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| I have heard that some blood lines are known to have like the buckers, the mean ones, etc. Any opinions? |
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Location: SE Louisiana | Impressive...
Oh, and Hancock mares.
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| Hankcock anything and Blue Valentine (I know they are two in the same but those names give me bad goosebumps). They tend to be absolutely gorgeous and I have known many that were really nice horses but I have been burnt to many times by them. |
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Location: Washington | Agree, no hancock
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Location: Texas | its hard for resale on a barrel horse to have impressive. The horse I run now has impressive five generations back on his papers. He's an awesome horse though. To me I think- gelding, five gens back, shouldn't even matter… but people see it anywhere and there's the stigma.
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Location: So. Cali. | Impressive.
Personal preference due to bad experience: Quincy Dan & Zippo Pine Bar |
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Location: OH | Beduino----I know, some people love em but we have had no luck with them. They put too much wood on the fire for me. |
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| I'm sad to see so many non-hancock people. I love Hancock, Blue Valentine, driftwood Ike horses. I personally love their dispositions, gentle giants! My experience with them is that once they know their job they want to be left alone about it. Show them once and they have it forever. Pick on them and your going to eat dirt.
I agree with steering clear of Impressive lines and I also steer clear of skipper W horses. Not my cup of tea!
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Location: Coffeyville KS | Why don't you guys like impressive horses? |
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Location: ND | SaraJean - 2014-01-15 10:57 AM casualdust07 - 2014-01-15 10:50 AM its hard for resale on a barrel horse to have impressive. The horse I run now has impressive five generations back on his papers. He's an awesome horse though. To me I think- gelding, five gens back, shouldn't even matter… but people see it anywhere and there's the stigma. My best mounted shooting horse goes back to Impressive as well. Seriously he is THE best minded, athletic, fast & willing horse I've ever owned. I've done everything from showing english & western classes on him, to roping & ranch work, & now mounted shooting. You can make a 1D shooting run on him come out of the arena & throw a kid on him to cool him down. I know people worry about HYPP but if the horse is n/n there is nothing to worry about & so many do not get that.
For me I tend to stay away from Hancock and Peppy San Badger horses. It's not that either line is bad, I simply do not click with them. And while more of a local line, you can't give me another McKeag horse.
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Location: Cap'n Joan Rotgut.....alberta | i dont have any that im dead set against.........i think sometimes ppl get a mind block, if you took away the papers and just had the horse.....you would get a different result..........
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Location: Southwest Minnesota | Can I ask why you steer clear of Impressive bloodlines? |
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| Iv owned impressive blooded horses, hancock, and blue valentine. the only one I will agree I didnt like much was the blue valentine bc he was thick headed and we really didnt get along but the girl I sold him to loves him and has done really well on barrels and is roping on him. |
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Location: Kansas | Impressive |
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Location: OH | mruggles - 2014-01-15 1:00 PM i dont have any that im dead set against.........i think sometimes ppl get a mind block, if you took away the papers and just had the horse.....you would get a different result..........
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I have absolutely loved every Beduino horse that I have had, good on trails, ATHLETIC, but it seemed once it was time to ask for that little extra---their mind couldn't handle it. Again, it was probably just that we did not click because I know a lot of people that have had great success with this line. I just hate spending all the time that it takes to get them to the final stage and then to realize it isn't working--so I stay away from them. |
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| A lot of people have certain blood lines that they don't care for because of their personal experiences with them or because of what they've heard. However, all the blood lines already mentioned have many super good-minded and athletic horses that have come from the lineage. I've always heard that Peppy San Badger horses buck but not the gelding I have out of that line, I'd pay big bucks to get another just like my ol' guy! |
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Location: Northern CA | No Impressive or Skipper W |
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Location: Lone Star State | Hancock and Peppy San Badger from experience. My last Peppy San Badger was the hardest bucker I've ever tried to ride out. Sweet and crazy athletic but would break in two when least expected and even at a lope...was her way of telling me she needed a Chiro adjustment. Get adjusted until it would happen again on down the line. Dangerous and never trusted her.
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Location: So. Cali. | My response to the Impressive - Resale Value -
Yes I know their muscle disorder is manageable and alot test negative now a days, however I had a friend who had one that was negative, in the hospital a week before having to be euthanized, still unknown cause of death. - Could've been the HYPP, could have had no relation to HYPP. Just prefer to avoid. |
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