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Miss Not Exciting
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Location: Ft Worth TX | I have a coming 3yo colt I recently got. He is out of a Special Leader son, and a Firewater Flit daughter who has a Blue Hen maternal line. I hear FWF are late bloomers. Should I set him for 4 or 5 yo futurities? I am pretty excited about this guy he has the same grand dam on his maternal line as Chasin Firewater. |
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Location: lone star state | My experience with them is yes they are late bloomers. Its up to you if you want to futurity or not. Maybe pick one that is close to you and try it but futurity is a lot of pressure on a young one so maybe not try too many. |
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Location: Piedmont, OK | Yes they are late bloomers, or at least that is my experience. I have a gd of FWF. She is by Frog Hollow Fire. When I bought her she was 4 and scrawny and very immature. I wanted to futurity her but decided it was too much money to push her. The last couple of months she has really seemed to "Get it" and has even started filling out. I have not entered her yet but may enter her in a few in the up coming months. They are Very smart very athletic horses though. |
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| I was wondering the same thing. I have a FWF (on top) and Special Effort (on bottom) filly that I feel is way behind physically (yearling) |
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Location: Cap'n Joan Rotgut.....alberta | and mine, she is a gd would have been ready for the 4yr old futuritys if i was a futurity trainer...which i am not...lol
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 I Prefer to Live in Fantasy Land
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Location: In the Hills of Texas | I know quite a few and none of them were late bloomers. The Equi-Stats willl back that up.
I had a son of FWF out of a Shawnee Bug mare and he certainly wasn't a late bloomer either. |
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  Neat Freak
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | I didn't think so either since so many have excelled at the 4yr old futurities. I have a grandson that has acted like an old gelding every trip to town and he has always been a very bloomy baby and that is coming off an older dam. |
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Location: You never know where I will show up...... | Nevertooold - 2015-01-05 3:43 PM I know quite a few and none of them were late bloomers. The Equi-Stats willl back that up.
I had a son of FWF out of a Shawnee Bug mare and he certainly wasn't a late bloomer either.
I agree! I wouldn't say our FWF stud was a late bloomer, he was mature physically and mentally at a young age and he had "stud things" to deal with!
I'm riding several of his babies now and they are all super easy, and growthy, mature horses for their age. I'm riding a 3 year old filly by our stud, right now that is farther along with less time, than the 4 year old race breds I'm riding.......
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Location: Oakdale, CA | I have a grand daughter and she was not a late bloomer!
I'm so in love with firewater flits it could make me crazy.....
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Miss Not Exciting
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Location: Ft Worth TX | Anyone know anything more specifically on Chasin Firewater?
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Location: Buffalo, Wyoming | I have heard that the Special Lead horses can be late bloomers. I have an own daughter right now. She is 7 and while she great to ride and spooks are her own shadow most days. |
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| I have a daughter of Chasin Firewater out of a Vital Sign x BA75 mare. She was definitely not a late bloomer. She never really did get very big, but mentally she was good considering her lack of hauling. I fought foot problems with her so she didn't get hauled much as a 4 year old. And her first trip was to OKC. She hollered for her buddies, but I think that was more because she'd never been far from home. Let her sit for 6 months beginning the middle of her 5 year old year, pulled her out of the pasture and she rode off like an old horse. Just wish she didn't have that coffin bone injury or I think she'd be nice. She was easy to break and very smart.
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I Prefer to Live in Fantasy Land
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Location: In the Hills of Texas | Whoop Z Day Z - 2015-01-06 4:12 PM Anyone know anything more specifically on Chasin Firewater?
He certainly wasn't a late bloomer. I fell in love with him the first time I laid eyes on him when he was just coming 5. He acted and ran liked a seasoned veteran.
What do you want to know about him?
He has produced some really nice horses..that's for sure.
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| My Chasin Firewater just turned 2, but she definitely acts like an old soul. She's very smart and easy to work with. Like another poster said, mine hasn't gotten very big yet, but she is very mature acting for her age. |
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| What about Tomahawk N Firewater colts? |
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