pdj47 wrote:
HorseHawk wrote:
pdj47 wrote:
HorseHawk wrote:
I had a barrel mare that I firmly believe was nearsighted. I had to give her 1/2 cc of ace orally just to warm her up before her run. She would shy at distant objects no matter how many times you took her around them. She would wash out just warming her up before a run at a show from shying from anything & everything. I had hauled her extensively & always won money once she entered the arena & was running. As it seemed if she was running she didn't have time to look for spooks she did perfect. When going slow her nickname was Rickashay!...lol...



Many horses have sight problems...Just like people...Causes a lot of the shying & not wanting to cross water (depth perception)...You've seen these horses with white around the edges of their eye? Means they are gotche eyed....For example, an eye that has white at the top of the eye is pointed down & don't see in front of him well so he don't get to see well until it's right on top of something & causes the shying....combine a gotched eye & a hot bred horse & you have real problems..

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I would consider those types as farsighted. Mine was nearsighted & had a calm eye, but was very race line bred top & bottom. Very quick to react to something.


Thats where a lot of you folks problems come from...Hot bred horses that get very little work & fed to good...I'd love to convince just one of you to quit pretending to be Englishmen,get ya a good western saddle & a foundation bred QH ya might just go to enjoying your horses.These types of horses have much quieter dispositions & would do much better in your boarding environment....

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lol...you need to claify the type of Foundation bred horse you're fererring to. As some of them can also be quite hot. I've had & still have a few cutting bred Foundation Quarter Horses &some were too hot to cut cattle. Just because they're Foundation bred doesn't always mean they're calm, cool & collected...lol...

The horse above I was referring to was line bred Three Bars many times top & bottom. And even inbred to him on her Dam's side.I bought her as a 2 yr old & figure she got her problem from so much inbreeding to Three Bars.

In the evenings lots of times we would practice cutting cattle. She would out work all the guys ole roping horses that thought their horses were good cow bred horses. They used to say my mare must have had some cutting training before I got her, but I bought her just OTT...lol.
The only time I ever aced her was to warm her up at a show before my run. It didn't knock her out, but took the edge off her a little. By the time it was my turn to run, it had worn off. You could tell it had because she'd get skiddish again leading her back to the trailer after my run.

BTW, all the saddles I own are western & I'm hardly considered English acting...I think Texas is kinda South over yonder a ways from you..lol...