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Post by sallyandruby on Dec 29, 2006 22:21:16 GMT 1
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Post by Ryan&Dizzy on Dec 29, 2006 22:27:48 GMT 1
awww its beautiful! but that guy on it is no light wieght is he?
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Post by sallyandruby on Dec 29, 2006 22:29:40 GMT 1
i no i want him. cant really see the guy on him the pictures are tiny !!
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Post by fin on Dec 29, 2006 22:35:07 GMT 1
QHs are nearly always backed at 2, even in the UK. I'd hope the workload was kept fairly light--they are tremendously strong little chaps but if they're anything like mine it's possible to take advantage of their good nature  I do wish people had the patience to wait that extra year or so. Nice little horse though. Wish I had a spare 4k! |
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Post by beckie on Dec 29, 2006 22:35:18 GMT 1
 not good. don't like them backed that young. and he's expensive too!! |
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Post by fin on Dec 29, 2006 22:47:58 GMT 1
Not for a QH he isn't!!!!!
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Post by jo on Dec 29, 2006 22:52:53 GMT 1
breeding my dear, it's all in his breeding!
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Post by Caz on Dec 29, 2006 23:50:14 GMT 1
Echo what Finn said: Quarter Horses are backed normally at 2. As for price, generally they are quite expensive.
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Post by foxy on Dec 30, 2006 20:17:15 GMT 1
Can I asked what age your QH was backed at Finn?
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Post by kooky on Dec 30, 2006 20:21:22 GMT 1
A woman on my yard is backing her 23 month old ShireX at present, 'because he is big enough'. I am trying to hold my tongue as much as possible....
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Post by lindaandrascal on Dec 30, 2006 20:27:46 GMT 1
it might be "the done thing" to back them that young but its just asking for problems later.
When our shire x (dutch in our case) was 23months she was still VERY immature, in fact someone mistook her for a TB! I wouldnt have dreamed of backing her so young.
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Post by fin on Dec 30, 2006 20:38:42 GMT 1
Can I asked what age your QH was backed at Finn?
I don't know--I didn't get him til he was 8! He was broken English at first though so I'd hope it was at 3 or 4. But I don't know.
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Post by foxy on Dec 30, 2006 21:11:22 GMT 1
where did you get him from Finn?
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Post by SWUO on Dec 30, 2006 21:27:29 GMT 1
awww its beautiful! but that guy on it is no light wieght is he? Neither was Monty Roberts when he backed Shy Boy as an immature 3yr old straight from the wild  Far too gimicky for my liking...... |
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Post by fin on Dec 30, 2006 21:45:53 GMT 1
where did you get him from Finn?
A girl up in Yorkshire who bought him from his breeder. He'd been in training with Shane Borland when she got him I think. Why?
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not good. don't like them backed that young. and he's expensive too!!
Far too gimicky for my liking......
