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Location: on the fine line between insanity and geniusness | 1DSoon - 2017-10-03 3:58 PM
punkypower - 2017-10-03 4:57 PM I havent read through this but my thought would be get a hold of any of Team Steinhoff, any one of the girls or Gary. They would be more than willing to answer all your questions about Hot Shot and then you would know the real deal.
is it against the interweb law to talk about it here?
Agreed! Most people know every detail of hotshots life after he moved in with the Steinhoff family, he was one of the most highly published horses in history... the cool thing about many of the people on here is that we knew him way before he became the mega superstar that the three Steinhoff girls made him. It’s fun to share and hear stories other than what you could read in the barrel horse news! |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | punkypower - 2017-10-03 3:57 PM I havent read through this but my thought would be get a hold of any of Team Steinhoff, any one of the girls or Gary. They would be more than willing to answer all your questions about Hot Shot and then you would know the real deal.
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| I seen him a dozen times or so and he was always the kind of horse that appealed to me I love the little horses like that he always had a prescence. The girls rode him well and were always polite what a horse |
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Location: the other T-town, Oklahoma | Southtxponygirl - 2017-10-03 5:03 PM punkypower - 2017-10-03 3:57 PM I havent read through this but my thought would be get a hold of any of Team Steinhoff, any one of the girls or Gary. They would be more than willing to answer all your questions about Hot Shot and then you would know the real deal. Is there a problem here???
Oh my, not on my end. There are so many questions and who better to answer them than the Steinhoffs themselves. They love talking about him too and sharing their stories with everyone. |
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Location: the other T-town, Oklahoma | 1DSoon - 2017-10-03 3:58 PM punkypower - 2017-10-03 4:57 PM I havent read through this but my thought would be get a hold of any of Team Steinhoff, any one of the girls or Gary. They would be more than willing to answer all your questions about Hot Shot and then you would know the real deal. is it against the interweb law to talk about it here?
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Location: Ky | Hotshot was an awesome horse and he should be discussed. When we met him in Memphis we drove down there, about 4 hours, just to see him.
We didn't have a horse entered. We took our trailer as our hotel for the weekend but that whole trip was to see Hotshot. I thought he was a beautiful horse. He would win a halter class that I judged. 
I sat outside and talked to two all time greats, Bob Hess and Bobby Stivers, about Hotshot. They both said he was the best they had ever seen. That's high praise coming from those two.
I did mention that Marshian Moon was always my favorite horse. They both said that MM wasn't in Hotshot's league. And that's also a mouthful because both of them had competed on MM.
Horses like Hotshot, Rooster, Brave Phantom, Marshian Moon, Scamper, Dial A Red Rooster and a few others just don't come around that often.
They are the bedrock horses of this sport. They are the bellweathers that others will be measured against as long as there is barrel racing.
Keep talking about them because they deserve to be remembered. 
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| Lots of interesting info. here. Thanks for sharing. |
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| stayceem - 2017-10-03 3:49 PM IRunOnFaith - 2017-10-03 8:54 AM Chandler's Mom - 2017-10-02 9:07 PM IRunOnFaith - 2017-10-02 9:22 AM Hot Shot's Story and Tribute by the BBR for those of you who aren't familiar. It'll make you cry 
https://youtu.be/nyCvAiXd94I Yep, made me cry. . . How old was he when he died? And what happened? What an amazingly huge heart and so much grit in a not-so-big body. He was truly a legend.
I loved the video. Yes according to his post, he was 24 and he had made a run not long before his death. Sure a legend that will always be remembered.
I think he had been retired although they kept riding him. From an article:
The Steinhoffs say they found Hot Shot, 24, in his stall today (12/28/11) in the place where he always laid down to sleep. It appears that he passed away in the night. There were no signs of struggle. |
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Location: Driving, Grooming, or Saddling for a Kid! | According to Taylor's FB page they were still running him when he passed |
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| DunIt - 2017-10-05 9:19 AM According to Taylor's FB page they were still running him when he passed
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| I have always loved Hot Shot. Saw him run at Reno when he kicked butt to the tune of 35k or thereabouts. His turns were so efficient!! I think I remember that he wore aluminum wedge shoes in the front. I remember cuz my horse was wearing them too. But you know how memories are. Sometimes not reliable! But that's what I remember. He won the pot of gold race they used to have at the end too, in addition to everything else. They drove all the way out here, and it was worth it. I remember standing in line behind the rider that year (Tanya?) waiting to order videos and picking the music and she picked the song "fast as you" for her video. Appropriate!
Just loved to watch him run. He was little and didn't look like he was gonna kick your @$$....nothing out of the ordinary really. Beautiful horse no doubt, but you just can't tell by looking!
He will always be my favorite!! |
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