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Location: Texas | Doesn't try to hit barrels and tries to do what they are supposed to each trip! |
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| An honest horse always tells the truth. "Yes, that saddle does make your butt look big!" "Yes, you have gotten too big for your britches!". Of course my all time favorite, "Yes, sometimes the grass IS really greener on the other side!"
For reals......... I think an honest horse is a solid, consistent horse that makes the same run everytime no matter the surroundings, conditions or rider really. An honest horse makes the right moves no matter whether the rider makes the wrong moves.
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 Off the Wall Wacky
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Location: Louisiana | I guess my definition is a little different...
I would consider my main guy honest. But far from automatic. You do your job, he does his. Forget to sit at the first? He's not scared to put his nose on the fence, but you better hang on bc he will make a right turn. He will not run up the fence, I've given him a few opportunities lol. He will only cheat the second if it's time for his right pastern injection. Otherwise just hang on. Now the third you have to help him. He's going to turn it no matter what, but ask him to take that little step out and he'll eat it.
I could sit there and do nothing and he'd make a pattern, not pretty but he'd do it.
To me, one that isn't honest is one that drops it's shoulder, cheats you, throws curve balls, etc. Ride T-Bo in a grand entry and he's scared of the kids hanging on the fence. Run the pattern and I swear there could be a circus act going on and he's gonna make his run. He zones in on the pattern like no other I've ridden. |
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Married to a Louie Lover
Posts: 3303
| Thanks all :) always interesting to see people's interpretations
He's not afraid to hit a barrel, especially the 2nd, but if you do your job and keep kicking he's no going to.
I'm heading to our state show this afternoon and have a your friend of mine who's going to cruise him through an expo - I'm excited to see how he works for her. |
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Elite Veteran
Posts: 1131
| Honestly, I've never rode one. lol I ride a mare, so I can't say I've ever met a mare that was honest at anything. (I say that in the most loving way possible. haha)
What I THINK when I see it, it means that the horse is going to run its best pattern every time you take it in. Might not be the best horse out there, but you can trust it to get it done in the best way it can. |
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Duct Tape Bikini Girl
Posts: 2554
| An honest horse will not cheat you when you are not at your best. Even when you make a mistake, they don't fall apart and they get you through it. |
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 I'm Cooler Offline
Posts: 6387
Location: Pacific Northwest | To me honest means they don't try to cheat you, but it does not mean they're push button. I have two honest horses out of my three. My free runner and push style are both honest - if you ride them correctly they will be clean and clock the same every time. They're fairly forgiving of mistakes, but the mare needs more help not overbending at her turns (it was drilled into her at some point, she tries to turn into a noodle), but she's not "bad" and once I figured her style out we quit hitting.
My other gelding, who is also push style, is not honest. He's a butthead and he will try to shut down in between barrels and if you even consider sitting sooner than you should he rollbacks over top of it. However I very rarely hit barrels on him, maybe because I patterned him from the beginning but I can only think of a few times we've hit a barrel. I still don't consider him honest because he's just a freaking pill to run. |
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