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<blockquote data-quote="Horse Guy" data-source="post: 393397" data-attributes="member: 5753"><p>Well if you got a horse that can buck really good and who bucks everytime. Take it to a rough stock contractor. Bucking horses are worth money. Like I took it as a personal challenge, plus this horse is the most perfectly built horse I have ever owned. Well except for the double swirl on his forehead and smallish eyes. But you cant go by looks. I have another horse who has a double swirl and pig eys. He just looks all bronc. I thought he would be a bronc. He bucks out in the pasture all the time just for fun. Swaps ends and the whole nine yards. But he never bucked once when I started him.</p><p>But that one bronc I was talking about before. I sure learned a lot from that horse. But two years later he is still just a so-so horse and I have tons of time in him. He doesnt buck hard anymore but he just bucks enough that I wouldnt try to sell him to somebody. Honestly I think that horse is going to buck a certain amount the rest of his life. He isnt mean. He just has the urge to do his thing. Eventually my plan is to make him into a top horse. But when I think of the time I have in him right now and where he is in his training, well he would have been worth a lot more two years ago as a bucking horse. He sure is fast though. He could be a heck of a barrel horse some day. He is without a doubt the fastest horse I have ever been on.</p><p>This horse isnt/wasnt mean either. He is/ was always the first horse to meet me at the gate. I had his half brother and he was a bronc to but he didnt buck as hard. He was different. He could buck with his head up. He only did it every now and then which made him kind of tricky, example when you got to the top of the jump you could lift up on the rein all you wanted sometimes and there was nothing there. You had to keep the rein in your free hand as well to take the slack out the first time he brought his head up. Once his head was up he wouldnt pull the rein away from you he would just keep bucking with his head up. But he didnt buck near as hard as the other one. He didnt have the rear out or the drop as this one though. He always bucked the same easy pattern to. Same stride/buck everytime, nothing dramatic. Behind though both horses kicked out nice / sounds like someone swinging a baseball bat by your head when your riding them. But his brother was a nice horse to give you confidence on. Was so easy to get in time with you could put on a nice show.</p><p>Getting old sucks, I love bucking horses. They make you appreciate the easy ones! But I have started quite a few colts and really those two where the only ones that were really what I would call bucking horses because they bucked everytime you rode them and they put effort into it. But any colt will buck/ bolt if the circumstances are right. Example miles from home and you jump a herd of elk. Or your loping along and a pheasent flys up when you almost step on them. Takes a while for a colt to get used to ranch life if he has any life in him in the first place.</p><p>See the problem with taking colts to trainers to start them is most trainers juast ride in an arena or on some 1/4 section somewhere. It doesnt really prepare the colt for ranch life example bad weather, mountains, rivers, bears, etc.</p><p>Quarter horses sure are easy to get a long with compared to hotter breeds.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Horse Guy, post: 393397, member: 5753"] Well if you got a horse that can buck really good and who bucks everytime. Take it to a rough stock contractor. Bucking horses are worth money. Like I took it as a personal challenge, plus this horse is the most perfectly built horse I have ever owned. Well except for the double swirl on his forehead and smallish eyes. But you cant go by looks. I have another horse who has a double swirl and pig eys. He just looks all bronc. I thought he would be a bronc. He bucks out in the pasture all the time just for fun. Swaps ends and the whole nine yards. But he never bucked once when I started him. But that one bronc I was talking about before. I sure learned a lot from that horse. But two years later he is still just a so-so horse and I have tons of time in him. He doesnt buck hard anymore but he just bucks enough that I wouldnt try to sell him to somebody. Honestly I think that horse is going to buck a certain amount the rest of his life. He isnt mean. He just has the urge to do his thing. Eventually my plan is to make him into a top horse. But when I think of the time I have in him right now and where he is in his training, well he would have been worth a lot more two years ago as a bucking horse. He sure is fast though. He could be a heck of a barrel horse some day. He is without a doubt the fastest horse I have ever been on. This horse isnt/wasnt mean either. He is/ was always the first horse to meet me at the gate. I had his half brother and he was a bronc to but he didnt buck as hard. He was different. He could buck with his head up. He only did it every now and then which made him kind of tricky, example when you got to the top of the jump you could lift up on the rein all you wanted sometimes and there was nothing there. You had to keep the rein in your free hand as well to take the slack out the first time he brought his head up. Once his head was up he wouldnt pull the rein away from you he would just keep bucking with his head up. But he didnt buck near as hard as the other one. He didnt have the rear out or the drop as this one though. He always bucked the same easy pattern to. Same stride/buck everytime, nothing dramatic. Behind though both horses kicked out nice / sounds like someone swinging a baseball bat by your head when your riding them. But his brother was a nice horse to give you confidence on. Was so easy to get in time with you could put on a nice show. Getting old sucks, I love bucking horses. They make you appreciate the easy ones! But I have started quite a few colts and really those two where the only ones that were really what I would call bucking horses because they bucked everytime you rode them and they put effort into it. But any colt will buck/ bolt if the circumstances are right. Example miles from home and you jump a herd of elk. Or your loping along and a pheasent flys up when you almost step on them. Takes a while for a colt to get used to ranch life if he has any life in him in the first place. See the problem with taking colts to trainers to start them is most trainers juast ride in an arena or on some 1/4 section somewhere. It doesnt really prepare the colt for ranch life example bad weather, mountains, rivers, bears, etc. Quarter horses sure are easy to get a long with compared to hotter breeds. [/QUOTE]
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