WrapSnap - 2015-12-21 1:38 PM I grew up on own get of OTMR and tend to have grand get coming through frequently. Most of mine have been crossed on either barrel breeding, or straight race breeding. I like me an OTMR, but you have to be a hand. If you are impatient, don't get one. If you are one who tends to pick a fight, don't get one. They can be the sweetest horses ever, but you can blow one sky high with just a few minutes of the wrong handling.

Tilt The Kilt - 2015-12-21 8:05 AMI had one by Reds Western Native and had to put him down. I don't know what went wrong in his early life (though we'd gotten him at 6), though he'd been held back from his first owner hoping he'd be their next rodeo horse, he came back from the colt starter dangerous.  From there he'd been passed around innumerable times to trainers due to his temperament or damage from early work with him, and was sent home from every one of those trainers having either hurt the trainer or an asst.  The sellers weren't honest with me about him other than he was "a little cold backed".  I did some detective work and found the story to be much more significant than I was told.  Hired a trainer friend of ours to check him out as the stories of injury were pretty grave.  Gave the guy a heads up and full disclosure before he even swung a leg over and after a month where we thought he was going to be ok in the right hands, he came undone while checking a trap one day and gave the trainer a closed head brain injury, we chose to put him down.   

Granted this is the only one I've had, but others told me later they are fragile, and shouldn't be rammed and jammed in their early years.  We have hot bred horses, grew up with OTT horses and hot blooded single brain celled warmbloods, this wasn't "hot" this was a horse unable to cope.  

stayceem - 2015-12-21 2:19 PM A good friend of mine owned one and I rode him a few times before a different friend bought him. He was a Beduino on the bottom side, OTMR on top. He was super fragile and spooky. When he decided to work, he would lay one down but he would spook randomly and always looking for reasons to spook. You couldnt kick him or he would trot. He didnt like a bit. He was just weird and quirky. A more novice gal has him now and she loves him because she doesnt have expectations. I was offered him before my friend bought him and I quickly could tell he wasnt for me. Now I have heard Beduino horses are difficult too so maybe it was that side of him or maybe it was the combo. I dunno but i definetely a bit leary of them.