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 Just a Yankee
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Location: Some where I haven't left yet | Love him or Hate him, he's athletic. I won't touch another Murrtheblurr. But I'm from the NW and I've seen too many that could Buck. He's a broodmare sire for sure, and quite a few of his grand get are great... but I've ridden an own son... and I carried a jockeys' whip that I named "the Sh-Murr honesty tool" Pass for me, more for everyone else. |
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| I have a mare that is double bred sun frost on top and murrtheblurr on the bottom. She is a great horse but gets overwhelmed easily if you ask for more than she can handle. Then she will act out. She has only kicked up with me out of frustration. But she does have a history or rearing. I've learned my boundaries with her and just take it slow. I always thought it was the sun frost that created this personality because any other sun frost or Frenchman's guy horses I've known were quirky. |
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  The Original Cyber Bartender
 
Location: Washington | Also from the NW and was around a few, they were a handful. Hopefully they are so diluted by now that has changed. Proceed with caution would be my advice.  |
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Location: Piedmont, OK | I had a Dash Ta Fame out of a Murrtheblurr mare. he could literally fly but very touched in the head, very sensitive! |
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Location: California | I had a Bugs Alive in 75, Dash Ta Fame, Murrtheblurr gelding. HOT HOT HOT. Horse could flat out fly but just didn't have the brain to handle much. |
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Tried and True
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Location: Where I am happiest | I'm another from the NW where he stood so saw and knew many.Had a few.No thank you! EVER. I know he has had some success with DTF but then, who hasnt? You could cross a donkey on DTF and it would be nice. Murrtheblurr is testament to that. lol |
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Posts: 10477
Location: MT | Cray cray |
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Posts: 824
Location: Duvall, WA | He is on my "never" bloodlines list. Have seen one literally run straight into a wall stiff as a board rather than bend and turn. Not fun. |
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Veteran
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| Also from the NW. I've seen two that I know of for sure that I run against fairly consistently, one gelding one mare, half siblings out of a Murrtheblurr daughter. Not sure on the gelding, but the mare was sired by a Bugs Alive In 75 son. Both are WICKED fast and athletic but not for the faint of heart. The mare is an awesome pole horse especially. They're definitely quirky and not for everyone but man, stay on your toes and out of their way and you've got a winner. |
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Location: Somewhere between S@%&# stirrer and Saint | Speed!!!!!! |
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 Saint Stacey
| Not a fan. DTF made Murrtheblurr look much better than he really was. |
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Posts: 415
| With all I'm hearing about him I can't help but think he might be a carrier for something that makes the colts so hard to work with.....PSSM??? I know two Murrtheblurr's and they're both what everyone else is saying and I suspect them for PSSM but I forgot they even went back to him! Both are granddaughters |
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Life Saver
Posts: 10477
Location: MT | Every single one I've been around is just loaded with run (and athleticism) but their brains cannot keep up with it. They are hot, hot, hot! |
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Just a Yankee
Posts: 1237
Location: Some where I haven't left yet | I would agree with the PSSM.. Maybe.. BUT,,,, The "Shmurr" would win the NFR and every barrel race out there in the Warm up pen.... If your money was on the post, he'd never seen a barrel in his LIFE. He was beyond athletic, but he was also calculating, he would wait until your gaurd was down then he'd go to bucking. If he dumped you he would run around with his head and ears up, if he could have laughed he would have been. I can assure everyone that the Shmurr had ZERO physical issues. |
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Posts: 1446
Location: California | Had a grandson that was phenomenal temperament and awesome riding horse. Competitive in barrels, awesome rang horse. I'd seriously love to have him back. But that being said, he also was an easy jet grandson, so I don't know who he pulled from. |
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BHW's Lance Armstrong
Posts: 11134
Location: Somewhere between S@%&# stirrer and Saint | For those looking at Murrtheblur, Check the pedigrees! You will probably see alot of Easy Jet cross on the good ones. |
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Elite Veteran
Posts: 634
| I knew of one that was super super nice when she wanted to be and smoke everyone, but you never knew when you were going to get that wicked awesome horse or Satan. Good luck but I would proceed with caution. |
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Location: "...way down south in the Everglades..." | My one's got Murrtheblurr AND Beduino as his great grandparents...I'm hoping all the others in there dilute the cray cray out of him since it's farther back. Thus far, I'm not convinced, although I really like him aside from how flippin' hot he is. |
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Elite Veteran
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Location: Northwest | Douglas J Gordon - 2016-11-01 11:59 AM
For those looking at Murrtheblur, Check the pedigrees! You will probably see alot of Easy Jet cross on the good ones.
I have a 3 yr old who's top side is Murrtheblurr x Jet Deck/Leo. She has a pretty ornery streak that will show up every once in awhile but the trainer is drooling over her and thinks she has what it takes to be a pro calf horse. |
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