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Location: Gainesville, TX | I have had 3 appendix horses. We have 2 now. I really enjoy them. Most of them are leaner and leggier.
It can affect resell value for sure, usually negatively.
HOWEVER, there are some TB lines that are prized in QH. Look at the influence of Beduino for instance.
Find a list from the QH museum of the most influential TB sires from the last 50 years. They had one somewhere that I have seen, maybe in the Journal.
Those bloodlines on QH papers are much less likely to poorly affect resell.
Kiptydoo for instance is a bloodline on my Shawne Bug mare's dam's side that was influential in QH racing. Magical Mile, Beduino, Native Dancer. Zevi. Three Bars obviously. If you have these names on the papers, it doesn't hurt as much.
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| I think as far as resale values go, if you have a horse that can run with the best going down the road it doesn't matter if the horse is half purple and half draft. If they can clock with the fastest horses in the industry , people will pay the price. I'm not sure how , with barrel horses, price matters with regards to appendix or not. I have one now and if he is NFR quality I won't take any less for him because he is appendix or not. |
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| tothebrim - 2017-04-21 1:43 PM
I whole heartedly agree that ANY horse can be screwed up by improper management. However, that was not the topic of this conversation, or at all where I was expecting it to turn. The management of my horses are not in question, the thoughts of a potential buyer is what is in question..
Thanks for your opinion.
What I meant is that your friends that do not like the thoroughbred on the papers seem to think that appendix horses may have a more fragile mind. I have no idea about your training program or your intentions for the horse. I meant it as they will be able to handle themselves (athletically). If they have the best basics on them. I was making a suggsetion. In the future, I will make things much more clear. I will work on my descriptors. Judge Roy Bean was my hero. |
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Location: So Cal | It would depend on the individual horse, but having Appendix papers wouldn't matter to me. The horse I had the most success on was by Red (TB), and out of a mare with quite a bit of TB blood. |
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| I have an appendix gelding his dam is a daughter of Reckless Dash out of a TB mare. He had several outs on track earned his ROM and could be registered as full QH but he's a gelding so who freaking cares. I own a TB mare built like a $#!+ brick house and people are shocked she's a TB. Her last 2 babies are by Heza Motor Scooter and Coronado Cartel. Both have QH build and are smart, athletic, easy to handle. Racehorse people don't shy away from it. I would buy another in a heartbeat if the horse was what I wanted! |
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| I wouldn't stray from an appendix but I do tend to stray from TB's. My current gelding is an appendix and the one before was also.
My current gelding is the easiest horse and super athletic. He is by a TB stud out of a AQHA mare. The one before that was opposite. I like that you get some size with some substance. I always hope to see the QH balance out some of the qualities I like less about TB's. |
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Location: WA | My mare is appendix and I absolutely love her. She's race on bottom and cow on top. She's not hot headed at all and really enjoys learning. She's actually quite lazy and the most level headed mare in my barn. She's got Beduino on her maternal side so it goes back quite aways. She's not 50/50. I don't think I would have bought her if she was, nor if it was a no name TB on her papers.
I don't think it matters top or bottom, but I'm a firm believer in making sure that bottom side is just as solid, if not more, than the top. And as for as fragile mind goes-I think that also has a lot to do with your training program as well. |
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Location: Alberta, Canada | I run a full fledged jockey club TB. And she can out turn any QH I own. I also run primarily appendix. much of the time these horses are similar to straight running QH. You couldnt pick the appendix out of my pasture... also, keep in mind that unless an appendix has racing rom or AQHA points, anything it produces will also have appendix papers. For example, my futurity horse is appendix even though the first TB on his papers is third gen. because mom is appendix registered. I'd be interested to hear if anyone would turn away from appendix simply because they had appendix papers... |
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Location: Alberta, Canada | turnnburnkota - 2017-04-21 1:51 PM
It would depend on the individual horse, but having Appendix papers wouldn't matter to me. The horse I had the most success on was by Red (TB), and out of a mare with quite a bit of TB blood.
This is how mine are bred as well. my tb is a Red daughter, my good mare is an appendix daughter of Red and my futurity colt is a son of my appendix daughter. |
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| Just to make sure everyone is on the same page, there is AQHA APPENDIX REGISTERED and the AMERICAN APPENDIX HORSE ASSOCIATION. These have nothing to do with each other. AMERICAN APPENDIX HORSE REGISTRATION will register anything. It is rather expensive and the papers have little meaning, especially if you are buying or selling a horse. AQHA APPENDIX would not deter me at all even with a broodmare. |
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| One of my best barrel horses that I ever had was an appendix mare! Miss her so much...she died in a barn fire...BUT she had the absolute best personality. She had so much heart. She was taller, like a tb, but she was also pretty thick. She never got anxious, I could always help pony others in to the gate. She never had any issues, never got excited. I could put little kids on her at the jackpots just fine. She was so snappy around the turns, and she was super quick and catty! Here's her pedigree: http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/powerful+incentives |
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