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Location: California | I am a bit torn right now as of what to do. Would love some outside opinions. I have an 11 year old stud that I aquired last August. He had 30 days as a 3 year old and then sat until I got him. He is pretty broke, easy going, gentle and great to be around. He can slow lope the pattern. I am trying to decide if I should take the time to try to finish him on the barrels and roping or if I should sell him. My only other horse is a 4 year old who was just started this year and I miss having something of my own to compete on. He is absolutely stunning and a very good boy. Every time I ride him I change my mind on selling him. I owned his half brother a few years back and accomplished A LOT on him and sold him for a great deal of money which is why I took him on. I have no intentions of breeding him right now or standing him. But I have the facility to keep him so the stud thing isn't a huge issue to me. He is pretty laid back and on the lazier side (definitely a push style horse) so I am not sure if he would get the run part figured out or not. I will attach a link to his bloodlines and a picture of him if it helps at all.
Thanks in advance.
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Hes cute, but just a question here LOL, but way are you keeping him a stud?  |
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Location: California | Southtxponygirl - 2015-05-27 6:44 PM Hes cute, but just a question here LOL, but way are you keeping him a stud?
Don't have the extra funds to geld him right now. If I still lived in Texas it would be done already, but here in Cali (especially where I live) it costs an arm and a leg and I am still paying on a huge vet bill after losing one to a broken navicular bone. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | little_bug - 2015-05-27 9:46 PM Southtxponygirl - 2015-05-27 6:44 PM Hes cute, but just a question here LOL, but way are you keeping him a stud?
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Location: California | Southtxponygirl - 2015-05-27 6:47 PM little_bug - 2015-05-27 9:46 PM Southtxponygirl - 2015-05-27 6:44 PM Hes cute, but just a question here LOL, but way are you keeping him a stud?
Trust me, don't think I haven't thought about it! lol
Do you think with him being 11 years old he would end up acting more like a gelding after it? I have been told many different contradicting things. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | little_bug - 2015-05-27 9:49 PM Southtxponygirl - 2015-05-27 6:47 PM little_bug - 2015-05-27 9:46 PM Southtxponygirl - 2015-05-27 6:44 PM Hes cute, but just a question here LOL, but way are you keeping him a stud?
Do you think with him being 11 years old he would end up acting more like a gelding after it? I have been told many different contradicting things.
I gelded one of my boys at 10 and never had a problem with him, he never was real studdie acting when I bought him. But one time I did buy an aged stud I am guessing he was about 7 or 8 at the time he was a rescue that I picked up for some people that were straving him, skin and bones thought no problem because he was so straved I brought him home feed him for a few weeks and bam he turned into a crazy nutty stud that wanted to breed everything in sight, I didnt want to geld him untill I got a little bit of weight on him, well after the two weeks I had my vet come over and geld him as soon as posssible because he got to be a nutty guy, so I was guessing the people that had him bred him to everything in sight, but after a few months being gelded he turned out to be the best little horse ever.. Sold him to my sister and she really enjoyed him.. Oh and I name him Studley because he was quite the stud befor I had him gelded..
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Location: California | Southtxponygirl - 2015-05-27 7:48 PM
little_bug - 2015-05-27 9:49 PM Southtxponygirl - 2015-05-27 6:47 PM little_bug - 2015-05-27 9:46 PM Southtxponygirl - 2015-05-27 6:44 PM Hes cute, but just a question here LOL, but way are you keeping him a stud?
Do you think with him being 11 years old he would end up acting more like a gelding after it? I have been told many different contradicting things.
I gelded one of my boys at 10 and never had a problem with him, he never was real studdie acting when I bought him. But one time I did buy an aged stud I am guessing he was about 7 or 8 at the time he was a rescue that I picked up for some people that were straving him, skin and bones thought no problem because he was so straved I brought him home feed him for a few weeks and bam he turned into a crazy nutty stud that wanted to breed everything in sight, I didnt want to geld him untill I got a little bit of weight on him, well after the two weeks I had my vet come over and geld him as soon as posssible because he got to be a nutty guy, so I was guessing the people that had him bred him to everything in sight, but after a few months being gelded he turned out to be the best little horse ever.. Sold him to my sister and she really enjoyed him.. Oh and I name him Studley because he was quite the stud befor I had him gelded..
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | little_bug - 2015-05-27 10:58 PM Southtxponygirl - 2015-05-27 7:48 PM little_bug - 2015-05-27 9:49 PM Southtxponygirl - 2015-05-27 6:47 PM little_bug - 2015-05-27 9:46 PM Southtxponygirl - 2015-05-27 6:44 PM Hes cute, but just a question here LOL, but way are you keeping him a stud?
Do you think with him being 11 years old he would end up acting more like a gelding after it? I have been told many different contradicting things.
I gelded one of my boys at 10 and never had a problem with him, he never was real studdie acting when I bought him. But one time I did buy an aged stud I am guessing he was about 7 or 8 at the time he was a rescue that I picked up for some people that were straving him, skin and bones thought no problem because he was so straved I brought him home feed him for a few weeks and bam he turned into a crazy nutty stud that wanted to breed everything in sight, I didnt want to geld him untill I got a little bit of weight on him, well after the two weeks I had my vet come over and geld him as soon as posssible because he got to be a nutty guy, so I was guessing the people that had him bred him to everything in sight, but after a few months being gelded he turned out to be the best little horse ever.. Sold him to my sister and she really enjoyed him.. Oh and I name him Studley because he was quite the stud befor I had him gelded.. He has been bred 6 times total. Same set of three mares In 2013 and 2014.
As long as hes fit and healthy gelding him should be ok, just dont keep him stalled up. Talk to a vet and see what their thought is on gelding him. If he were mine I would do it. He sure is going to make you a nice looking gelding |
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Location: California | Bumping it up for the morning crew |
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Location: Oklahoma | I really LOVE his pedigree. I think you should give him a chance. He's got the bloodlines to do roping or barrels. |
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Location: North Dakota | I just love the bone structure in his legs!
Well, ultimately it's up to you. What do YOU want? Do you wanta finished horse you can compete on right now? Or do you want a project (like what you've got)?
I don't mean this to be taken the wrong way, but if you can't afford to have him gelded .... you probably can't afford a finished horse you can compete on right now. So in that aspect, I guess you'll have to keep him and work with what you've got.l
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| My best friend just bought an 18 yr. old gelding to teach her reining. She gets multiple offers to buy him every time she goes to a show. He was a stud until he was 10 years old and was used for that purpose plus he was also shown. He has no studly tendencies at all. She almost sold him to a little girl but decided she was not through with him yet. He is an awesome horse. |
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Location: Kansas | I think he's nice, keep him |
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| Send him down the road, I can be there this weekend to get him!
You should keep him and finish him out, especially if you're not in a place financially that you can replace him with something finished. |
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Location: California | The money would go towards a truck because I really need one, but at this point I couldn't get enough for him to really put much down on a truck so that is why I am torn. It isn't really worth selling him. Especially since I like him. |
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| little_bug - 2015-05-28 9:34 AM
The money would go towards a truck because I really need one, but at this point I couldn't get enough for him to really put much down on a truck so that is why I am torn. It isn't really worth selling him. Especially since I like him.
There's your answer, put more time in on him and get him further along in the barrels and if I were you I would really invest some time to get him started roping, then you can get more for him towards you a truck or keep him and have a jam up horse... I am a really big fan of how he is bred.. |
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Location: California | FlyingJT - 2015-05-28 6:38 AM little_bug - 2015-05-28 9:34 AM The money would go towards a truck because I really need one, but at this point I couldn't get enough for him to really put much down on a truck so that is why I am torn. It isn't really worth selling him. Especially since I like him. There's your answer, put more time in on him and get him further along in the barrels and if I were you I would really invest some time to get him started roping, then you can get more for him towards you a truck or keep him and have a jam up horse... I am a really big fan of how he is bred..
Thank you =) His half brother (out of the same dam) was wicked and won me a lot of titles. I had always wanted a sibling to him and this stud just happened to pop up on facebook one day for a steal and it was right down the road from me. I had no diea his bloodlines until I asked. I bought him the next day. The Sun Frost horses, from everything I have experienced, have the BEST minds on them, and looks to boot!
Here is is half brother
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Location: Scurry, TX | the worst thing you can do in the horse business is get in a hurry. It will always cost you more money in the long run. You bought him knowing he wasnt finished. Be patient and finish the job |
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Location: In a happy place | KEEP HIM. I bought my stud just before he turned 11. Took me a little extra time, but really not that much more. He made a top barrel horse. |
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| little_bug - 2015-05-28 9:50 AM
FlyingJT - 2015-05-28 6:38 AM little_bug - 2015-05-28 9:34 AM The money would go towards a truck because I really need one, but at this point I couldn't get enough for him to really put much down on a truck so that is why I am torn. It isn't really worth selling him. Especially since I like him. There's your answer, put more time in on him and get him further along in the barrels and if I were you I would really invest some time to get him started roping, then you can get more for him towards you a truck or keep him and have a jam up horse... I am a really big fan of how he is bred..
Here is is half brother
what sort of titles?
I've always wanted to be a Duke, if I could find a horse that could win me that title I would buy in a heart beat.
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Location: Where the pavement ends and the West begins Utah | Take the time. He has an awesome pedigree. I cant imagine him being a push style horse. |
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Location: California | cow pie - 2015-05-28 7:01 PM Take the time. He has an awesome pedigree. I cant imagine him being a push style horse.
I could be wrong, as he doesn't know how to run yet. But he is one I have to push into the barrel already instead of asking him to rate. His brother was veyr much push style. Guess we will find out! |
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Location: North Dakota | Um he's totally not worth keeping around. I'll make the sacrifice and take him off your hands for you. |
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Location: California | Soooo I decided to keep him and the vet will be here in the morning to remove his manly hood! They will work with me on payments so I said let's do it. I think he will make a very nice gelding |
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Location: Florida | I would not use that picture for advertisement, that paint's neck and conformation will not help. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | little_bug - 2015-06-02 7:22 PM Soooo I decided to keep him and the vet will be here in the morning to remove his manly hood! They will work with me on payments so I said let's do it. I think he will make a very nice gelding
I am so glad that your keeping him, please keep us updated on how he's doing after he's gelded, I think you are going to be so flipping glad that you decided to keep him, so happy for you  |
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