "dirty" fast as a phrase too.
It means very/extremely fast, not runs good in the mud or runs good without a brushing.
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Wishing I were a Wildcat
Location: 'Hawk Country | Southtxponygirl - 2014-01-31 11:24 AM WrapSnap - 2014-01-31 11:21 AM I totally take it to mean that the horse is "fancy" broke, which I don't normally like most people's definition of. It does make my mind go to one seller in particular, however. Seriously, every time I read "Dirty broke" her face pops into my head. Hummmm, Now I wonder who that could be {fingers drumming here} LOL.....
Ha! I just spit water on my screen!! |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | ozcancrasher13 - 2014-01-31 11:34 AM Southtxponygirl - 2014-01-31 11:24 AM WrapSnap - 2014-01-31 11:21 AM I totally take it to mean that the horse is "fancy" broke, which I don't normally like most people's definition of. It does make my mind go to one seller in particular, however. Seriously, every time I read "Dirty broke" her face pops into my head. Hummmm, Now I wonder who that could be {fingers drumming here} LOL.....
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Location: Texas! | Hmm I assumed it was just broke to ride no fancy bells whistles but apparently I understood it wrong. Hah! |
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| MO gal - 2014-01-31 9:49 AM
I would never even look at a horse that was said to be dirty broke. To my mind, it just brings up the old bronc days of bucking them out and that's it. Dirty does not equal good.
Lol well hopefully you aren't looking for a horse. Sheesh people you pass up a possible awesome horse with obviously a great handle especially since the video shows what all the horse is doing. People will never stop amazing me with the dumb things they say. |
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Location: Texas | I have never heard the expression before, but the first thing that popped into my head was a horse that you could get on and do a little bit with but that was it. Basically a very green horse.
I often use "dirty" to describe things... sometimes good, sometimes bad lol. You just have to look at the context to figure out how I am meaning it.
I wouldn't be turned off by the phrase in an ad... but I would definitely want to know what their definition of dirty broke is. |
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| Dirty broke: the horse has been around numerous environments and handled it well. |
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What does DIRTY BROKE mean???