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| Has anyone dealt with this? What are the causes and can it be fixed? Does it cost a horse their speed? |
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Location: At the race track with Ah Dee Ohs | Is it more alot of knee action or actual climbing? Any video? |
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Location: Texas! | total performance - 2014-01-31 12:23 PM
Is it more alot of knee action or actual climbing? Any video?
^^this
Sounds like just a lot of knee action. Unless he is fighting you on his face, holding him back etc.? |
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| If I am reading this correctly, your horse is bringing his legs to far upward motion instead flat and forward?...Try putting aluminum shoes versus steel, sometimes the weight of shoes will cause a horse to lift his feet up.
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| I don't have a video I can upload to share. It's like she high steps in the front end and doesn't stretch out her front legs? |
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | Some horses just have a lot of knee action and it does waste precious time. I talked once to Deb Myers and she said that was one of the things they loved about FG. He sired horses that had the reach and didn't waste time lifting their leg up before stretching them out. |
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| They call them climbers in the racing industry, but I'm just wondering if it is something to steer clear of? Will they not clock on the barrels? And will they pass it along onto their offspring? |
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | burnamillion - 2014-01-31 12:45 PM They call them climbers in the racing industry, but I'm just wondering if it is something to steer clear of? Will they not clock on the barrels? And will they pass it along onto their offspring?
No they will not clock as well and yes they will pass that on. That is why hunter under saddle people stick to certain sires that produce that flat kneed trot. It is a reproduced movement. Just like the gaited breeds will breed for horses that step the highest. |
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Location: At the race track with Ah Dee Ohs | burnamillion - 2014-01-31 1:45 PM They call them climbers in the racing industry, but I'm just wondering if it is something to steer clear of? Will they not clock on the barrels? And will they pass it along onto their offspring?
The closer to the ground the quicker they are. Sounds like she has alot of knee action. Do you have steel shoes on her? If so, as someone else said try aluminums. |
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Location: Desert Land | I remember quite a few years back when the DTFs first started getting popular, people complained about them being climbers.
Edited by TheOldGrayMare 2014-01-31 2:06 PM
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| She is a dash ta fame! Just curious if I should bypass on the purchase or what everyone's opinions were on a "climber" |
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | If he has extra speed to burn, he may be fine. The DTF should be able to run. |
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Location: South TEXAS | TheOldGrayMare - 2014-01-31 2:05 PM
I remember quite a few years back when the DTFs first started getting popular, people complained about them being climbers.
i have a DTF granddaughter that is somewhat of a climber but she doesn't seem to loose much time. she's VERY quick so you never notice it except all her pics show it
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Location: Bandera, TX | This could have many different reasons, hard to say without seeing it. Some bleeders climb when coming out fo a turn... |
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Location: WYOMING | TheOldGrayMare - 2014-01-31 3:05 PM I remember quite a few years back when the DTFs first started getting popular, people complained about them being climbers.
LOL I hate the way most Ive seen travel... but Id take anyone of them! |
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| She clocked about a second off last year her furturity year...I don't know if it's due to the climbing but her runs were pretty nice just wasn't really clocking |
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| TheOldGrayMare - 2014-01-31 12:05 PM
I remember quite a few years back when the DTFs first started getting popular, people complained about them being climbers.
The really fast ones don't climb. That's why they outrun everyone. The ones that climb get outrun. |
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| burnamillion - 2014-01-31 1:25 PM
She clocked about a second off last year her furturity year...I don't know if it's due to the climbing but her runs were pretty nice just wasn't really clocking
Anytime you are going up instead of forward you are loosing time. |
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| Will she pass this trait on to her babies? |
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Location: At the race track with Ah Dee Ohs | burnamillion - 2014-01-31 3:40 PM Will she pass this trait on to her babies?
Probably so |
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