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Location: Cypress, Texas | Im bringing this topic back up, I currently am running a 18 year old mare and love her. Minor maintenance.
Im looking to buying a 1D horse, im looking at older horses, currently that's all I can afford. Would any of yall be against buying a 14 year old that needs hock and ones a year stifle injections? |
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Location: MD | RhinestoneCowgirl(: - 2015-02-19 10:36 AM
Im bringing this topic back up, I currently am running a 18 year old mare and love her. Minor maintenance.
Im looking to buying a 1D horse, im looking at older horses, currently that's all I can afford. Would any of yall be against buying a 14 year old that needs hock and ones a year stifle injections?
Heck no! I've got a 15 year old that gets hocks done twice a year and stifles annually. I don't consider that "older horse maintenance", I consider it 1D horse maintenance. I know everyone says that it costs just as much to have a dink, but these good horses work harder and use themselves harder making those runs, thus they require more from us. I actually bought a coming 17 year old late last year for a client. Hocks and stifles done twice a year, plus a bunch of other stuff, but she's a solid, been there, done that and can still get it done rodeo horse. |
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Location: Beggs, OK | No matter what anyone says, if they clock they are going to need maintenance. The horses that try that hard are going to tear themselves up and need a little help. Injections and other therapies are just part of it.
I know of a 16 yr old gelding right now that's available and worth the money. He hasn't had his legs run off and is the sweetest animal I've ever been around. With many horses that's when they are totally solid and ready to just keep legged up and go make runs. My old mare didn't get ridden much at all after she turned 18. We ponied her and then would breeze her a couple of times a week. She ran true 1D until her very last run at 25 years old.
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Location: Texas | we do it for my sister. We bought her a 21 year old gelding a few years ago and he was a local 1D top of 2D/bottom 1D (Wrapn3) horse. People loved watching them run because he was so cool. We lost him at 24. Then we bought her a 17 year old JOH mare and got a few years out of her, retired her fall of her 19 YO year. She was used hard her whole life and to keep up at the 1D pace she's at, was starting to require injections of multiple joints about 3-4 times a year and we decided she earned her retirement. She currently has a 16YO mare now who is awesome, also needs a little maintenance but like someone else said.. any horse who runs with all they have and holds back nothing is going to get sore. |
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Industrial Srength Barrel Racer
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| WrapSnap - 2015-02-19 10:56 AM
RhinestoneCowgirl(: - 2015-02-19 10:36 AM
Im bringing this topic back up, I currently am running a 18 year old mare and love her. Minor maintenance.
Im looking to buying a 1D horse, im looking at older horses, currently that's all I can afford. Would any of yall be against buying a 14 year old that needs hock and ones a year stifle injections?
Heck no! I've got a 15 year old that gets hocks done twice a year and stifles annually. I don't consider that "older horse maintenance", I consider it 1D horse maintenance. I know everyone says that it costs just as much to have a dink, but these good horses work harder and use themselves harder making those runs, thus they require more from us. I actually bought a coming 17 year old late last year for a client. Hocks and stifles done twice a year, plus a bunch of other stuff, but she's a solid, been there, done that and can still get it done rodeo horse.
I thought exactly this too! Heck no! I love older, been there, done that horses - SO MUCH MORE FUN!!  |
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Location: OKLAHOMA | Love the topic!!! I own a mare that is 25 this year, I've owned her for 17 years now. She has been awesome for myself, my
step daughter and now a 13yr old girl is running her. She has never had her legs ran off. In 2012 I ran her that fall and drew a few check myself. She loves her job and as long as she is sane and sound i will let her continue. Of course I don NOT believe I could ever sell her. We all love our Rosie.... So with all that said, if the horse is nice and can help then yes take a serious look at it. |
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Location: Texas!! | Love this topic too!! I cant help but think of Hot Shot, when people talk about old horses! LOL! Also when I was watching the American slack yesterday, I'm pretty sure they announced 1 of the horses as a 20 yr old and another 1 as a 19 yr old.... I have bought lots of old horses! One of my favorite was an old horse out of Louisiana called "Lofty". My daughters horse was hurt and my husband saw an ad....."old horse 20 plus, been there done that, barrels/poles". We drove over there and bought him. Brought him back to TX and he was awesome. I even ran him at Conroe at a pretty big barrel race and won the 3-d on him, only because he left me at the 2nd barrel(there was a pic to prove it! lol!) That ole thing was trying to run in the 1/2-D lol!!
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Location: GODS country | Another bump! I run a 16 year old and he has ZERO maintenance. Never given me a reason to even think about injecting etc., as he is never sore and always clocks. He is spoiled with PHT/BOT products and he has only had 2 owners including me and well taken care of. Hasn't had his legs hauled off. Is this something I probably should be looking into?
He does sweat under his BOT hock boots....but never acts sore. |
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Location: NC | RhinestoneCowgirl(: - 2015-02-19 10:36 AM Im bringing this topic back up, I currently am running a 18 year old mare and love her. Minor maintenance. Im looking to buying a 1D horse, im looking at older horses, currently that's all I can afford. Would any of yall be against buying a 14 year old that needs hock and ones a year stifle injections?
I know quite a few people who have their 4-10 year olds injected once to twice a year. So no that would be a deal breaker for a good proven horse to me. |
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Location: Piedmont, OK | Older barrel horses are wonderful but their bodies break down easier IMO. I keep our two older barrel horses on the loading dose of Animal Element Performance Detox and also give them Product X. They are still very competitive at big shows at 19 & 20 yrs old. |
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