Faster horses said:While there are some good things about him, he is not a horse I would buy. Too flat muscled, too fine boned and just not enough horse there.
FWIW
BTW, Haymaker, does he have a decent wither? I can't tell from
the photos.
Big Muddy rancher said:Haymaker why don't you get someone to take a picture of you riding these horses? Be better than tied to a panel or just standing . The proof is in the pudding . Get on and ride them if they don't work for you then it doesn't matter how good they look.
Silver said:I would have to agree with FH, although Appy's can be smaller and flatter muscled and still be tough as nails and strong as all get out.
Of course, horses can be too big too. Like this horse of mine for example:
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HAY MAKER said:Big Muddy rancher said:Haymaker why don't you get someone to take a picture of you riding these horses? Be better than tied to a panel or just standing . The proof is in the pudding . Get on and ride them if they don't work for you then it doesn't matter how good they look.
Its kinda a long story but,was thinkin about gettin my ole gray horse back,but the little lady that I give him to pitched a fit,me and her father had it all worked out,that is until she heard about it,she was'nt bashful when she reminded me of our deal.
Anyway kinda miss the horse deal,so Im lookin/ridin horses,I dont think I will be askin strangers to take pictures of me on their horse,I will find one in time,aint in a big hurry,remember I still have a mule![]()
good luck & send me a good rain,drier than a sack of bull durham around here.
PS what impressed me about the little horse I posted pic's of was his ground manners,and the fact that little devil can flat run.
Big Muddy rancher said:HAY MAKER said:Big Muddy rancher said:Haymaker why don't you get someone to take a picture of you riding these horses? Be better than tied to a panel or just standing . The proof is in the pudding . Get on and ride them if they don't work for you then it doesn't matter how good they look.
Its kinda a long story but,was thinkin about gettin my ole gray horse back,but the little lady that I give him to pitched a fit,me and her father had it all worked out,that is until she heard about it,she was'nt bashful when she reminded me of our deal.
Anyway kinda miss the horse deal,so Im lookin/ridin horses,I dont think I will be askin strangers to take pictures of me on their horse,I will find one in time,aint in a big hurry,remember I still have a mule![]()
good luck & send me a good rain,drier than a sack of bull durham around here.
PS what impressed me about the little horse I posted pic's of was his ground manners,and the fact that little devil can flat run.
You mean you'd by a horse from a stranger but wouldn't ask them to take a picture of you on it. :roll:
Oldtimer said:Haymaker- I'm not an appy fan-- but don't let that fact or the fact the horse is little stop you from getting him if you like everything else....
One of the toughest horses I ever rode was a neighbors that was a big headed ugly Appy and only stood 14 hands tall- probably weighed 900 lbs....Whitey could go all day- in the breaks working cattle- get back to pickup and load from the flat into the back of the pickup stockrack-pre stocktrailer days (even saw him hauled a couple times with no stockrack :shock: )...
He had a pretty nice walk, but was just shorter strided than some of the others we were riding- being his only drawback (besides being just plumb ugly looking) was a rough trot that he'd get into to keep up with those big old rangy horses- but had the smoothest lope- and if you needed to cover country could lope forever....
If you tied onto something big- he'd almost get down on his knees digging for traction to drag it....
Some of those little horses will surprise you....One of the pictures I still have of my dad was on a horse that was 14 hands high (Shorty) and my Dad was 6'5" tall... His legs really stick down on that horse--but Dad said that when they had to make a big sweep (50-60-70 miles in a day --sometimes up into Canada) to gather horses or trail horses to the railhead- he'd always take Shorty as he was the one that still had some gas left at the end of the day, when many of those big horses were played out.....
kolanuraven said:All I've ever owned are Appys and I've had some that were meaner than ' cat pizz' and others that were sweet and calm.....but they all tend to have a dash of ' character' built into them. :wink: :wink: :wink:
My last reg Appy was a HUGE, spotted up red leopard. A bit over 16hands and when he had to have eye surgery @ UGA we weighed him and he was 1120 lbs. :shock: :shock:
Then, he stepped off the scale,onto my foot and promptly broke it...and I was convinced he really weighed about 11,000 at the time!!!
I tell anyone if YOU like the horse and it fits what YOU want and can deal with....it's YOUR money so spend it how you like it.
Faster horses said:Also, many times people can get along with an Appy that can't get
along with a more highly bred horse
HAY MAKER said:PS what impressed me about the little horse I posted pic's of was his ground manners,and the fact that little devil can flat run.