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Location: Where the stars at night are big and bright, TX | Her loss. I got a lot of looks in the jumper ring when I showed a very large loud App all over the country back in the 80's - he also had no tail and no mane. (I didn't have to get up at 3 am to braid - WIN!). He was a fabulous jumper and had a tricky style, he bloodied the nose of many other riders, including the riders who had to trade horses with me in medal classes and hadn't know of him prior.
I wouldn't have traded him for the world back then. Anyone judging a horse on color or anedotal stories alone...pretty much tells you what their level of true horsemanship is. |
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Location: Nowhere Special | It depends on what your looking for. If I'm looking for breeding stock or something for resale, then I tend to stay away from anything but a QH and certain bloodlines. If I'm looking for something for me.. I don't care what color, breed, papers or not if I like the horse I like the horse.. This has never let me down.. Buying on color and papers has many many times |
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Location: DUMPING CATS AND PIGS IN TEXAS :) | We had a number of them when I was growing up. My Mom traded horses as a way to make extra cash to feed 4 kids. Color sold. I was the oldest and designated rider. My two brothers below me were not horse people. The one's we had were mostly crazy, but there were a few that were lazy. I never sat on one that I minded parting with. In fact, there was a leopard app mare we named Spook. She was rank and I mean rank. Beautiful, perfectly white with big black spots, a real head turner.....but, she was the devil. Trying to sell her was one of the hardest things that I ever did lol. I rode her through mud up to her knees every single day and every day she was ready to go another round with me. Finally, after months and months and me losing hope, a lady showed up that was crazier than that horse. The horse bucked me while I was showing her to the lady....same as she did every day......and that lady still wanted her lol. We, also, had one we called Captain Hook that was particularly onery. We actually paid this man $150 for his kids to ride Captain Hook for one month. They were tougher than I was. Well, that was $150 we'll never get back lol. Captain Hook was still insane when he came home. We finally just took him back to the sale barn. So, I've had my fill of apps. I dubbed them lazy or crazy a long, long time ago. Someone could tell me that they have the greatest one ever and I'd still pass it by lol and they can thank Spook, Captain Hook, Cinderella, Popcorn, Elvis and a few others lol.
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Location: South of Canada and North of Mexico | lhighquality - 2015-03-12 4:00 PM
Whiteboy - 2015-03-12 2:32 PM
LRQHS - 2015-03-12 2:07 PM Whiteboy - 2015-03-12 2:04 PM This thread makes my head hurt.
My my my would you look at all the App in that pedigree!!!! lol
I would be curious to see a picture & pedigree of the OP's horse.
I have a friend whose family raised Appaloosa's, raced them actually. So basically everything they ride is Appy bred, most of them don't have blankets, but do have excessive white. Very nice horses, & he is a hand, they work/ride better than alot of horses in our area!!!
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Location: South of Canada and North of Mexico | watchpeppydoc - 2015-03-12 9:14 PM
lhighquality - 2015-03-12 4:00 PM
Whiteboy - 2015-03-12 2:32 PM
LRQHS - 2015-03-12 2:07 PM Whiteboy - 2015-03-12 2:04 PM This thread makes my head hurt.
My my my would you look at all the App in that pedigree!!!! lol
I would be curious to see a picture & pedigree of the OP's horse.
I have a friend whose family raised Appaloosa's, raced them actually. So basically everything they ride is Appy bred, most of them don't have blankets, but do have excessive white. Very nice horses, & he is a hand, they work/ride better than alot of horses in our area!!! Www.allbreedpedigree.com/cash+option
He's the one in my avatar. «------- he's filled out quite a bit more as well as lost the rest of his black points. |
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Location: Never in one place long | Wow, that's incredible!! I only have one horse right now and he's an appaloosa, best **** horse I've EVER owned!! I actually just bought him back as I always was sad I sold him years ago due to the fact we were moving and could only take two horses. This horse is ALWAYS in the money, sound sane and just overall amazing. The girl that I sold him to had people make some nasty remarks about him when they first got him then after she started kicking everyones butt, they sent her a card saying "Sorry you appy isn't so crappy" lol. I LOVE my appy. |
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Location: Texas | Everyone has their own thoughts and opinions. I personally don't like paints, but would almost be willing to pay twice as much for a red or bay roan. Just my opinion, from experience.
I'm not saying paints are bad or that there has never been a good paint horse. But, if I'm paying for it, it's going to be what I want.
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| So you're saying you wouldn't consider this amazing app for your kiddo? Ohhhh, btw she's half arab too ;)
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Location: North Dakota | I think appaloosas are pretty. I love anything with spots! BUT that being said my only experiences with appy's have not been pleasant ones. I'd still look at one but I'd be extra cautous. I'm not one to completely rule out ANY horse, unless it's short. Can't ride short horses. 15.1-15.2 minimum. My gelding has a blue eye and the girl selling him told me that she had people turn him down because a blue eye is supposed to be bad luck or something (?) I LOVE blue eyes and that was a huge bonus on top of his already wonderful looks, temperment, and training. |
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Location: Vinton, La. | My very first "big" horse was an app. Huge, well to a 6 year old he was. Kindest sweetest horse ever. Was a trained jumper. He would bow down on command for me to get on him. We would pile up 4 kids on him for Halloween while he was wearing a sheet with eye, ear, and nose holes cut in it and go trick or treating around the neighborhood. Not a bad bone in his beautiful body. Won my very first trophy barrel racing on that horse. He took care of me for many years. |
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Location: Phoenix | I'm a QH snob. I don't like paints or apps. For me it's about looks and the brief experiences I've had with both. |
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| wickedstepmother - 2015-03-13 12:17 AM
So you're saying you wouldn't consider this amazing app for your kiddo? Ohhhh, btw she's half arab too ; )
https://fbcdn-photos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfp1/v/t1.0-0/10259...
Depends on the price, if you were wanting as much or more then a quarter horse, or even grade horse with a solid color, not grey or palomino with the same credentials same age, then I would pass.
I find kids horses are the exception to the rule.
I have nothing against Appaloosas, I have seen some amazing appys, and some crappy ones. I do dislike the no mane and no tail that seems to be a genetic trait in this breed.
I also don't like pain coloured horses, too hard to keep clean
We all have our preferences, and this is why we have variety in bloodlines, in breeds, and in equine activities |
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| LRQHS - 2015-03-12 1:22 PM wyoming barrel racer - 2015-03-12 12:19 PM cheryl makofka - 2015-03-12 11:14 AM watchpeppydoc - 2015-03-12 12:03 PM cheryl makofka - 2015-03-12 11:50 AM It is the individuals prerogative, if she doesn't want an appy, you can't force her to buy her horse, don't know what the problem is. It is the same as someone saying no quarter horses You'd think if you were that against a breed you would say so in your ad, its not like it said qh only or whatever. This isnt the first time this has happened either, I've even messaged people and told them everything except the app part, and they are interested until they ask for pedigree and pictures. Im not butt hurt she doesnt want my horse, but just because its an app doesnt mean its a rat tailed jug headed pos. Who cares what is in the ad, you showed her what you had, she passed. Wanted ads help people weed through all the potentials and find their dream horse without searching all over the Internet
I am looking for a barrel prospect, lightly started ages 3-4, no sorrels and no geldings. $4000 max.
me me me , I have a 8 yr old ranched on gelding that is the prettiest color of sorrel you have ever seen. $8500
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| So I do not know much about todays apps. I only know some of the history of their origin with the Nez Perse tribes. Never owned one, but the guy in this pic is beautiful! My husband has it on his mind to find one similar to heel on lol. |
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Location: NC | scwebster - 2015-03-13 7:36 AM So I do not know much about todays apps. I only know some of the history of their origin with the Nez Perse tribes. Never owned one, but the guy in this pic is beautiful! My husband has it on his mind to find one similar to heel on lol.
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Location: Missouri | Funny story. When I was shopping around for my next horse I had my mind set on nothing but a quarter horse. No paints, no apps, nothing but QH. Well I ended up buying a solid bay paint mare. The only reason she isn't solid bred is the giant white blaze on her face. So in the end I was wrong to say I wouldn't buy a paint but I had to shop around and see what I really wanted. I am very particular on what I buy because it is my money and I am stuck with this purchase until I no longer want to invest time or money into said purchase.
I like pretty horses only. Don't care if it's the world's fastest horse, if it's not pretty I don't want it. Once again that is my opinion and I am entitled to it because at the end of the day it is my purchase, my money, and my right.
Everyone has their opinion on what they want and has a right to it. I can understand being upset that someone doesn't want your horse because of coloring but that is that person's right. They can reject any horse they so choose because it is their money.
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| We buy prospects and train all of our own. When I am looking for one, I will not buy anything that is going to affect the resale value or make them hard to market because we cannot afford to have one that we don't make decent money on or cannot sell. We have probably passed on some really nice horses because of this, but we have also (knock on wood) been able to keep a really nice "A team" around for us to compete on, all the while making enough profit on sales to support our expensive habit of rodeo. It just works for us. Horses are very expensive and require a lot of dedication: I would never blame anyone for being too picky, even if I personally don't understand their reasoning. |
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| Whiteboy - 2015-03-12 2:04 PM
This thread makes my head hurt.
I totally agree!!! I don't care if they are PURPLE as long as they stay sound and WIN... |
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| I would buy a dang camel if it was clocking 1d. |
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Location: Kansas | Itsme - 2015-03-13 10:36 AM I would buy a dang camel if it was clocking 1d.
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