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Location: Mayerthorpe Alberta | Here is a picture of me and my grade horse winning a saddle last August
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Location: Minnesota | This is my grade Morgan/Friesian Vinny.
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Location: MI | Here's Grimmie. He's a 3.5yo BS Paint, but due to past owner's ickiness is unregisterable. Anyway, I love him! He's got a ton of personality, curious, and wants to work.
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Location: South Dakota | Awesome! Love a good grade horse...kind of like cheering for the underdog 
A good grade mare took me to the Canadian Finals rodeo in the 80's...bought her as a yearling, and it's amazing what a little knowledge, a lot of enthusiasim, and a good horse can do to make dreams come true!
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| Sage is not registred and can't be so grade I guess thanks AQHA 
Ive had a few great grade horses though. My bo is a quarter horse Morgan cross, JD is a grade Paint, only one parent registred.
Theres good and bad in both worlds (regestred or not) only its easier to track the duds when you can trace lineage back. Thoes great grade horses generaly come from great grade horses, just not traceable. Im at a spot in my program with my goals I need well breed paperd horses
The best horse we own though for cattle is as mutt as they come, at the least half alberta wild horse could likely be whole! |
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Location: ohio-in my own little world with pretty ponies :) | Here's my Kate girl. Lady I got her from, got her from someone that took her from Last Chance Corral. Bought her real cheap as a 3 yr old when I was 15 to make a 4-H horse out of and boy, has she become more than that! She will do anything and go anywhere for me. She isn't the fastest horse out there but she runs and gives 100% every time. We get faster and faster every time even though we've battled hock soreness she never stopped working for me. I wish all the time I could register her and have a couple babies some day bc of how awesome she is!
We've also got a grade pony and she just stands and waits as my 2 nieces and nephew all pile on or fight about who gets on next and then off she goes with them doing everything they ask. She is so forgiving to them and soo amazing. Best money we ever spent was buying her.
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Location: Georgia |
My equine mutt - "Dan". Best horse I have and will probably ever own.
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Location: Texas | I have a GORGEOUS 16 yr old cremello ( I was told he is QH when I bought him 7 yrs ago) gelding that is just AMAZING he has won me 3 belt buckles 2 of them being champion and 1 being resv. Champion, a halter, a winter blanket, a 1st place saddle, over $400 in barrel money and he has won my heart! I can go make a run on him and turn around and put my nephew on him he can go walk a run. He LOVES poles! We are learning to rope to gather. I do not know what I would do without him!!
I also have a grade paint gelding that I just got and so far so good he looks like he will hopefully (fingers crossed) that he will make a 1d/open rodeo horse!
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Location: Texas | Here is my late great pony Bandit. He was a QH/Welsh cross. 12.3 hands and as long bodied as a 15.2 hand gelding I had.
He was a 21/22 sec pole horse and a solid open 2D barrel horse with the occasional 1D run. He was super fun.
He won me a pole saddle, several belt buckles…local stuff like that. I roached his mane and he looked like a little trojan horse.
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Location: Kentucky | It will only let me post one picture I love this old man he is 26 this year and still going strong he was my husbands, then mine and now passed down to my daughter who is 9 but has been riding him since she was 3 ish. Best baby sitter ever just put her on him and turn them loose. He has so much respect for her and takes care of her so well and I can hardly take it when I think of him not being with us anymore. 
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Location: In Ky following Barrel Races & Walker hounds. | Blaze <3 My first horse. He was some sort of QH cross, we think arabian. I loved him, even if he was mean and would bite you in a second. lol |
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Location: on my horse | This is Bert, he's 7 years old and a mustang (I still count that as a mutt lol) I adopted him this year because I'm a sucker and it was the best decision of my life. Starting a 7 year old horse has it's ups and downs especially when said horse is wild to begin with but I wouldn't change one minute of it. He's gritty and athletic and never quits me. I have about 100 rides on him and have done quite a bit, he's been to shows, rodeos (just to hang out), through trails and ponied a few colts for me too.
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Location: Fort Bragg North Carolina | 1st pic is Molly she has set arena records and has ran 19 sec pole pattern as well as accumulated a lot of rodeo buckles in barrel racing.
2nd pic is ol broody an Arabian who runs 2d barrels and 21 sec pole pattern
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Location: GA | Love this post! Here is my 21 year old mare, Whiskey. She's still kicking it in the 2D! I've had her since I was about 12 and now I'm 21 as well. Although she's on stall rest until October, I'm hoping she comes back strong! Vet thinks she tore soft tissue around her navicular bone in her front right - did x-rays, no navicular. Says he sees it often in performance horses. Anyways, I'm rambling! 
ETA: Got her from a horse trader/trainer/breeder - you name it, he was it. She "had papers but they got lost". Whether that's true or not, I'm not sure. He said she has Bugs Alive in her but again, it's not proven.
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | There sure are some good looking Mutts on here  |
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Location: Oklahoma | My first real barrel horse. (poor guy) I got him as a yearling, borke, trained , and seasoned him. I sold him when I had my daughter to a friend for her daughter who went on to win pretty consistanly. Now he is carrying another youth to JR rodeo and open rodeo wins. He won many saddles and buckles for me. This year (2006) at the Speedhorse we were at the top of the 2D only a few tenths behind Fred.
My current "jackpot horse", she has a knack for hitting just right. She belongs to a friend of mine and I am babysitting until her grandkids get big enough to ride her. I broke her as a baby and started her on barrels. She also gets to babysit my little one on poles and is a heck of a breakaway horse.
My current project. He is going to be cool with some seasoning. He has a really cool style.
My current "rodeo horse" (I can't ride her at a barrel race to save my life). I got lucky enough to borrow her for a couple rodeos and her owner let me keep her because we have been doing so good, winning everywhere. He kicked himself off her because I make her go faster. LOL
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