Has anyone ever seen or heard of a wellbred Appaloosa doing well at the big barrel racing shows? I was just watching the BFA and saw one run a 16.1 in both rounds and was just curious. 

Kristin Weaver Brown ran an appy long time ago when she went to the NFR

Why did the Indians ride Appaloosas to battle?

So they'd be good and mad when they got there.   

Sorry, this was a joke I heard at a rodeo in Las Vegas and I remembered it just now.

I used to run barrels against a girl from Hartner, KS who had a really good Appy.  Her sister went to the NFR and for the life of me I can't remember her name.   I think she rode a Joak stallion.

Appy's have gotten a bad rap for awhile.   My family has been friends with an appaloosa owner since both my mom and him were kids.  They have some nice, nice apps.  They are just now starting to get into the barrel racing side of things.  I do beleive there's one who's by Dash Ta Fame, and of course now I can't find the stallion ad.    His horses are running in the 1D at App shows.    He's run 3D against the likes of Randee Prindle and Red Man Jones. 

They just aren't out there like so many other breeds are.  I do beleive BBR is starting an Appy incentive, so maybe more will happen. 

paints and apps are slow. 

it's a proven fact, there have been studies. 

An appy wins rounds at our NBHA state show all the time 

I really like the Appaloosa Stallion that is just starting be offered to the public named Ivory King. He is beautiful and I can't wait to see what his babies do once they come of age. I have an own daughter of Frenchmans Guy that I would love to breed to him but something just keeps stopping me.

I thought hes been standing to the public for a while now. I like him, hes got some good color and a really good built to him, I love his short back and long underneath, nice hip and shoulder, not to many Ivory James studs I like out there but this one is nice. I have seen some Ivory James studs that should be cut.. 

I feel like apps used to be more popular than they are now but I could be wrong about that, you just dont see that many around here anymore. We had a local girl back in the day (25+ years ago) that used to smoke everyone from local to state/ regional shows and ammy rodeos. She had a string that were gritty as all get out, super hearty health wise and it didnt matter what the ground was like, pen setup was, mud, snow, whatever. If she was there with those spotted ponies, you were running for second. I understand things were certainly different back then, but still. I'd be curious to see how they held up against todays competition AND the care we give our horses now. They didnt have magnetic, lights, supplements, all the fancy stuff we have to spoil our athletes now. These guys worked cattle during the week and were hauled all over on the weekends in a stock trailer. ha. 

Look at all the running blood on his papers.    Wow !!!

Whoever said Apps are slow...........well, I beg to differ.  It depends on their breeding and conformation just like any other horse.  My App has won about $20k on the track, but he's about 7/8 quarter horse when you go through his pedigree.   I would think this is pretty typical.  lol.   So yeah, registered App ~ but pretty much a QH>  I have riddden quarter horses off the track all my life, and I'm pretty sure, real sure, he could run with or outrun every one of them.  He's just beginning his barrel racing career, but feel good about him

I love a well bred App with color. I have known a few that kicked A** at Rodeos and jackpots.. And some of these were really not a pretty App, but they sure could kick A**. One that really stood out to me, well his name was Pig, lol..  He was not the prettest but he really kicked alot of butt back in the day..

If they shut the clock off I dont care what they look like  lol

Amen!!!

Facts are Facts

My very loud-colored Appaloosa earned me college rodeo scholarships and we were in the top 3 in all three of our events in our region the three years I college rodeoed on him.  He was so solid and consistent -- super barrel horse and just as superb at roping and goat-tying. I was honored to sit on him.  For me, it's about the individual.  I also had a super nice buckskin Paint mare as well as a nice bay QH. If they do their job, I don't mind their color!

Here's my Appaloosa!  Pretty proud ~. I know he can run

I am not an Appaloosa fan at all. The only time I have ever been hurt bad enough to go to the hospital was on an Appaloosa. I have seen some nice barrel horses that were exceptionally nice. As with paints many have subtle markings and you would not even know they are Apps. People who are that narrow minded either never make it out of their back yard or run 4 D times and hate the successful people that beat them. 

I stumbled across a beautiful stallion named Earthquake Ike. He looks thick and seems to have a lot of bone.

Whats the breeding on this one? And how old? 

He sure can get down and cut.. Watched a few videos of him working. 

He's a 7 year old by a quarter stallion named Ten Streaks ( Streakin LaJolla x daughter of FDD)   His dam is The Energizer Bunny by Zevis Scooter Bug out of the app mare Bodacious Bunny

Registered name is Ten Bunny

Check out this very nice AQHA cowhorse stallion..... yes, registered AQHA and he has a beautiful white blanket with spots. 

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Reminic In Spots Quarter Horse (allbreedpedigree.com)

Mr. Shining Gun was hardshipped into Appaloosa papers once he was gelded. He has a large blanket with spots and has been the World's Best Appaloosa winner many, many times.... great all-around horse -- roping, reining, etc.  As you will see, he is AQHA:

Mr Shining Gun Appaloosa (allbreedpedigree.com)

Was it Suzy that married Jack Pyle?  She was tough!

Angel Rae Miller in FL has Paint Me Dark and her full sister Mother OfAll Dragons. Both super nice App mares. Paint Me Dark has won a ton of futurity money this past year and the Dragon mare had some bad luck to be way up there in the BFA juvenile this week.

Cassy Morgan is raising some nice nice running bred Appys. 

She certainly is raising some nice horses!  I keep up with her to follow her horses.  Paint Me Dark is an incredible mare -- she absolutely loves running barrels. 

I adore Shotzie and her no tail having self. She is so sweet and takes her job very seriously. Love her. 

I have already told my husband I'm going shopping in Cassy's barn late 2021 and he best prepare himself.

Have you seen her Wappazun gelding run?  I think his first out was the BFA Juvenile. He is stunning -- big black with white blanket and is SOOOOO well patterned.  Look out for him in the future!!!  

Hopefully, Shotzie will grow a bit more tail as she gets older..... we can hope.  Still, totally love her!!!  :)

I really love a Appy with a nice blanket over the hips, to me this is a classic Appaloosa, I knew a lady back in the late 60's in Alice Texas her name was Katy Davis and she was in her 60's maybe 70's that rode a beautiful App that had a huge blanket over his hips, every where we went we turned heads, I road my little paint shetland pony another friend road her frosted App mare and then we had Miss Katy on her big App Gelding.. Man those were the days.. 

Kyndall Lecomte has a super nice app mare, Eyes Fast As You, that tears UP the South East.   Shes on the injured list for the moment but thats an awesome  mare.  

Yes! Complete dream boat. He should be a poster for ApHC. 

And I forgot about Kyndall's Black! She has such a crazy long stride, she doesn't even look like she's running. 

Colette Graves was who I was thinking of but I can't remember her sister's name.

Didn't know anyone was crazy enough to marry Jack Pyle. 

I believe that her maiden name was Susie Lockwood and she had an awesome little app horse.  Her and Jack would have gotten married in the mid to late 70's but later divorced.

I just looked at the BFA results and didn't seen any apps in the first few pages. 

Angel is still leading the Turkey Run with less then 100 still to go. She took an early lead on her App. 

gramps  always said a good horse anit got no color

Angel Rae Miller and Shotzie (Paint Me Dark, Appaloosa mare) won the Turkey Run Open by about three-tenths of a second (500 entries). Their run was flawless. 

I went to Fancy Fast Horses and watched their run, WOWZ really nice looks like the mare was out running her spots, lol.. Super nice