|
|
 Zeal Queen
Posts: 3826
    
Location: TEXAS | My husband is looking at rope/barrel horse. He's super nice but he has more upright pasterns? Anyone have one like that? Is it a problem for them?
Edited by slacy09 2016-10-07 8:23 AM
|
|
| |
|
 Saint Stacey
| My experience with upright pasterns is they tend to show more navicular type symptoms than correct pasterns. They also require more maintenance and corrective shoeing as they age. Honestly, they are a deal breaker for me.
Edited by SKM 2016-10-06 5:34 PM
|
|
| |
|
"Heck's Coming With Me"
Posts: 10797
Location: Kansas | Riding a horse with upright pasterns is like driving a car without shock absorbers. Very rough and hard to sit. I would pass.
Edited by Frodo 2016-10-06 2:54 PM
|
|
| |
|
 Veteran
Posts: 141
Location: College Station, TX | I have one, and while I don't have issues with her being rough or hard to sit, the navicular statement holds true for her. It takes a careful farrier to keep her right, and one bad job is not easy to correct.
Edited by Talkeetnababe 2016-10-06 3:01 PM
|
|
| |
|
  That's White "Man" to You
Posts: 5515
| It depends on what level of roper he is and how the horse will be used. High level and used frequently I'd pass. Lower level and used infrequently you will probably never have a problem. |
|
| |
|
Zeal Queen
Posts: 3826
Location: TEXAS | The seller also told him that he pulls shoes when she is roping on him....how does that happen? |
|
| |
|
Zeal Queen
Posts: 3826
Location: TEXAS | Whiteboy - 2016-10-06 3:15 PM It depends on what level of roper he is and how the horse will be used. High level and used frequently I'd pass. Lower level and used infrequently you will probably never have a problem.
That's what I was afraid....he would rope on him and I would run barrels on him  I was so excited about him too! |
|
| |
|
 Expert
Posts: 3815
Location: The best kept secret in TX | slacy09 - 2016-10-06 3:27 PM Whiteboy - 2016-10-06 3:15 PM It depends on what level of roper he is and how the horse will be used. High level and used frequently I'd pass. Lower level and used infrequently you will probably never have a problem. That's what I was afraid....he would rope on him and I would run barrels on him I was so excited about him too!
I'd pass. Hard pass.  |
|
| |
|
Saint Stacey
| slacy09 - 2016-10-06 2:25 PM
The seller also told him that he pulls shoes when she is roping on him....how does that happen?
That tells me he doesn't have a balanced shoe job so you are already going to have issues to fix and/or get on top of. |
|
| |
|
The Advice Guru
Posts: 6419
| slacy09 - 2016-10-06 2:11 PM
My husband is looking at rope/barrel horse. He's super nice but he has more upright pasterns? Anyone have one like that? Is it a problem for them?
I guess I have had the opposite experience of most. I have horse with upright pasterns, riding them is like floating, graceful, smooth.
My two horses with longer pasterns both get underslung heels if they don't get trimmed regularly, and one developed arthritis because of his pasterns.
My horses with short upright pasterns no windpuffs, no arthritis, no signs of navicular and one is 14 this year |
|
| |
|
| Short pasterns is a conformation fault which also points out other problems
like straight shoulders, mutton withers, overreaching with the rear feet and a
rough ride with limited speed.
The good side is ... most can't run fast enough to hurt themselves and they
come from what we call cold blooded bloodlines that will put up with a
lot of non-sense ... lol
To both husband and wife ... never share a horse together unless you
are looking for a reason to get divorced ...
same with sorting or head catching cattle in a chute .... lol
Good Luck!!
|
|
| |
|
Elite Veteran
Posts: 682
Location: Northwest | Talkeetnababe - 2016-10-06 1:00 PM
I have one, and while I don't have issues with her being rough or hard to sit, the navicular statement holds true for her. It takes a careful farrier to keep her right, and one bad job is not easy to correct.
I had the same experience. Nice horse, but she was navicular from a fairly young age. I avoid straight pasterns now. |
|
| |
|
 Expert
Posts: 1718
Location: Southeast Louisiana | Do you have any pics? Conformation pics and pictures where you can see the pasterns would be helpful. |
|
| |
|
| Nita - 2016-10-07 12:17 AM
Do you have any pics? Conformation pics and pictures where you can see the pasterns would be helpful.
Windows 10 is crap .. turned most of my photos into bmp and reduced their size .. grrrrrrrrrrrr
Here is something everyone should study and be able to recognize in one
quick looksee ...
 (LEGS PASTERNS.jpg)
Attachments
----------------
 LEGS PASTERNS.jpg (90KB - 188 downloads)
|
|
| |
|
Tried and True
Posts: 21185
Location: Where I am happiest | Personally I dont see upright pasterns. I see good slope and length. Nice horse. |
|
| |
|
| ThreeCorners - 2016-10-07 8:32 AM
Personally I dont see upright pasterns. I see good slope and length. Nice horse.
I DON'T EITHER ..... I GOT SUCKERED INTO THIS THINKING THE POSTER KNEW WHAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT ....
ALWAYS ASK FOR PICTURES .......
What crosses my mind is what is wrong with this horse that he could not stand
up to the rigors of being someone's fantastic barrel horse instead of having
some fat guy sitting on him with a rope ?? ...
He was turned into a roper for some reason ... most ropers would not
even look at a horse with these bloodlines!!
Edited by BARRELHORSE USA 2016-10-07 8:53 AM
|
|
| |
|
Zeal Queen
Posts: 3826
Location: TEXAS | BARRELHORSE USA - 2016-10-07 8:49 AM ThreeCorners - 2016-10-07 8:32 AM Personally I dont see upright pasterns. I see good slope and length. Nice horse. I DON'T EITHER ..... I GOT SUCKERED INTO THIS THINKING THE POSTER KNEW WHAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT .... ALWAYS ASK FOR PICTURES ....... What crosses my mind is what is wrong with this horse that he could not stand up to the rigors of being someone's fantastic barrel horse instead of having some fat guy sitting on him with a rope ?? ... He was turned into a roper for some reason ... most ropers would not even look at a horse with these bloodlines!!
Kinda rude....just to clarify I didn't see the horse in person. I asked the seller for these pictures last night, after I started the thread. I was only going off what my husband said. The seller agreed that they are straighter as well. Personally, I told him that the angles were fine. |
|
| |
|
Zeal Queen
Posts: 3826
Location: TEXAS | She said the shoer has to put on smaller size shoes because he pulls them when she is roping....I still can't undertand why he does this? |
|
| |
|
Zeal Queen
Posts: 3826
Location: TEXAS | Also he's only 7. She is the roper and barrel racer so all her horses I have seen for sale do both. It makes them more marketable in my opinion. |
|
| |
|
Elite Veteran
Posts: 672
| BARRELHORSE USA - 2016-10-07 8:49 AM
ThreeCorners - 2016-10-07 8:32 AM
Personally I dont see upright pasterns. I see good slope and length. Nice horse.
I DON'T EITHER ..... I GOT SUCKERED INTO THIS THINKING THE POSTER KNEW WHAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT ....
ALWAYS ASK FOR PICTURES .......
What crosses my mind is what is wrong with this horse that he could not stand
up to the rigors of being someone's fantastic barrel horse instead of having
some fat guy sitting on him with a rope ?? ...
He was turned into a roper for some reason ... most ropers would not
even look at a horse with these bloodlines!!
Really? I don't like that horses front end! The pasterns are upright and a line from the point on the shoulder down the leg will show you how unaligned the leg is. His shoulder is steep and is going to give a rough ride. Based on this I see knee and navicular problems in the future. I'd pass on the horse, but this is only my opinion and take it for that :) |
|
| |
Folks on-line