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Location: Peach State | Ok so here's the story I'm trying out a horse for a few days and he just turned 5 mainly been used as a trail horse And some cattle work. His owner says she usually lunges him before she gets on if she knows she gonna really be working him. So anyways he hasn't been rode much this month and today after I long trotted him for ab 30 min in a round pen then got on him he still tested me when I asked him to lope. I kicked him up everytime he dropped his head so he never got to really bucking but I don't want to have to do this everytime I ride the little rascal. He acts just too spoiled like he's gotten away with bucking everytime he's asked to really work and listen to the rider. Y'all think he would get out of this after a couple of weeks of hard riding or wouldn't trust his attidue.
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Location: Alabama | I have one that is cold back. He plays around bucks and rears even after I lounge him. The faster I push him the quicker he works out of it. I get on to him for it. I stay in circles. He didn't do it to bad then had him adjusted and he was out and now he's a big pain in the butt lol. After about 5-10mins he's fine :).
If you think he's worth it I'd deal with it......
Does he need chiropractic work. Is he in pain anywhere?
Has he always been like this? Saddle fit ? |
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Location: Missouri | I have a cold-backed 4y/o. I try not to lounge him b/c I don't like to do it every time. If I can ride him every day, he's usually fine. But, a few days off and I can feel that hump under the saddle again. It doesn't always mean he's going to buck, but I sure have to be careful or he will. He generally warms up out of it, but will almost always hump up the first time I ask him to lope.
IMO, he will probably always be geared this way. I hope he matures out of it, but I'm guessing he will always have the tendency...
If I had a choice, I sure wouldn't deal with it! I say pass.
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  Twin Sister to Queen Boobie
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Location: East Tennessee but who knows?! | If it's already an issue for you then I say pass. No sense in getting something that you'll resent having to work before you get on every time. Not everyone is cut out for a horse that has to be managed a certain way and there are some horses that just aren't as easy as others. |
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Location: Peach State | Does it make a difference if I add he's double hancock bred and just turned five (haha) hoping I can ride this out I him but advice from experience is
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 Keeper of the King Snake
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Location: Dubach, LA | I have one that is 17 and still bucks first time he lopes...sometimes trots. Soometimes I go run a set of cans after hand-walking him to warm him up. The good ones have quirks. |
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Elite Veteran
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| I had one like that. I no longer have one like that. When doing the barrel pattern at a full run in competition he could break in two like a saddle bronc. I decided I wanted to be able to drive myself home at the end of the day. I would PASS! |
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Location: Small Town Iowa | I would suggest checking him for any lameness or soreness just to rule that stuff out, vet, chiro and dentist. If he's still an arse then it just might be his "quirk." I have a mare that is 6 this year and I have to long line her for about 5 or 10 minutes because she crow hops EVERY time. She's the type that needs a job. I ride 4-5 days a week and usually by the 4th or 5th day she's out of it. But then the next week is a new chapter. She would try to push me while riding and I got off and long lined the crap out of her and hard for the first week back into riding this spring. A lot of roll backs just to get her attention. She hated me I'm sure. But it got her attention and even though she was a sweaty mess I still got on and worked circles. She worked great circles after that. I'm willing to deal with it but I know that it's her quirk, because I know that she is cold backed. But you have to ask yourself, is this something you want to deal with? If not, I'd look for another that's easier to manage. And I don't know if it because yours in Hancock bred or not, my mare is Okla Fuel bred and she is like that. But I don't let the bloodlines get in the way of a brat attitude. They are a nice guide though as what you can expect...possibly. Good luck. |
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | I had one that always crow hopped when I first asked him to lope. Bought him when he was 3, sold him at 11, and if he didn't hop it was because something was wrong with him. I trusted him not to go NFR bronc on me and just let him have his thing. My 4 year old will hump up when I first ask her to lope, and sometimes even hop a little unless I ride her every single day. I can kick her out of it and it's just not a big deal to me. I've never had a horse that was worth anything that didn't hit a lick every once in a while, but there is a huge difference between playing and seriously trying to buck you off. I won't ride one that will get serious about it. |
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Hungarian Midget Woman
Location: Midwest | Mine is 17, and he still throws in a play type buck or two when he's feeling good. LOL |
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Expert
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| Get a lameness vet to check the stifles. I was riding a colt for a customer and it would buck . Turns out it was a sore stifle. Check the back for soreness. Sore kidneys will make them do it also. |
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The Advice Guru
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| It sounds like you are trying this horse out.
Personally I would send the horse back. There are too many good horses out there that don't buck. I personally will spend a little more money on a horse that doesn't buck. |
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Common Sense and then some
Location: So. California | Since you are trying the horse out, have the owner 5 panel test him. Or you can just pull mane hairs and send them off to Animal genetics to rule out any potential future problems. Cost is $95.00... |
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Location: Tumbleweed Capital of the World | My opinion (and it is just that) is that if this horse is double-bred Hancock, he will always buck a little. It's up to you if it's worth putting up with. |
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