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 1D Lawn Mower
Posts: 1417
 
Location: Southeast, Texas | As I was grooming horses the other day, I got to thinking about each of the horses that currently stand in my pasture... Most of them were someone else's "throw aways." [=
Who do you have?
Are they from "well known" lines?
How did you end up with them?
Where did they come from?
My "throw away" crew-
Cache is my BHW Dog Pound pick up. She is my main barrel horse, and one that will never leave my barn! [= She is by Zippy Zevi Dasher out of Jolene's Finality. She came from a fellow BB in Oklahoma after she decided they just didn't get along, at all.
Three was surrendered to us after being dropped off for rehab when his owner decided that his issues were just going to be too much to maintain. He is by El Scorch out of Cash That Shines.
B was a cheap pick up. As a three year old she was purchased to be the main mount for a 10 year old girl. After a few spills, the mom wrote her off as spooky and wanted her gone. She is by Rakin In The Cash out of Becky's Vital. She is doing great on the pattern here, and will hopefully be entering this summer!
Pistol is our most recent rescue case. We were asked to take him in by my hairdresser when he admitted that his parents were unable to care for him properly. We found him on a dog runner in a 6x10 chain link back yard. He was living in constant mud from the washing machine drain off. He is now happily residing on 40 acres of pasture. [= He is grade.
The others.. That we picked-
Cash is our three year old cutting bred filly. She was a anniversary gift from my husband. (Great gift!) She is by Haidas Gotta Gun out of Marty Mardi Gras.
Jewel is our daughters barrel horse. Madison found her, and picked her out all on her own. She was previously used for western pleasure, hunt seat, and shown over jumps. She is now the proud mount and secret keeper for a nine year old. She is by Zanza Diamond Dandy out of AK Diamond Girl.
Thunder is a 30++ year old Shetland that has taught all our kids to ride. [= He is worth his weight in gold! He's currently the babysitter and pasture buddy to our yearling colt.
Dirty is our yearling colt. We "lucked" into Dirty. In January we lost our broodmare who was already paid in full to breed to Lead The Field. Leader's owner went above and beyond to help us after we lost Jolene. Dirty is the product of that. He is by Lead The Field out of Betterndolly. He is our Futurity hopeful.
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 Hawty & Nawty
Posts: 20424
| I have Three Can Sam...Rocket wrangler gelding given to my hubby.
Mr Purple he's a hawt mess of a mixture but a bang up kid rope horses
Snickers who was given to my baby girl. Doc bar bred
Poprocks. She does nothing. Grade and the bane of my exsistence at the moment. |
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1D Lawn Mower
Posts: 1417
Location: Southeast, Texas | RidenFly - 2014-05-02 10:58 AM
I have Three Can Sam...Rocket wrangler gelding given to my hubby.
Mr Purple he's a hawt mess of a mixture but a bang up kid rope horses
Snickers who was given to my baby girl. Doc bar bred
Poprocks. She does nothing. Grade and the bane of my exsistence at the moment.
Oh, Poprocks! [= You aren't running her anymore? (I know, I know.. I'm out of the loop!) |
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Posts: 2276
 
Location: ohio-in my own little world with pretty ponies :) | Shorty--his daddy is Leaders Luck by Special effort. I got him as a Christmas gift when I was 12. Now he is just an absolutely gorgeous pasture pet.
Kate--grade mare. She came from last chance corral after being taken there after being born in Kentucky to a racing mare..she is slightly pigeon toed so they took her there. Paid nearly nothing for her as a dead broke 3 year old and she is a killer barrel horse and my main mount.
Hemi--got him from my Amish blacksmith. He got him as payment for grain for his other horses. He was scrawny, skinny 3 year old and has a heart of gold. He will start running this year and I really think he has "IT". His daddy is Perkin chief by dash for perks. And his momma is a great granddaughter of special effort. My chiro ran his momma hammydowns and she was one of the best around here.
Rosie--paid a whopping $200 for a 12 hand pony that is worth her weight in gold to us as she trots my nieces and nephews around the barrels and takes them wherever they wanna go.
Penny--large paint pony we got at an auction. My dad thought she was cute and started the bid on her. Little did he know no one else was gonna bid so we ended up with her. I trail ride her and am working her for awhile and she will be nephews step up next year.
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 You get what you give
Posts: 13030
Location: Texas | We have:
Dusty- the 31 year old shetland pony gelding. We bought him as a 17 year old.
Doc O Flits Honor- 1995 Jet of Honor daughter out of cow bred mare. She's my sister's #1 horse and I wish she weren't 19 this year. We bought her as a 17 YO
This Guy Stolit- 2013 colt by First Down French out of Bright Miles, my Stoli mare. He's the first horse I have "created" from picking the stud to breeding the mare, etc...
Solid Magic Rock- 2011 filly by Rock Solid Jess out of First Tinkerberbell by FDD. she is my futurity prospect for now. My friend bid on her for me at Heritage place and brought her home.
"Goose" 2010 AQHA filly. she is my mom's horse and I haven't yet looked at her papers… oops. She's a nice cow bred mare
Reckless Lucy- 2001 mare by Reckless Dash X Leavem Lucille X BA75. She came from Dena Kirkpatrick then a family in TX, then I got her. I love this mare so much!
"Lulu"- 2014 filly by First Down French X Reckless Lucy. She's so freaking cute!
Miss Rare Buds- 2003 mare by Strawflyin Buds X Rare Rabbit by Rare Form. She's my craigslist dream horse
Ole Rare Hope- 1999 mare by Rare Bar out of a daughter of The Ole Man. 2010 NBHA TX state 1D champion with previous owner. My sister is trying to get with her now, otherwise we may breed her
Bright Miles- 2005 mare by Stoli out of Shiney Miles by Magical Mile. She's my resident professional broodie
Stol Yo Fame (pending)- 2014 colt by Firewater Ta Fame X Bright Miles. He's a little brat! I love him. Super personable
Except for the horses that were born here, and the shetland pony, everything that we have now was found by some sort of "Fate" type happening. We weren't really looking for any of them when the opportunity came up. It is definitely a blessing to own the mares we have now, especially "Flit" "Lucy" and "Hope," who have more than proved their success in the arena.
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 Scorpions R Us
Posts: 9586
Location: So. Cali. | We also house throw aways for the most part.
My current personal horses...
Cowboy, he'll be 16 this month. Got him as a 4yr old who had been handed around from auction to wanna be trainers from OK back to CA and had a pretty mean buck and rear when I got him. Threw me the second day I had him, gave me whip lash my first year running him. Been the best dang teacher I couldve ever asked for. Retired now, not enjoying it, but it's whats best for him.
Tilly was my first 'buy for bloodlines' horse. She was no longer showing promise at the track so an exerciser at Los Al was helping the trainer sell her. I didnt want a mare, but the girl insisted I come look at this one. Literally all I got to do was pet her to make my decision, but it was an easy one. Havnt regretted it since, 5yrs later.
Enzo, our first born and raised ourselves. Came from parents I hand picked based off bloodlines, both were well bred but just backyard pets most thier lives, not proven, never given much of a chance (flame away). Coming 4 this month, I am very happy with my end result from my two selected 'rejects'.
Most recent is Rosie. She's an 8 yr old well bred quarter mare, only 2 outs on the track when she was younger. Didnt make the cut and was kicked out to pasture for almost 4yrs and forgotten about for the most part. Doing very well under saddle, extremely willing to please.
Chesney, my moms grade quarter gelding. Was her trail horse until he decided he was extremely barn sour and started coming home with out without a rider. Been a pet the last 2years. Anyone want a pasture weanling babysitter? He'd be great at it!
Mitch, a retired pony horse from Los Al. Got hurt during duty one day and needed some time off, not worth feeding during the time off so he needed to find a home asap. He's fine now and a nice occasional trail horse.
Edited by Three*C*Champs 2014-05-05 12:23 PM
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 Party Girl
Posts: 12293
Location: Buffalo, Wyoming | Right now we have:
Gracie: She was a friend of ours daughters barrel horse. The daughter was in a car accident that killed her. They asked if I would ride her, get her in shape and get her sold for them. The first time I rode her I knew i had to have her. She is 17 this year and may have made her last run last July. I am hoping I can bring her back, if not she will stay with us forever and be my mountain horse and teach kids to ride if I ever have any. http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/sugar+cookie+dough
Mare/Chick: She is my SO's calf horse. We picked her up as a 3 year old when she was culled out from the cutters. First week we had her she tried to cut her hind foot off. He would have put her down but I talked him into seeing what would happen. Almost 5 years later she is going strong and is a spit fire. There are days I wish I had never seen her and then there are days she is the best horse in the world. As long as she has a job she is great. Awesome horse in the mountains. http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/better+b+good+yl
Richard: This is a gelding I bought in 2011 out of desperation. I was sick of going to ropings and not having anything to ride. He was the first horse I rode while looking and just took him. He had been off for 2 years so I just legged him up for the next few months. He has been hit or miss when it comes to running barrels for the last couple of years. I was to the point I almost gave him away but no one would take him. Now I see the reasoning behind it, he is making a JAM UP horse now. He is spooky as all get out but we have learned to trust each other and it would take a lot of money to get him away from me right now. http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/lets+buck+up
Special: When we bought her we were looking for a futurity horse, not a 6 year old green broke mare. She was bought as a 3 year old to go into the previous owners broodmare band. The stud they had ended up passing away and their other stud was bred to similar to breed her to. She had 60 days as a 3 year old with a cutting horse guy and then just turned out. I didn't get to ride her much last year but she has really turned into a nice horse this year. Can't wait to get shoes on her and start her on the pattern. http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/im+still+special
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 Miss Laundry Misshap
Posts: 5271
| Nate (Coulda Foaled Me) is out of 2 no-name horses but goes back to Northern Dancer on the top and Truckle Feature on the bottom. He was and still is my first "real" barrel horse.
Whisper (One Rare One) is by Rare Jet Extremes out of a friends barrel mare who has a pretty good set of papers. ( 2X -Tiny Watch,Dash for Cash) He was given to us by a friend who was moving to Texas with a 4 horse trailer and had 5 horses. They didn't want to have to come back and were having no luck selling him. She knew he'd have a good home and be used to his potential. |
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 Midget Lover
Location: Kentucky | I've got two, soon to be three.
Rosie is my 18 year old broodie that I got from Magic Gunsmoke about 2-3 years ago? Time is flying! She is my total sweetheart. Very petite and feminine, but a total diva.
Mama Hank is my LHDI do it daughter that is my pride and joy. She is a big girl, total LHDI features... big head, big boned. She is gearing up to foal a Bugemforcash baby.
Love my two, they are possibly my favorite horses I've ever owned. |
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Elite Veteran
Posts: 762
Location: NC | Jet (jet two mccue)- got him 10 + yrs ago. Was green knew how to w/t/c and buck. Was supposed to been a girls sisters english horse. Think she rode him 2x then he sat for a good 6 months till i was told to go ride him. Bucked the entire time i loped him but i fell in love. Leased him 6 months then bought him. Not the fastest horse out there but has a heart of gold. Does not have a slow button until you turn him to a set of can. Will fly to first then slow lope 2nd and 3rd and run home. Trail rides anywhere and have swam him in the bay. He became my moms last year and she runs him. Brings home checks in senior on him
trixie (bnf frenchgoldengirl) - wanted a younger prospect and went to a well known trainer tried a few and liked her. Shes out of frenchmans feature by a broodmare that has just been a broodmare. She usually is the complete opposite of jet. Slow in arena till you turn to run. Def has a mind on her..
Wish i had one ore but till we own our own bigger piece of property 2 is enough.
Edited by Racer4eva 2014-05-02 11:45 AM
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Posts: 356
| This is fun! I have:
Dusty - he is my once in a lifetime horse. He is grade, can be an absolute terror and will crash second like nobody's business, but I'd never get rid of him. I actually had an offer for him at a barrel race...immediately after hitting second AND third (guy wanted to rope off him)...and turned it down.  His dam and granddam are both mares my mom owned (dam is Shasta Doll Evans, granddam is Sunrise Dolly. Mom took her senior pictures with the granddam, and I took mine with Dusty). His sire is a loud black and white tobiano Paint stud a family friend had for a while, and wanted to see what kind of colts the stud would throw. We ended up with a black colt with a white stripe down his face! He's the one in my avatar.
Sting - bred similarly to Dusty, but a different stud. Sting is out of Dusty's granddam. He is one of the most patient horses in the world, and is absolutely adorable! He is black as well, with a big white star that looks like a stingray. His mane has grown a TON of white hairs, so it is almost silver now, while his body is still black. I used him as a flag horse last summer, and I think I'll haul him to a couple barrel races this year...heck, he might pull a check in the 4D!
Murphy - Murphy was an oopsie baby. The stud escaped while Mom and I were out of town once, got in with ALL the other horses, and the darn Appendix mare stuck even after a shot of Lutalyse! He's 5 this year, and I'm taking it slow with him. He gets a little overwhelmed sometimes, but he is an absolute sweetheart!
Rowdy - Rowdy is actually the stud that escaped and made Murphy. He is no longer a stud! He's turning out to be a fabulous gelding. He is about as cow bred as they come, so it'll be interesting to see if he has speed. He has an absolutely enormous stride though! He can be a pill sometimes. The sucker can BUCK!
That's my bunch of misfits! Mom has a couple broodmares hanging out too, and there's a goat and a donkey that hang around as well. It's quite the little zoo! |
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 Life Saver
Posts: 10477
Location: MT | Two of ours are paints that ain't and one is a qh.
Tank (grade paint) - Tank was trained by one of my heroes, Miss Vi Moltich. A friend of mine bought him when he was 6 and ran him. After 5 years or so she sold him to my sister. I then bought him from my sister in 2008 and ran him in ammy rodeos and NBHA. In 2011, I sold him to some good friends to be a ladder horse for their daughter. He was great for her and she has since moved onto a faster, younger horse. So I bought him back a couple months ago! He has quite the fan club and is such a nice broke broke broke honest gentleman of a horse. I'm worried my time left with him is shorter than I thought it would be, he was diagnosed with a heart murmur yesterday which is contributing to decreased kidney function. So go give your golden oldies a hug, they deserve it!
Jet (APHA) - We bought Jetty Jet in July of 2012. He's 8 this spring. I didn't have much trouble talking my husband into him...they (his uncle and him) had both Jet's sire and dam, and grandsires/granddams. They had to sell out when his uncle had health issues. They had bred Jet's dam and then she was sold. It's kind of a wild story because my husband never thought he'd see any of those horses again and here we find one 4 miles away from our house in MT. His uncle lived in WY. My husband used to have a half-brother (same dam) to him that was a studhorse. Anyway, he really doesn't have a particular job yet but we plan on doing lots of mountain riding with him this summer and putting him on the barrels. He's by PasamonteCelebration and out of a My Boy Skip daughter.
http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/jets+celebration
Clint (AQHA) - Clint came straight off the Pitzer Ranch as a 3yo. He's got number brands on both butt cheeks. He's big (16.2) and is a good looking well-built work all day bugger. He was my husband's ranch horse when he was still on a ranch. He's cowy as they come and super big, athletic and scary fast. He's by Quioxotes Mim out of a Mr Baron Red daughter.
http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/quixotes+dell+red
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Hungarian Midget Woman
Location: Midwest | I will add mine later (my one horse lol)
this post is useless without pics folks
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Expert
Posts: 1477
Location: In the land of peanuts and cotton | I have....
Charlie he's a son of Duck Dance out of a DTF mare. He my runner he is who I take to the big pens.
Tess is a halter reject. Shes one of the 2 on my first string team. She's 100% foundation bred. She goes back to Sunny Dee Bar and The Investor. She's just came back last week after bending off a year due to injury and her fist show she finished in the 2D with over 400 horses.
Cody is my cutting reject. She has just a bunch of old cow breeding. I got her when she was 5m old and she's 7 this year. She broke and patterned a lot later than most horses because at 7yrs old she barely is 14hh But she's built like a tank. She's not quit there but she's nipping at Tess's heels.
Baby Bug is my work in progress horse. He's a son of Frwnchmans Furry and his dam is OU Mooner Sooner she's a own daughter of Martha Six Moons.
And last is Angel my brood mare. She's a daughter of Hadias Little Pep. Currently being bred to a son of Bully's on Fire. |
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Hawty & Nawty
Posts: 20424
| RidenFly - 2014-05-03 8:58 AM I have Three Can Sam...Rocket wrangler gelding given to my hubby.
Mr Purple he's a hawt mess of a mixture but a bang up kid rope horses
Snickers who was given to my baby girl. Doc bar bred
Poprocks. She does nothing. Grade and the bane of my exsistence at the moment.
Well...mom started writing and got fatter...she got fatter...we both got lazy...now we just give each other the stink eye....shes still with me because I figure one of these days my life will balance out and I will want to be a cowgirl again. |
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Posts: 2457
| barrelracr131 - 2014-05-02 1:57 PM
I will add mine later (my one horse lol)
this post is useless without pics folks
I AGREE!!!! WHERE ARE THE PICTURES!!!???! |
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 Elite Veteran
Posts: 928
Location: Northern CA | We have 7~~ 3 1/2 are mine 3 1/2 are my husband's.
3 of mine are half brothers, all by Genuine Red"nic", a son of Nic it in the Bud.
*Owen is 4, by Nic out of a Nu Colonel mare, he was my SBF last year, hoping he recovers from DDF Tendonitis so I can deby him.
* Cocky is 2, by Nic out of a daughter of Freckle Face Smoke, 2015 SBF Futurity
* Jones is 1, by Nic out of a granddaughter of Shining Spark, she was a mare I cut on for a few years before she came up crippled, wicked on a cow! My first breeeding experiene, don't plan on doing it again. He is my 2016 SBF prospect.
* Demo is Doc Tom Tucker, Cutter Bill, Master Remedy gelding. I started him as 2 year old, wn a ton on him english and western, ran barrels on him his 5 year old year, my husband has confiscated him from me, nice bridle horse, awesome rope horse, and now has some stock horse winnings.
*Sinbad, Big John, Pumpkin- just your run of the mill AQHA ranch horses, don't even know what their papers look like to be honest with you :-)
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 Accident Prone
Posts: 22277
Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | Nateracer - 2014-05-02 11:26 AM Nate (Coulda Foaled Me) is out of 2 no-name horses but goes back to Northern Dancer on the top and Truckle Feature on the bottom. He was and still is my first "real" barrel horse.
Whisper (One Rare One) is by Rare Jet Extremes out of a friends barrel mare who has a pretty good set of papers. ( 2X -Tiny Watch,Dash for Cash) He was given to us by a friend who was moving to Texas with a 4 horse trailer and had 5 horses. They didn't want to have to come back and were having no luck selling him. She knew he'd have a good home and be used to his potential.
I had a Rare Jet Extremes that was really nice. He had OCD lesions in his stifles that I didn't want to deal with, so I sold him. Wish I had kept him. |
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 Undercover Amish Mafia Member
Posts: 9992
Location: Kansas | I have these guys:
Abby: Registered as "docs silver jill" she is my go to horse. Just a grey cowbred mare, nothing special to look at but she gets the job done
Cody: PBR Rocket Cody, been thinking about selling her...but haven't had luck LOL, so going to keep her around and breed her in june. She's just a bay roan cowbred mare, came to me in horrible shape and couldn't touch her. Now you can't get her to leave you alone.
And last but not least....BAILEY!!! Bailey is the filly I bought for my daughter. She is a granddaughter of frenchmans guy, out of an own daughter of Mr Eye Opener.......but sadly can not be registered because both parents are appendix :*( |
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First we have a mare named Fred ... http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/xo+skips+freda - nothing spectacular. She was a cheap 5 yo that was barely broke when I picked her up to use as my own daily rider to work with, bring along how I wished, and work the 800 cow/calf pairs my ex fiance had at the time. Well since then ... she has turned into one heck of a tie down horse, a money earning mounted shooting horse, a money earning sorting horse, a baby sitter, a decent little barrel horse, and an all around awesome lil mare to have. She is pretty darn close to my once in a life timer if for no other purpose than what I have learned while training her - aka - nothing came the easy way! LOL.
Second is the up and comer filly - JJ ... http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/ar+erin - Bred out the wazoo for working cow horse, cutting, reining ... she is out of two money earning parents (cutting) from NE that also are used on a cattle ranch. I bought her to flip and turn at the Salina Farmers and Ranchers futurity. Well, that backfired cause I fell in love with her and plan to keep her for myself. She is WICKED fast and cat quick. I have put about 10 rides on her and she heads to a cutting trainer here this summer ... hopefully make a lil cutter out of her for myself to work into that sport too.
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