Red3 - 2014-01-06 10:41 PM Glad someone started this thread! I bought a gelding by Ivory James last January. He was raced and had about 8 starts. His SI was around 93, and is race record shows his last race that he was "fractious". With that being said, he was a little edgy once a I got him, but handled new places well. He was extremely cinchy, grouchy...treated for ulcers and that improved him 100% with the cinchyness and touchiness. I took it slow with him. He had to be lunged before being rode for a while. I took him on trail rides, which he was great at! He would get super nervous and high strung in a crowded situation at shows. Fast forward to now.... With lots of help from others and patience, he is doing much much better. He is settling down. I can take him to shows and he stands like a champ in the warm up pen with everyone. He is CRAZY talented!! Super work ethic, and will do everything 110%. He does not enjoy slow work though, he gets pretty annoyed if he has to slow lope a pattern. He also can be a handful if not rode everyday (especially if you ride outside). This is where I see his "fractious" tendencies show through. He also can act like a grouch on the outside of the stall still, but if a bluffer about it. On the opposite note, he LOVES to be messed with and rubbed on and loves to have his head tucked in your arms. Basically, he is a super talented horse, and I really think he has a lot of potential, and can't wait to get him seasoned. He learns super quick. Im still trying to keep up with him, so he is being patient while I catch up I started him on barrels when I got him, but then took him off for a few months to just try to settle him down. I have taken it slow with him, since he is so sensitive. Here is a video back in November of us at a show exhibitioning. We loped to the 1st, and I just let him cruise the rest. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZ6T2-wurXw Sorry for all the rambling

Red3 - 2014-01-06 11:08 PM You guys all have gorgeous horses as well!! Glad to see some others out there with the PYC/Ivory James breeding. Love to see how great they all are Rockinas, I was looking at the PYC's too, unfortunately they all went above my budget, but wow are they talented!! Your's looks fantastic! And love that she is so laid back

hopin4$ - 2014-01-07 9:11 AM I LOVE LAZY!  ha ha!    As long as they enjoy being really free running when you ask them, I adore them being lazy the rest of the time because I can daydream away and enjoy life as I plod along.  What I also enjoy more than anything is a horse that I can get on easier - like 15.2 or under and they assure me this guy is 15.1 so we'll see.   Rockinas - I would have a VERY hard time getting up on your horse unless I had a bucket handy but you know, when you find one like your mare who is THAT athletic at 17 hands... it's incredible watching those kind make open runs... they just run in slow motion and mesmerize me - and then whoosh off goes the clock!   There are just a very few bloodlines that can handle the turns when they're that tall and I never had an idea the Ivory James was one of them.  





Herbie... lol!!   You crack me up and always make me smile.   I know, I just went to looking and already threw money into the pot, huh!    I wrote you all the fun details so check your inbox.    



Am loving reading about these PYC and IJ horses - it's always fun to learn about how others are doing if they're bred like a new one in your barn...  now if only I can get the collective talent of the riders who've been posting... or how about just a smidgeon of it!   

hopin4$ - 2014-01-07 6:39 AM

 I don't know anything about my horse's dam... her name is Classic Angle and her sire is Kiptys Charger.  Has anyone ever heard of him or if he ever made a good broodmare sire for barrel horses?   I sure hope my horse's dam will be a positive influence on his disposition.  Time will tell and after reading your posts I'm getting so hopeful that he'll be nice.  :-)