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| I'm thinking about buying a horse that runs 1/2D times but rears about 50% of the time going in the gate. The price reflects this and makes this horse in my price range. Would you buy a horse with a rearing issue if she was of a high caliber and in your price range? Does anyone have experience with horses rearing at the gate? Any input would be helpful. Thanks! |
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Location: At A Barrel Race! | If he really is a 1D horse, I'd go for it.
My horse I bought did this ALL the time. He would also be HORRIBLE at entering the gate. He was the hottest horse at the gate I have ever seen! Backing up so fast and rearing straight up in the air.
Now, 2 years later, I can walk him right in the gate. :) He doesn't even got hot! Of course it took about a year to fix his rearing, he still leaps off occasionally to start running. I've gotten use to it, and know how to ride him better so it's not that big of problem now.
If you do get this horse, DO NOT, I repeat, do NOT try to fix his problem by walking him into the arena on foot then getting on. I've seen some very bad accidents happen from that.
It also helped a lot to not run my horse at home. Like, at all. I would practice going in the gate, but of course that doesn't always work as of course the horse knows the difference between a jackpot/ rodeo and just a practice run.
I would suggest maybe walking or trotting a pattern once and awhile at home, but never, ever, run a pattern at home. (That is how horses get burned out quicker, and most of the time that is why some get hot at the gate.) At least just till you get his rearing problem fixed.
I always say, a horse only has a certain amount of runs on them. So don't run at home!
I'd get him if I was you! Rearing can be fixed, true 1D horses are hard to come by!  |
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  Damn Yankee
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Location: Somewhere between raising hell and Amazing Grace | My 1D gelding rears at the gate, but not dangerously. He pops up and tries to lunge forward. We worry more about anyone being in front of him but nobody should be blocking the alley anyways, and if they are, they get a very stern warning to get the heck out of the way. Once he goes, there's not stopping him.
So it depends on why and exactly how they are rearing. If it's because they are fighting and could potentially get out of control or flip over, then no. It's not worth it. If they are just popping up in the air and staying within control the whole time, then why not..... |
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Location: Ohio | While my gelding wasn't a 1D horse, he had the same issues when I bought him. He was a super sensitive guy that knew his job well. Any rider nervousness like getting tight/rigid, fidgeting, or heck, even elevated breath would set him off. He also wasn't the type to be screwed with in the alley way, point him the direction he needed to go and turn him loose. After 6-8 months he started doing a lot better once I learned how to work with him and would occasionally walk through an alley calmly.
You just need to feel the horse out and see what sets him off before you purchase him. Are they nagging him in the alley? Rider getting tense and causing it? Is it just typical " I know my job, let me go" type rear? Or is he possibly a nut? Do your homework. He may turn out to be a great horse but you need to ask yourself if your ready to handle him if he never improves or gets worse... |
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The Advice Guru
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| Get a very thorough vet check done to make sure he is not rearing due to pain issues |
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Location: Pacific Northwest | Does the seller have a video of this rearing? There was a horse around here being advertised as having a "slight rearing problem at the gate", but having seen this horse in person several times it was NOT a slight problem, and it wasn't rearing out of excitement, it was rearing as a form of refusal and almost flipped over every single time. |
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Location: California | What kind of rearing? Rearing to lunge forward and go? Rearing and going over backwards? Rearing and refusing the gate? Some I would take a chance on but some could be very dangerous and not worth it... |
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Rad Dork
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Location: Oklahoma | I think it all depends on why the horse rears and how good of a rider you are. I personally would not even touch a horse that rears in the alley. I had a gelding flip over top of me eight years ago and I stopped riding because of it shortly thereafter. I just started riding again about six months ago and I still have small anxiety attacks if my horse (completely different horse) even so much as takes a half a step away from the path I asked him to go on down the alleyway. I'm sure that sounds really stupid, but it's a daily struggle I still deal with. |
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Rad Dork
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Location: Oklahoma | I think it all depends on why the horse rears and how good of a rider you are. I personally would not even touch a horse that rears in the alley. I had a gelding flip over top of me eight years ago and I stopped riding because of it shortly thereafter. I just started riding again about six months ago and I still have small anxiety attacks if my horse (completely different horse) even so much as takes a half a step away from the path I asked him to go on down the alleyway. I'm sure that sounds really stupid, but it's a daily struggle I still deal with. |
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