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Location: Durango CO | Spinoff on what are the top horses really like. I thought that actual question was cool. I heard the SBD is an ass in the trailer bit not sure of that's true.What are the top horses really like??? |
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Location: Somewhere around here | I heard that "Fuzz" was a cribber. |
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| Not a barrel horse, but the most talented jumper I ever had the privilege to swing a leg over was a complete ass, dangerous in his stall, iffy on the ground unless handled in a particular way, a biter. . . And magic in the saddle. Your job as a rider was to tell him what was coming, then stay the hell out of his way while he went to work. I didn't like him, he didn't like me, but we had a business relationship, and if I rode for a living I'd keep a couple stalls open for a horse like him. Not a barn full, since I like living. |
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| Ive heard fallon say that she doesnt get Babyflo off the trailer until a few min before they run and that she is super quirky. There was another top level horse that would only drink on the road out of a certain color bucket. |
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| I believe a couple years ago WPRA or (another organization) had interviewed the NFR girls and one of the questions was what is your horse(s) quirks. I recall ERA doing something similar too... It really put it into perspective that every horse has a quirk, just some worse than others. I want to say I read that Stingray doesnt get tied to the trailer.
I have a 1D horse now that needs a buddy. If I leave the house with just him he will be okay (just whineys and cant stand still) - but will still go out and do his job.... But, if I haul with a friend and that friend takes her horse away to go warm up -- all hell breaks loose and good luck making a decent run. lol |
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Location: Where the buffalo roam | A friend who went to the NFR in the early 90's had a horse that could not be alone and jumped out of his stall at Cheyenne and went running around the grounds and did that at a couple other places. He would drag you around when trying to lead him (actually picked her and I off the ground and tried to take off). He also tried to bluff people when loose in a pen. He would rear up and come running at you. If you stood your ground he would get all deflated and walk away, but if you ran he would chase you and stay just out of reach. Yes - I would say he was a**. |
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Location: Durango CO | I love reading these kinds of things. Keep them coming. SKM said Bozo was hard to handle (paraphrasing) |
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| From ERA website: - Rider: Jade Corkill - Switchblade: Hates being tied up and will become untied unless you get a chain and a snap.
- Rider Name: Kaleb Driggers - Dre: Hate wagons. He hates being tied up alone and if he doesn't have a buddy to stand next to then he makes an awful whinny.
- Rider: Taylor Jacob - Tink: You can't tie Tink to the trailer, you have to tie her to the fence or she will set back.
- Rider: Fallon Taylor - BabyFlo hates being turned out in big pastures. She stays in the trailer until Fallon is about to run. BabyFlo only drinks from light colored buckets. She has her own companion goat named Itsy Bitsy.
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Location: SW New Mexico | A lot of top horses have quirks..
My friend's NFR horse was a cribber, and also liked to lay down and rest. A lot.
My horse Brother Dave is up and coming, and has winning more good quality races.. BUT
His care....
His legs need extra care before, BOT before, cold water and mud after... and he likes to roll after..
His quirks......
He MUST be next to a quiet horse, he's insecure, but perfectly happy near a another horse, as long as it's quiet..
He's afraid of a hay bag that is blue. The same pattern in peach, he's fine with.
I try to not tie him solid, we're working on relaxing at the trailer.
He's afraid of step up wash racks, but will go on one ground level.
He's slowly overcoming his fear of cattle.
He loves shavings in his stall.
He hates to be hauled and has caused over a thousand dollars worth of damage to my 4 Star...
I keep him away from the alley as he wants to work and loves his job , but I don't "psyche" him out by hanging around the arena while a race is on...
Edited by jettster 2017-04-12 11:32 AM
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| I had a nice solid 1D mare years ago. She wouldnt pee in public, and wouldnt run unless she peed prior to running. I had to put her in the trailer before warming her up to pee. She also would only drink water from home, and out of light colored buckets. She preferred to be alone, to the extent of having to be turned out by herself.
My fiance has a nice 1D mare right now. She chews lead ropes/trailer ties whatever you can tie with in half in a matter of minutes. If she gets loose, its a game to catch her. She is nasty mean in her stall (esp at feeding time) You cant hardly ride her without her tongue flipping out the side of her mouth and eventually over the bit. She wont take a tongue tie. Anddddd she walks backwards when trying to bridle her from time to time. She also cannot be turned out with any other horses, but doesnt mind being tied beside same said horses.
I for some reason thought I would like to have one like her... so i purchased her 3/4 sister. And she has the exact same traits. They are literally identical in everything they do. She unfortunately (in addition to all the desirable traits listed about) will lose her marbles if there is not a horse tied on the same trailer as her. She will have a hole dug halfway to china and be ringing wet in a matter of seconds. They drive me batty, but Id keep every stall open in my barn for more if I could.  |
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| My 1D horse lives at the trainer's. She has been handled daily since she was a month old. The only thing she does not like is very loud noises. They were re-roofing he house next to my trainers and the nail gun was loud. My trainer sat in her stall all day and she was fine. She gets a little painful when in heat but she gets regumate to eliminate that. All in all she is a pleasure to be around. Her full sister is just like her. I own her, too. She has been handled everyday sine she was born. |
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 Guys Just Wanna Have Fun
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Location: OH | I had a horse PC Senor Jetwood that I started and then sold that won the Junior NFR last year---if you opened his stall gate out---instead of into his stall, he would LOSE HIS MIND. |
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Location: The best kept secret in TX | My Old gelding used to run 1D before I got him.
He laid down to sleep at night
Would walk his hay in his mouth to the nearest watering hole or bucket and dunk his hay before eating (This was before steaming hay was a thing)
He would steal lollipops from children and eat them
He would eat a whole peach in one bite and then spit out the seed
He prefers Dr. Pepper over Coke or Pepsi
He liked to give people hugs. Neck over their shoulder and leg wrapped around their back. It scared a lot of people when they would first meet him.
My Gelding that I have now isn't 1D but he won't drink from a water tank, it has to be a bucket. He won't stay in the barn without the lights on. And he lets himself out of his stall specifically to turn on the barn lights if I forget to turn them on. And then puts himself back in his stall. He leaves the stall door open when he puts himself up tho.
My roping mare eats with one front leg up. She bends it and holds it as far up as she can when she eats. I've tried to feed her up high and she still does it. |
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 To the Left
Posts: 1865
Location: Florida | Smart, hard-headed, smart-ass who loves to run, be it barrels, down the road, or around the pasture.
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 The Worst Seller Ever
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Location: Oklahoma | Mine cribs. He thinks everyone and thing is his toy. He will pull at halters, reins, breastcollars, manes, ect of the horse next to him just to antagonize them to play with him.
He will push me with his nose when I am putting wraps on trying to make me fall.
He is super sensitive and gets his feelers hurt if you don't let him be a big kid (He is 13). I do have a nephew to him that is the exact same way. I have videos of them jacking wiht each other at races.
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 No Tune in a Bucket
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Location: Texas | clover girl - 2017-04-12 3:44 PM Mine cribs. He thinks everyone and thing is his toy. He will pull at halters, reins, breastcollars, manes, ect of the horse next to him just to antagonize them to play with him.
He will push me with his nose when I am putting wraps on trying to make me fall.
He is super sensitive and gets his feelers hurt if you don't let him be a big kid (He is 13). I do have a nephew to him that is the exact same way. I have videos of them jacking wiht each other at races.
Those blondes. |
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 A Barrel Of Monkeys
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Location: Texas | My old winning horse likes to make noise.
On the road, he could not be stalled in a metal stall; he would kick it every chance he got.
Every single time he got in the trailer, he kicked the wall with one foot, one time.
He liked to rub his teeth on the gravel guard across the fender of the horse trailer.
He's 28 this year. I took him to the vet a couple weeks ago and he jumped in the trailer and kicked the wall.
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I just read the headlines
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| My sister's WPRA gelding would NOT walk, he jogged everywhere and when it was cold, bucked tied to the trailer at rodeos. EXCEPT when my year old daughter was around. My sister would ask if my daughter could ride with her during warm ups so he would walk and wanted us to stand by him when she saddled and booted him up so he would stand still and I mean, he would not move a muscle while my daughter was near him. He loved little kids. |
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Location: "...way down south in the Everglades..." | Not barrels, but my top A circuit pony hunter would not drink on the road. The only thing we could get him to drink was Gatorade and he liked the fruit punch so he always looked like he was wearing lipstick lol |
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Location: SW MO | I rode one for a year that would stop his front feet before he ran- he would stand in one spot but he still would stomp one leg then the other. You could not check him going to the first, otherwise, he would turn his nose up and run by ( I have a video of this ). He would be a handful when you exercised him at home, he was HUGE too so it was a ride unless you ponied him off another horse. At a race, he warmed up like a dream. If you were tense on him at all, he would get hot. You really had to melt on him and stay very relaxed and just trust him. He was awesome, I won money almost every time I entered him. |
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