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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | This is Audie Murphy, my now 5 yr old show horse. We had some crazy issues with him bucking the summer before last and I about gave up on him. He had a bad cut to his heel, my saddle was pinching him and he was supposedly started with 30 days. I sent him off to the trainer and he was cut the day I picked him up so never got to see him ride. He healed well and then started to act really strange so we tested and treated for everything under the sun, EPM you name it. I finally kicked him out to pasture last winter and put a cheap price tag on him. Some interest but no takers.
In July I decided to throw in one last ditch effort and sent him to a great lady that started another horse for me. I told her try him for 2 weeks and if he has an attitude, I'll can him. I was just DONE!.
Well he was a turd that first couple weeks, making her think he just never was ridden like I had been told. But she believed in him, more than I did I guess. He also has a lazy streak and she had to make him have a work ethic. I've had him back about a month now and he is so neat. She had him jumping 2'6" when he left with just 60 days under saddle. He's kind of a natural-thank goodness, I need that. I am still trying to trust him and get with him, but I let my friend ride him that is a better trainer at HUS than I am so I get to take the pics and video. When I ride she is always telling me what to do, no time for videos. So here is a couple pictures I wanted to share of her and him. He's a big boy, just under 17 hands last I measured and has a beautiful trot.
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|  Glad you didn't get him sold!
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| Looks good! I imagine 17h could launch you quite a ways if he decided to! Sometimes the hardest ones turn out to be the best! |
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | veintiocho - 2016-01-07 12:32 PM Looks good! I imagine 17h could launch you quite a ways if he decided to! Sometimes the hardest ones turn out to be the best!
He's the first horse to get me off in a long time, but it was actually quite sad because he never kicked up but lunges. It looks so smooth. I could get sat back down while we were going through the air but never enough time to get my reins shortened and pull him up before he hit hard again in the front end. I rode him a handful of jumps and he finally blew me out the back. My boot caught on the cantle and pulled off and I hit my back agaisnt the pipe round pen fence. Had I just hit the dirt all would have been fine, but that pipe round pen really messed my back up. This was the first time I ever hit the ground and couldn't move to get up. It scared the he!! out of me and I think that is why I still have a mental thing going with riding him. If my weather would get better and I could stay steady on him it would help, but he is only getting rode once or twice every 2 weeks. |
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Location: MD | awesome! what a cutie! |
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Location: Missouri | Wow~ he's huge!
I'm glad he's turning a corner! Gives me hope with mine!
If you don't get your confidence back with him (I don't think I could! wowser!) at least you have a really nice horse that you will be proud to sell! Good job with him!
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Location: Arkansas | wyoming barrel racer - 2016-01-07 1:09 PM
This is Audie Murphy, my now 5 yr old show horse. We had some crazy issues with him bucking the summer before last and I about gave up on him. He had a bad cut to his heel, my saddle was pinching him and he was supposedly started with 30 days. I sent him off to the trainer and he was cut the day I picked him up so never got to see him ride. He healed well and then started to act really strange so we tested and treated for everything under the sun, EPM you name it. I finally kicked him out to pasture last winter and put a cheap price tag on him. Some interest but no takers.
In July I decided to throw in one last ditch effort and sent him to a great lady that started another horse for me. I told her try him for 2 weeks and if he has an attitude, I'll can him. I was just DONE!.
Well he was a turd that first couple weeks, making her think he just never was ridden like I had been told. But she believed in him, more than I did I guess. He also has a lazy streak and she had to make him have a work ethic. I've had him back about a month now and he is so neat. She had him jumping 2'6" when he left with just 60 days under saddle. He's kind of a natural-thank goodness, I need that. I am still trying to trust him and get with him, but I let my friend ride him that is a better trainer at HUS than I am so I get to take the pics and video. When I ride she is always telling me what to do, no time for videos. So here is a couple pictures I wanted to share of her and him. He's a big boy, just under 17 hands last I measured and has a beautiful trot.
Love him! Something about those huge ole boys makes my heart go pitter patter. . . . |
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Location: MD | It's always the ones that seemingly take the longest to come around that end up being the best. He looks like he'd be a ton of fun to ride down the rail! |
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | WrapSnap - 2016-01-07 9:26 PM It's always the ones that seemingly take the longest to come around that end up being the best. He looks like he'd be a ton of fun to ride down the rail!
He really is, he is so smooth and floaty. I bought him as a homely yearling off some pictures and when my friend (the one in the pics) went with me to pick him up she fell in love. She has always wanted to ride him so heck, I get some free training as well. According to her he is an A+ mover without putting any effort into it. I don't have World Champion aspirations, but it would be fun to be high point at our local AQHA association. I'm going to start off in the Level 1 novice classes for the HUS, but he is already competitive in showmanship in Amatuer. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | He looks like a cool fella, had a friend that had a biggen too and he was her show horse he was 17.1, he was a monster.. Whats the breeding on your boy? |
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | Southtxponygirl - 2016-01-08 8:01 PM He looks like a cool fella, had a friend that had a biggen too and he was her show horse he was 17.1, he was a monster.. Whats the breeding on your boy?
He's by Chocolua and out of an Artful Move daughter. I'll copy/paste some info. When I bought him I didn't know much about HUS breeding or what was popular. I wanted a tall horse that had substance. Not those toothpick legged horses you see. Audie is very stout and big boned for his descipline. I think because the Chocolua's are known for their over fence ability. They have to be stouter to do that vs just rail work. He has very little TB compared to most hunters.
Audie's sire, Chocolua, is a Congress Champion, Reserve World Champion and sire of Congress, World and NSBA Champions.
2nd dam produced.PRF Hitchin For A Ride 2007, 2008, 2011 World Champion Jumping, 2010 Reserve World Champion Jumping, 2011 Congress Jumping Champion. Also Doin The Details 47 Open and 25 Amatuer performance points, Big Mamas Details 6.5 Open performance points
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | Jenifer is 5'10 but I am 5'2" so when I am riding him, he really looks huge. Something really unfair about the shorter you are, the higher those stirrups are. He lets me climb on about anything to get on, thank gosh! |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | I'm pretty sure her horse was the same breeding as your boy on the top side. At least he lets you get on him, holy cow how do you saddle him since your so tiny?, lol |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | I remember the Zips Chocolate Chips in the breeding on her gelding and he was brown too. Your horse looks alot hers did, she lost him to colic about 6 or 7 years ago. |
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | Southtxponygirl - 2016-01-08 8:33 PM I remember the Zips Chocolate Chips in the breeding on her gelding and he was brown too. Your horse looks alot hers did, she lost him to colic about 6 or 7 years ago.
that's terrible. If I remember right ZCC was the first of the peanut pushers in western pleasure. He kind of revolutionalized the pleasure industry...in a bad way in my opinion. They are actually working very hard right now, ever since some nasty Congress videos surfaced, to keep horses in a more forward gait, to stop them for the cadenced in (hip in) cantering and to keep that poll at least level with the withers. The first successful judging at a big show was the AQHA world show and the judge was interviewed on why he placed them how he did. The horses actually looked sound going around the ring and HAPPY!!! here is Chocolua. He died fairly young. They still ship frozen semen, but most of it goes to Europe. He is a big name over there.
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Location: NE Texas | Love this update and fingers crossed for continued progress! I know that hopeful, optimistic feeling well. ;) He's such a beautiful horse and it's great to see him doing so well! Super exciting! |
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | Herbie - 2016-01-08 9:07 PM Love this update and fingers crossed for continued progress! I know that hopeful, optimistic feeling well. ;) He's such a beautiful horse and it's great to see him doing so well! Super exciting!
Thank you Herbie. If I can get over this mental hurdle we will have it made. So far so good. His trot to canter depart sucks, he wants to be lazy and just trot faster ...he needs a spur but gets pi$$y if you drill him one. No buck, but sure swishes his tail and pins those ears. He's a lazy boy and we are working his butt off every time the weather is good enough to ride. he just keeps getting better. |
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Location: North of the 49th Parallel | I'm always a sucker for a nice HUS horse and he's nice! |
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Location: MD | wyoming barrel racer - 2016-01-08 8:21 AM
WrapSnap - 2016-01-07 9:26 PM It's always the ones that seemingly take the longest to come around that end up being the best. He looks like he'd be a ton of fun to ride down the rail!
He really is, he is so smooth and floaty. I bought him as a homely yearling off some pictures and when my friend (the one in the pics) went with me to pick him up she fell in love. She has always wanted to ride him so heck, I get some free training as well. According to her he is an A+ mover without putting any effort into it. I don't have World Champion aspirations, but it would be fun to be high point at our local AQHA association. I'm going to start off in the Level 1 novice classes for the HUS, but he is already competitive in showmanship in Amatuer.
You're going to have a blast with him. I look at that front end and I can envision his trot. Looks like you should do well with him :) |
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Location: AB | I have a mare by Chocolua. Have owned her 6 1/2 years. Love her to pieces. She can be the softest, quietest mare that will carry the tiniest beginner riders around, or once in awhile, be quite opinionated, if she feels like something isn`t right. She was a show horse, then became a lesson horse, and she has a dog-like loyalty to our family.
I have always loved how she moved, and how she felt when I rode her. The nice thing with them, is they naturally have those pretty gaits, but that doesn`t mean they can`t kick it up a notch when asked.
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Location: SE Louisiana | NOPE!! Bragging on your horse is strictly forbidden here!! Who would want to brag on a horse that does not seem to know how to operate his front legs?
All kidding aside... This is a fine looking fella and kudos to you for hanging on to him. and...and... Whoever was working the camera???? Great job!! |
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