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Location: Texas | I had someone years ago, early 2000s, try to talk me into breeding my old mare to him. I should've. I kick my rear now looking back! The old man in the vet clinic that day that was trying to talk me into it said he was the next big thing, I should've listened! |
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| CJE - 2014-12-12 8:58 AM
ozcancrasher13 - 2014-12-11 8:16 AM
SG. - 2014-12-12 5:57 AM Tn_Barrelracer - 2014-12-11 8:37 PM CJE - 2014-12-11 8:23 PM Tn_Barrelracer - 2014-12-10 9:11 PM I have heard they tend to be sensitive/hot horses. I have also heard from several good sources who ride a lot of them that they are either really really nice or really really crappy there is no middle with them. I know a few people with nice ones that love them so I guess it just depends. I think you will find that with any.........good bad and the ugly........lol............
With that said.........Sarah McDonald's Bling was what we might consider a late bloomer........she didn't do that well early in her futurity year.........they turned her out for a few months........she won the 1st barrel race and hasn't looked back since.......as for being hot now.......I would consider her one of the calmest horses in the warm up pen.......shes just a cool cat......and she has proven she can win Super Shows on any level as well go straight to the rodeo pen......... Not trying to bad mouth them if it seemed that way : ) just what I have heard from others. That being said though I would DEFINITELY try one ! lol I don't think my butt could stay on Bling she looks HARD to ride ! I am a sucker for a roan though so I know my luck if I bred a mare to him I would get a solid sorrel LOL You can blame everything on a stud. Mares contribute as well and asof is bred to some amazing mares. The thing a lot of people tend to forget is running blood is a major influence in this industry. and with running blood you get traits of running blood...... 
And you can have great mares certain bloodlines cross with certain studs that just produce counterfeit.......lived it......
100% agree with that ! Been there done that lol ! |
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Location: 'Hawk Country | scamper - 2014-12-12 9:02 AM I had someone years ago, early 2000s, try to talk me into breeding my old mare to him. I should've. I kick my rear now looking back! The old man in the vet clinic that day that was trying to talk me into it said he was the next big thing, I should've listened!
I started to breed to Blazin Jetolena his first year and didn't. I know how you feel! |
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Location: Illinois | NoNoBadGirl - 2014-12-12 8:30 AM I've owned 2; both fillies. Both were/are good minded. Both were/are on the lazy side (wear some spurs). No witch in either one of them. I have one, same as yours, great minded/temperment but tends to be on the lazy side and he is out of an extremely hot AAA mare. Unfortunately, have not done much with him, kids and life just have gotten in the way.
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| I had a mare, not my cup of tea.
She was very flighty, spooky and over-the-top reactive. Every day was like starting over again. I bought her sight unseen as a 5 year old. Supposedly she had some time as a 2 yr old, turned out, more time as a 3 yr old and turned out again. I have no idea what type of handling she had in the past so maybe most of this was human-inflicted, I don't know.
It wouldn't stop me from looking at another one but I'd have to spend some time with the horse to get a good feel for it's temperament. She definitely was athletic and powerful. |
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| Whiteboy - 2014-12-12 12:09 PM I wanted to add one more thing. These horses are like Dash ta fames. They are not for everybody. They are just too much horse for some people. High powered athletes need a job and someone capable of handling the job and the athlete.
AMEN. They are powerful movers and not for everyone.
OP - The two that I've had the pleasure to step on were full sibs out of an own daughter of Peppy San Badger (yes, she is older) and they are some of the nicest horses I have ever rode. One is now in the barrel pen in IA and the other has turned into one he!! of a nice rope/ranch horse at the owners farm. The mare will be bred back again this year and my eye is on that baby for sure!  |
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Location: Flo-rida | I do have a question for those of you who own (or want to own)- would a $3K and up price range be unreasonable for a weanling/yearling that is grandson/daughter or streak of fling on bottom, otmr on top? |
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| Barrelrnr - 2015-01-15 11:13 AM
I do have a question for those of you who own (or want to own)- would a $3K and up price range be unreasonable for a weanling/yearling that is grandson/daughter or streak of fling on bottom, otmr on top?
Filly or stud colt? Also is this a performance proven mare. And would depend what otmr stud on top |
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Location: Minnesota | I have a coming two year old filly and LOVE her. Her dam is cowbred, so I thought she'd be a good cross on ASOF as she is built like a tank, like your old QH style. She is very smart, picks up on everything right away and is very kind and curious. She is quick and catty out in the pasture so I can't wait to see what she's like on barrels. She is just starting to really bloom so will not be starting her until she is 3, but I would definitely take another, a bay roan in particular :) |
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Location: Got Lobsta? | CanCanChaser - 2015-01-15 1:14 PM I have a coming two year old filly and LOVE her. Her dam is cowbred, so I thought she'd be a good cross on ASOF as she is built like a tank, like your old QH style. She is very smart, picks up on everything right away and is very kind and curious. She is quick and catty out in the pasture so I can't wait to see what she's like on barrels. She is just starting to really bloom so will not be starting her until she is 3, but I would definitely take another, a bay roan in particular :)
Your filly sounds exactly like my coming 2 year old! She's so sweet, curious, ATHLETIC, and SMART! She was born a solid "poo colored brown". 1 year later she turned to a blue roan! She's almost 15 hands, stout, and still sweet. She tests me but is respectful. I read a thread on here a few years back that SOF should be bred to short back mares.. Glad I read that! Some end up with REALLY long backs. She leaves for training in May, I'm wicked excited!  |
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Location: Flo-rida | neither is proven in the barrel pen- as far as I know, they have both just been used for breeding. sire is OTMR bottom, sunfrost on top. dam is streak of fling on top, sunfrost on bottom. dont know yet if it will be colt or filly, it would be putting a deposit on 2015 foal in utero.. |
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| I have heard the same thing either good or bad. But, i was asking about him on another thread, some one pm, that had ridden some, they said that they dont like to be framed up and something thendont like a lot of leg to be used. They is thenway i ride, so it kinda made me go another direction with the other things i heard. Just way to much variable. |
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| I have heard good and bad, it's a chance I'm willing to take with what they are selling for, if I can't ride the baby I reserved, out of a DtF mare, someone will be able to!!! |
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Location: You never know where I will show up...... | I had one, loved her! She just didn't grow up big enough for my personal liking so I sold her to a successful futurity trainer and I think this year she's going to do great things!
I bred & flushed an embryo out of one of my DTF mares to him in hopes of getting a filly that I could keep---ended up with a stud colt, of course, so I sold him last fall for a pretty penny as a weanling.
I would not hesitate to own another one!
I flushed my great barrel mare, Lena May, to his son, French Streaktovegas last year so I will be getting one of those in April of this year. I am excited about it, hoping for a filly of course.
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Location: In a happy place | I wish I was young enough/healthy enough I would own two. I love them. |
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