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 Coyote Country Queen
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| Here are the conformation pictures I said I was going to post. Please be honest (just not brutally honest!). I'd like to know what everyone thinks of his conformation and pedigree. I'm planning to send this guy to the track and then on to the barrel pen. I didn't think about sticking him to see how tall he is right now, but just guessing he stands around 15 hands. He has half siblings that are pretty good sized, so I'd guess he'll get to at least the 15.3 height range.
Here is his pedigree: http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/vitalio
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Location: Kansas | LOVE LOVE LOVE all that chrome!!!!  |
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| He is awesome, I love the chrome!!   |
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 Bulls Eye
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Location: Oklahoma | I LOVE him! I think he's very balanced for a yearling. He's got a nice slope to his shoulder and hip. |
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Location: Beggs, OK | I like him. Man, he's gonna be flashy! Can't wait to see how big he gets |
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Coyote Country Queen
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| Thanks! I really like him, but you know how it goes when you raise them, sometimes you overlook any negatives. I guess I should have been a little clearer, I'm considering leaving him intact, so I want to hear the good and the bad! Is his conformation good enough and are his papers strong enough for this venture? Because if there's not going to be interest in him I'd much rather have a nice gelding to deal with! Of course if he doesn't prove himself or develops a bad temperament I will not hesitate to cut him. |
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Coyote Country Queen
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| And I sure was not expecting all of that chrome! I was pretty sure his face would be marked just like it is, since his momma and her other foals are all like that. But those legs! |
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Bulls Eye
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Location: Oklahoma | If he has a good mind on him, it doesn't hurt to leave him intact and see where it goes. You can always take them away, but once they're gone, you can't get them back... |
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| TwistedK - 2014-10-27 8:58 AM
If he has a good mind on him, it doesn't hurt to leave him intact and see where it goes. You can always take them away, but once they're gone, you can't get them back...
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Coyote Country Queen
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| rowdy256 - 2014-10-27 9:02 AM
TwistedK - 2014-10-27 8:58 AM
If he has a good mind on him, it doesn't hurt to leave him intact and see where it goes. You can always take them away, but once they're gone, you can't get them back...
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Like and agree!!
This has been my mindset about him since I decided to not have him cut earlier this year. I just don't want to do something I'll regret. And that goes both ways - I don't want to regret leaving him intact either! It's just such a big decision to do this whole stallion thing. I'm totally new to this side of breeding, and if I'm going to do it I want to do it right. |
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Location: Oklahoma | Jenbabe - 2014-10-27 9:12 AM rowdy256 - 2014-10-27 9:02 AM TwistedK - 2014-10-27 8:58 AM If he has a good mind on him, it doesn't hurt to leave him intact and see where it goes. You can always take them away, but once they're gone, you can't get them back... ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Like and agree!! This has been my mindset about him since I decided to not have him cut earlier this year. I just don't want to do something I'll regret. And that goes both ways - I don't want to regret leaving him intact either! It's just such a big decision to do this whole stallion thing. I'm totally new to this side of breeding, and if I'm going to do it I want to do it right.
When my stud was a yearling I had an appointment to geld him. My vet actually told me I would regret cutting him... Now he's 6 and still a stud. I don't regret leaving him intact at all... |
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| Just wondering why you would send him to the track? Very little percentage of race horses actually are successful at the track. I bought one off the track a month ago, by DTF, for $4,800. SOUND. THats probably less than the stud fee, let alone all the time and training. He won a measly 600.00 on the track. Happy he is in my barn now. Trainer said out of dozens of horses you "Hope" that one will win enough to pay for all the others. So if I raised your nice colt it would be streight to the barrel pen after he was broke. You won't risk injury and have a whole heck of a better chance at bringing home some cash. |
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| FLITASTIC - 2014-10-27 9:16 AM
Just wondering why you would send him to the track? Very little percentage of race horses actually are successful at the track. I bought one off the track a month ago, by DTF, for $4,800. SOUND. THats probably less than the stud fee, let alone all the time and training. He won a measly 600.00 on the track. Happy he is in my barn now. Trainer said out of dozens of horses you "Hope" that one will win enough to pay for all the others. So if I raised your nice colt it would be streight to the barrel pen after he was broke. You won't risk injury and have a whole heck of a better chance at bringing home some cash.
I have to admit that I've been back and forth on this. My plans were to send him and try to get his ROM. If he's doing well after that he can stay, if not he'll come home. I'd like to hear more thoughts on this. Like I said, if I'm going to do this I want to do it right, so I am open to all suggestions and opinions! |
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| FLITASTIC - 2014-10-27 9:16 AM Just wondering why you would send him to the track? Very little percentage of race horses actually are successful at the track. I bought one off the track a month ago, by DTF, for $4,800. SOUND. THats probably less than the stud fee, let alone all the time and training. He won a measly 600.00 on the track. Happy he is in my barn now. Trainer said out of dozens of horses you "Hope" that one will win enough to pay for all the others. So if I raised your nice colt it would be streight to the barrel pen after he was broke. You won't risk injury and have a whole heck of a better chance at bringing home some cash.
I think I agree with this. |
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| Track just scares me. I would hate to see a nice colt come up crippled in mere seconds. Now if I was a millionaire and had lots of colts. Maybe. But track is just so hard on them. Young joints and so much pressure. |
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The Advice Guru
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| Being very critical and it could be how he is standing the photo, how the sun is hitting the legs
His right front knee looks a little to the outside going in, but the cannon bone comes out straight, the left front knee looks like the cannon bone comes out a little crooked, this could be how he is standing.
The back legs hocks look straight but it looks like he toes out on both hind feet. |
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 Georgia Peach
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Very rarely do I comment on a "confo critique" thread because I want to tear them apart. However, this colt is put together nicely. He is very balanced and has nice angles. If I had to fault him on something (being nit picky), I like to see more roundness of the croup but thats nothing more than personal preferance. Good luck with him! |
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| LOVE him......he is stunning................................
My thoughts on the track....don't do it! So so hard on their developing bones and some horses come back sound, some don't. Very few make it. He looks way to nice to risk injury.
He is a head turner............... |
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Location: Kansas | I also really like how well balanced he is. |
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Location: Sunny So Cal | looks fantastic!!! |
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