horses to train

young gun · Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 11:35 am Post subject: horses to train

a good friend of my dad's just stopped in to ask if i could train a couple of horses for him, a three year old and a five year old. said he would give me a three year old quarter / arab filly in trade. not sure if it is a good idea or not. guess i will have to go and see what i have to deal with. and how if he just wants them started or what.

kolanuraven · Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 11:40 am Post subject:

Just remember that old saying..." if it looks ( sounds) too good to be true....it usually is"

But then again, maybe not with this situation..........keep us posted

Choclab · Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 11:43 am Post subject:

I wouldn't do it for a half arab.....lol. Charge him 500 a head a month or maybe barter for some hay or good saddle. The horse market is in the shitter for unbroke horses right now..... specially' grade or mutt horses. He couldn't sell that horse if he tried, hell, he might not even be able to give it away. The market really sucks right now. Just my 2 cents

young gun · Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 1:58 pm Post subject:

yea i know the market is in the crapper took me a year to sell two good horses, They ended up going out west to work at a feedlot

young gun · Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 2:00 pm Post subject:

DUPLICATE POST

Triangle Bar · Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 2:01 pm Post subject:

You know the old saying "don't look a gift horse in the mouth..." Say what?

To heck with that! Look at the mouth, back, feet, and everything else that your going to get if you take on this job.

All the Best.

Blkbuckaroo · Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 5:34 pm Post subject:

YG,
Just thoght i'd chime in on this deal.Sounds like it could be a good deal either way,if like Choclab suggested you can get money to start these horses do that,it's bussiness,so i suspect if a guy can't sell good bred quarter horses he might think twice about feeding a grade horse.Having said that, a good horse like Triangle said is valuable also.Mabye put some time on this horse and sell him as a good trail horse or put him on some cows for a few months and take him to a ranch horse sell.Quarter/arabs are good to cross in my opinion,lots of stamina,athletic,cowy,nice conformation.Not as nice as a full quarter,but nice just the same.

Faster horses · Rancher Joined: 11 Feb 2005 Posts: 8948

I wouldn't want a QH/Arab, but thats just been my experience.

The most fair way to figure out what is what is to give your time a value and give the QH/Arab a value. Then charge your dad for the difference...
that is if you want the QH/Arab. REMEMBER CASH IS KING.

Unbroke horses aren't worth squat. It is what a horse can do that gives him a value. Older and wiser is what people are looking for in horses, for the most part.

Gentle is a pretty color.

Good luck and let us know what you decide.

Blkbuckaroo · Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 8:09 am Post subject:

I still like the cross,my horse that i ride is QTR/ARAB and she's freakin' awesome.Yeah i have straight quarters to but i prefer her.A good horse is a good horse by any other name.I'd take it if i was closer.I like the mutts,given a chance they usaually rise to the occasion.Seen a lotta' well bred quarter horses that did'nt ever amount to much with all the fancy breeding they could put on them.Depends on who's training them i guess.

young gun · Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 8:43 am Post subject:

I have also seen some supposedly well bred horses that didn't amount to much between the ears and conformation areas. my first horse i trained for myself was a qh/morgan, best damn horse i ever owned his heart was so big he would do anything i asked of him. sure do miss having him around, kept him as a stud and until he had a few daughter running around. now my kids have a great great granddaughter from him definitly not purebred but still a great horse for the kids her mama was a little on the small side so when i ride her my 6'3" frame look like a bear climbing a sapling Very Happy

Mrs.Greg · Rancher Joined: 09 Jan 2006 Posts: 5413 Location: Alberta

I like the cross,you can't find a horse with more heart then an Arab. My mare is Arab -morgan cross.I love her. Greg also has a soft spot in his heart for Arabs.

codymccue · Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 10:41 pm Post subject:

Judge that horse as an individual.Every one is different.Not all Scotsmen are cheap,not all Italians are gangsters,and not all Arabs are airheads.

any horse you can't use,brood mare or under saddle,is an expensive lawn ornament.

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