Obviously I’m … pooping?
Feb 26 2010
Happy Friday! I’m super busy but I had to share this one! Here is the ad.
#1 – Really, you couldn’t have waited two minutes to take the picture?
#2 – That’s not a halter horse butt, but I see he did get the halter horse post legs.
#3 – I know his neck is set on low, but a fat “nest” does not make for a pretty western pleasure horse. You might want to pick up a QH Journal and compare those pictures to your horse. One of these things is not like the other!
#4 – Whoever crossed the Obvious Conclusion son on a Hancock bred mare…I hope you learned from your mistake. This could be described as the worst of both worlds. Except that he does have a cute face – I’ll give you that.
#5 – Again, people, if you’re standing it at stud, you can’t spend a little time actually grooming it, and maybe pose it somewhere with less livestock in the background?
I suspect he’s a nice boy. He just has that “I’m a nice boy” look on his face, and nothing about his stance or expression leads me to believe his handler’s in any danger of being eaten for lunch. But this is yet another one that needs to be a much-loved open show gelding, not a breeding stallion!
Oh, and folks? It is just tacky to have a Free Dogs Page on your web site and claim you don’t have time for them when you apparently DO have time to breed horses willy-nilly. C’mon. Lame.
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#6 – If your stallion’s ears rub on your belt buckle when you ride him, it’s a hint that he’s got a mighty short neck or that you are using the wrong lens on your camera. Cute horse as a 4-H or open show gelding. I could see him packing a happy youth around the ring, but him mounting one of my mares? Never! As a breeding stallion, he’s a poster child of several resons why horses with his conformation need not be passing them on. Ride him, show him, love him, but don’t breed him.
Hi Fugs, You’ve nailed it. Despite being so ugly that I should be shocked, this horse is actually really appealing. He’d make a great gelding for my daughter. I really do hope that one day they geld him, and that he goes on to make someone very happy. That isn’t very likely, but one can hope.
I so agree with you! He’s a train wreck, but there is something just so cute about his face! I think he would make a darling gelding who would probably put up with a lot. But there is absolutely NO WAY he should be making more of himself!
Also if you are breeding for halter babies you arent looking to breed your mare in may to august….you want them on the ground as close to january 1st as you can get them depending on weather conditions in your area but well, who am I kidding? Any one breeding to johnny boy here isnt really breeding for a halter baby
I bet he would make a cute little pleasure pony for some one. Looks like a “packer” if you know what I mean!
Wait… I thought he was an arab… you mean he’s not??? OMG…
Really… QH?? really.. I seriously thought polish bred arab.. OLD arab…
And if he is a red dun.. I am a grandma.. and having no kids, that would be a miracle…
he looks like a strawberry roan.. or roanish looking arab…
WOW… and I always do well in the Horse and Rider conformation test..
Um… can some one take him.. geld him and turn him into a nice quiet gelding.. before he passes on anything to offspring??@!!! PLEASEW
ewwwww
I thought so, too!
This looks like the ancient, so-ugly-he was cute gelding I learned to ride on! He had bigger feet, uglier face, and was all withers and long neck. He knew every trick in the book, could bend in a U (and trot that way, until I learned how to work the front and rear end… what a great horse to learn on!)
I was so disillusioned to learn he was half-arab , half-andalusian. That should have been a magickal combination? He was good example of not mixing apples and oranges. It was like he’d inherited all the wrong parts!
I miss him though.
YAAAAYYYYY!!!!!
Sorry, I love conformation critiques.
Want to add.. the buckskin stallion… is only 75% buckskin…. UM.. what is the other part??
I’m voting for goat!
Would that be a “buttheaded nanne.”? (Also from the website)
WTF is in the background behind him? Llmas? Alpacas? Goats? They look like they have better confo! :O)
Unfortunately that is my normal answer to “I have got a quarter horse….what’s the other three quarters…goat?
Honestly, I thought $400.00 was his sale price!
My guess is that percentage relates to the NFQHA registration. As in, this wonder stallion has 75% foundation lines as determined by his pedigree and the formula NFQHA uses. I own a mare with this registration – she is 96% percent foundation lines. But yeah, the way they state it, would not lead to believe that’s the deal……of course I could be completely wrong….and Cathy could be completely right……though…my vote…is more of the Hippo persuasion…just based on the nest.
NFQHA requires 80% for registration. Sadly, I think they honestly believe that percentage of buckskin matters.
Or they got the percentage report from NFQHA, noting the percentage, and think it’s his registration. I do know breeders who have gotten those percentages, thought the horse doesn’t qualify – so they can appeal to “foundation breeders”.
Quick! Someone save this mare before she ends up as the prize broodmare of some BYB. She’s accomplished absolutely nothing, is hard to handle, and is perlino. It’s a trifecta!
http://seattle.craigslist.org/sno/grd/1615101512.html
What a fabulous photo.
I could use it as an example of what not to look for when choosing a sire.
I love how that they “Would like Someone with Kids or and Elderly couple to take them” and then list dogs that are double listed as skittish (see ‘Ella’). I think I might be okay with Tigger going to a family with older kids but I’ve never known skittish dogs to do well with the elderly. Maybe an *older* couple with empty nest syndrome but I think of my guy’s grandparents who are in their mid/upper 80′s, clearly “elderly”, there is no way they could care for one.
The poor grammar, missing words, and inconsistent capitalization on that site makes me cringe.
The poop is there, right behind him. He is cute, but oh dear. I think this is one of those moments when a 3/4 shot from the front might have been helpful.
He does have a decent shoulder and a long forearm. He’s clean and looks happy.
His halter doesn’t fit, and it’s not neatly buckled. Oh well, it’s all in the details.
Fug, I’m curious how to understand which bloodlines would compliment one another (or definitely NOT compliment one another). I recently bought a foundation QH mare, and am learning about foundation bloodlines – can you explain about your comment re: breeding an Obvious Conclusion son to a Hancock mare? Aside from the fact that the breeders are perpetuating Impressive bloodlines… I don’t know what the HYPP status of Obvious Conclusion or this horse’s sire is.
This particular horse is HYPP N/N, so that is a non-issue. Nothing wrong with that bloodline as long as it’s N/N.
Anytime you breed two animals, you should have a goal in mind. Hancock horses are known for being tough-minded, not necessarily super pretty but great cow horses if you can get along with them. They’re your typical working ranch horse. Good bone, good feet, if you can get them broke without them breaking you (they are known to have a buck), they’ll work hard for 20 years and probably never take a lame step.
Obvious Conclusion, OTOH, is a halter horse line known for big muscles, pretty heads, long backs and often little halter-horse feet.
Crossing these two things together seems to have resulted in the halter horse head on the end of a Hancock neck, the halter horse post legs and small feet, but not the halter horse hip, among other things. The end result is Frankenhorse – a horse that looks like he was created of spare parts put together with no goal in mind. Now you have something that might very well have the great selling point of the Hancock line – the cow sense – but it’s not on a good enough set of legs and feet to do the work and hold up.
I was trying to find pictures of the two grandsires to illustrate the difference, but I came upon this son of Hotshot Hancock, and promptly went blind.
http://www.timberwolfranch.com/standingstud/hancockcowboy.htm
I’m sorry, but seriously…wtf is that?
Not sure what it is but the ass looks like two toothpicks holding up a watermelon
Um, it is an apparently non extinct Brontosaurus???? No, ok maybe a bull dog with back problems?
No? Well, I tried.
But really? Wow, look at his back!
You KNOW that one is a stallion just because it is loud colored. There cannot be a single other explanation for it.
I agree with you 100%. I have a very flasy, well built (if nt a little long), 15.2 hand Paint mare that I love to death. Great personality, good work ethic, super smart undersaddle, but I will not breed her. Did I mention flasy, minimal white (4 stockings, little white tail, nike splash on withers, star on forehead) dark mahogany bay, just really pretty. Why won’t I breed her? She has djd and bone/bog spavin (yes, both genetic disease). Although I know if bred to the right stud she would have a really nice foal, I also know she will pass on that defect and I just don’t want to chance it, so she will never be bred.
That appears to be another bloodline matching fail. Why would anyone cross Hancock with running lines?
I’m hoping it’s just a bad Photoshop job?
It’s definitely not the first time we’ve seen a photoshopped ass on here (yes, all lame puns intended). I actually think his loud color only highlights his Salvador Dali-esque conformation. Perhaps if they took the photo in the dead of night and painted him a solid black, he wouldn’t look like a deformed love child of a brahma bull and a dromedary camel.
There used to be a loud BW paint stallion that came to some local shows…..crookedest set of legs, over at the knee, cowhocked thing I had ever seen……and he placed all the time. If you had painted him brown, he would have been bucketed at birth.
Holy crap… yeah, I see. I had looked at Obvious Conclusion and right away thought, “Oh, a HYPP horse…”, so I definitely see what you mean now about Halter + Hancock = ???. Even without the HYPP positive status (thank God), the weird rear end and post legs with the long body & terrible neck (along with that crazyass roller-coaster back Paint!) are definitely bizarre. My mare is a tad downhill and has to be carefully shod in order to help her hooves grow out a bit, as they are a little too small for her stocky body, but she isn’t nearly as bad as these guys.
[Plus I'm not breeding her in my backyard just because I luv her soooo much!]
Hancocks are known for their speed, size, strength, and day-long toughness. These days, most of the Hancock horses you’ll see are from ranch production sales, and the breeders love to drone on and on about their roan color percentages, and how many times you can find Blue Valentine in a pedigree, and all the same crazy bullshit the color breeders go on about. Conformation, by other standards, is almost a naughty word. Pretty heads are not commonplace. Particularly, with all the linebreeding, drafty heads are the norm. Big bones and big feet are the norm. Roans are the norm, and come in some of the freakiest, coolest, roan colors under the sun.
As cow horses, you won’t find Hancock horses at the NCHA Futurity. You won’t find them at the NRCHA Snaffle Bit futurity. Hancocks aren’t the weapon of choice winning the weekend cuttings in Texas and Oklahoma. Cutters don’t ride them; they’ll be on a High Brow Cat, a Peptoboonsmal, a Dual Pep, and soforth. Actually, as cow horses, the only people riding Hancock horses are cowboys, and chances are, that’s because the outfit they’re riding for raises them. There’s a difference between cow horses and working ranch horses. Hancocks are the latter.
Hancocks excel in the roping arena, and have crossed well with some of the more contemporary performance lines to be part of – not the main ingredient – in many of the best rodeo horses today. They also seem to have gained a certain popularity with the folksy-folk natural horsemanship (NH) guys, since they look so doggone groovy with a Wade saddle on them, and the NH guys have a peculiar affinity (emulating Tm Dorrance) with the Wades. I think the NH guys have indirectly sold more Wades and got more people on big, drafty, foundation-bred, roan horses, than anyone could have imagined.
LOL, that’s pretty funny. Almost like a marketing partnership, huh?
There’s something to be said for a calm horse with size built for soundness (read: Hancocks, the Pocos, etc.), especially with so many of the NH clinic attendees not really asking much from their horse, other than chasing it in circles at the end of yards and yards of NH trainer-endorsed rope. Lord knows, those folks love rope. Rope halters, rope reins, rope, rope, and more rope – the only thing you’ll never see them use rope for is actual roping… which, ironically, is what all those Wade saddles they’re riding in were designed for. Between the old fashioned horses, a thousand yards of rope, chinks that will never see any sagebrush, and Wade saddles – just about any one of them could pose for a western postcard straight out of the horse trailer. If these middle aged ladies at the clinics bought into any more folksiness, they’d be wearing handlebar mustaches.
If GM could sell cars like the NH clinicians sell all the stuff they endorse, they never would have gone bankrupt. Talk about successful marketing.
When me and the husband went trail riding out west, the horse he rode was this tough, good minded, smart little Quarter Horse that was definitely that odd ‘Hancock roan’.
I regret that I never got around to asking if he was a Hancock, but I’d be surprised if he wasn’t…damn nice horse, either way.
Hmmmm – well, at least he does something! Says he is cutting trained. However, I was completely distracted by the fact that the profile of his body looks like a roller coaster!
Wow, what a crest on that horse! He looks like caricature or a cave painting of a horse with those curves.
http://www.artchive.com/artchive/c/cave/cave_painting_horse.jpg
It sez he’s 16 hands — but at which end?
I think you’re placing a little too much value on the name Hancock on this horse’s pedigree. Joe Hancock is way back there and this horse is not line-bred or in-bred Hancock at all. In all actuality, the horse is just as much *Halter* bred on the bottom as he is on top.
In case you missed it, his maternal bloodlines sport numerous Superior Halter horses. Hotshot Hancock produced multiple HALTER and performance horses, 5 ROMs and a Superior Halter Horse. If you look at Hotshot’s picture on All-breed, you might be surprised to realize he looks every inch as *haltery* as Obvious Conclusion.
Additionally Sizzlin Something(another Ggrandsire on the dam’s side) was also a Superior Halter and performance horse.
Unfortunately, the featured stallion’s faults are all to common in halter horse breeding. He might well look like an entirely different horse if he was fit up, pumped up and had his neck and shoulders sweated as much as most halter stallions do.
You didn’t really think those horses looked like that naturally did you?
And if by chance the horse is lucky enough to get cut and gets the chance to prove he would make a great little packer as so many people noted, that would be because of the rideability of his maternal bloodlines. He certainly would not be getting any great riding or temperment skills from his top bloodlines. I don’t think there is a rider in the bunch.
OMG they used the pooping pic for his pedigree page. Pitiful.
The girl who seems to have created the website is still in 4H. I never did 4H as a kid so I’m not sure when you age out of it but basically I understand this teenager (I’m assuming) has 3 freaking stallions. Are you kidding me??????
Hence the term: “Family Farm.”
Aw, he’s so fugly he’s cute! They do list him as HYPP N/N – cudos for testing, at least. Now only if there were a genetic test for Stallion vs. OMG GELD IT NOW. I’m afraid this one is OMG/OMG.
One of the dogs “Was trained to walk on a leash but hasn’t waked on one since she was about 6 mouths old.” Does that mean she’s been in her kennel ever since? I sure hope not.
They advertise their stallion with a pic of him pooping. Their email is skeeter7. In “About Us” they have a picture of a track hoe with the caption “We been cleanin’ up!”. I hear Dueling Banjos in the background…
…Squeal like a piggy!!!!!
At least his stallion ad picture isn’t of him breeding a mare (or a round bale) like many breeders of this ilk.
Some of the mares were just as bad and worse . . . just as important, in my opinion. These remind me of horses we road for trails growing up . . . fun but not breeding stock.
OT-Craislist mess! Cute little halflinger (sic) mare for sale, needs an upgrade. If anyone wants to see what a pig riding a piss-ant looks like, check out the first pic in the ad.
http://cincinnati.craigslist.org/grd/1619061190.html
OMG, what an adorable mare! She looks a lot like my Morgan — same face, heavier build, but cute cute cute. Someone go get her …
Ugh…poor little thing! She looks really cute! And look, they want to trade for for a registered QH or Paint – but mares only! Want to place bets on the backyard breeding they’re looking into???
I can’t stand it when people don’t know how to spell “AND.”
What a cutie! Man, if I had my own place and needed a lesson horse, I’d go get her this instant! I love having shorter horses for people to learn on, and she is seriously cute (you know that face would be suckering lots of love and treats). Aw, maybe someone lives near her and needs an adorable little mare for their lesson program or for their kids. ***Fingers crossed***
I just can’t see this horse actually being 15.3 hh. Maybe 14.3??
http://www.stallionsnow.com/stallion-ad-198752
Oh crap, they have three standing, here’s another!!! What’s a pleasure head?
I don’t know but he has the same hip as my old blind CBER rescue mare did!
I am going to point out things they are doing right (its already been pointed out what is wrong..)
1.) the stallion is AT LEAST N/N. (but he will make a cute N/N gelding!)
2.) at least they recognize that they do not have time for the dogs and are going to try to find them good homes before they start neglecting them and starving them to death so other people can find them and try to spend thousands rescuing them…..
True. And I am happy he is N/N.
This is not a good sign: “The farm also has critters of all kinds from goats to cats to dogs to birds. We even have foxes and deer that roa”
What exactly does roa mean? Ok, that may be TMI.
Maybe roa is hillbilly for run oway aghasted?
or they just didnt finish the sentence – roam around and breed with buckskins.
YOU are too funny, but the reality of this is sad and all too common. I mean foxes, WTF?
I have foxes too, but they are WILD ones!
OT Update on the Heydon idiots:
Sentencing set for March, 3. Jury finds each man not guilty of one count pertaining to the younger horse. Curtis Heydon found guilty of 10 counts. Craig Heydon found guilty of nine counts of animal cruelty. Geogia men found GUILTY!
Well, let’s hope they get the book thrown at them.
I’m sorry, I think he’s cute (not conformation wise), he looks like he would be a doll for some kids to pack around in the ring or trail. Hell, if she would geld him, I bet she would have kids begging for him. Love the face, but that NECK? Oh My!
…Why are they charging $300-$450/month for mare care where you have to provide all your own feed?
That just seems nuts to me. When I stood my boy (the one year I did via word of mouth), I charged $7/day if you brought your own feed and $10 a day if I provided it. Included all handling, 2x a day feeding, turning out, bringing in, stall cleaning, etc. I treated it like full care board.
of course they have a mini stallion, whose little front feet point east and west, of course they do. and i m sure a little mini mare is on the way. has it became damned law for every half-ass breeder to have a mini stud? and not just to have it, but to breed the crooked legged little critters! the decent legit breeders of minis have enough problems, i wish everyone else would just leave the the bitty guys alone and enjoy them as pets.
Right…
In the “Gallery” section – what is it exactly that she’s doing with that goat? In the “In Memory” section she talks about a goat that died – did it suffocate?
I know… meow!
He’s not as bad as this poor kid. Holy Hell is that an ugly colt. He’s not even two!
http://kurzinskispaints.webs.com/stallions.htm
Yep…Krazy Kolor breeder special. NO ONE would keep that a colt if it were sorrel!
Well I know they are saying QH for that creamello but for me it looks like an Akhel Teke and while I the Tekes that one isn’t my cup of tea.
Notice how they named him Thunderhead…Think they watched the Flicka movies one too many time? lol
I wish someone could explain this color gig to me. I don’t get the need for all the eye candy. Is there like Starbursts of utopia going off in peoples heads when they see spotted horses? Just another Fad that usually ends up as a train wreck of unwanted horses. It seems so shallow. God knows I’ve seen enough of them at the local auction.
I’ll take a horse with great conformation and exceptional movement any day over color. You won’t find these at the auction.
At first glance I would have sworn it was a drawing done by a 7 year old girl, or a cave painting. It just doesn’t look real. It looks like one of the thousands of pictures I drew for my mom of horses when I was in elementary school. I’m stressing out my dog by being so genuinely distressed that something like this is going to be passing on it’s genes. I’m sure it would make someone a nice gelding, probably one of those horses that’s great at being mostly in the pasture and ridden a few times a month for fun. Some little girl (who isn’t in competitions) would certainly love a horse like this to pretend is a unicorn and give kisses too… but adults are suppossed to look past the fantasy and see the reality.
I don’t know. He’s only 2. They can go through some weird awkward phases while growing. Though I agree it is a mistake to breed him until a) He’s done growing and filled in so you can see what he really looks like and b) He’s done a job and done it well.
Well, that’s one good argument for waiting – see what you have first!
But no. It’s another OMG-we-have-a-cremello person. I’d like to tie them to a chair and show them footage of palominos, buckskins and grullas going to slaughter – because it happens every day.
Either this web page was put together by a small child or someone who does not speak english as their native language. Did you notice it will cost you more to breed to the pencil necked cremello BABY horse, than it will to breed to the bay Tobiano? Not tht it matters… And did you see the mares page, the “this is my coming three year old show horse” who is still growing (fortunatetly, since she is as downhill as a luge course). I’m on a really slow wireless connection 50 miles from civilization or I would have looked at the entire train wreck – it was so hard to look away. Nice facilities though, at least from a distance…
Look ma, it’s a pygmy giraffe!
Regarding the link http://kurzinskispaints.webs.com/stallions.htm Geld Geld Geld!
I like that ” 8 year old bay tobiano stallion”. He looks like a calm old boy. He already looks like a gelding. Are they sure he’s entire? Geld him and he would make a great family pet. As for today’s featured photo – he *already* looks like a easy keeping gelding whose bad points wouldn’t stop him from being a kindly family mount. geld geld geld!
Wow… words defy me to explain that cremello “thing”… Seriously, that has got to be one of the ugliest equines I have ever had the misfortune of viewing. He looks like the “bad conformation ” picture in a textbook! His utter hideousness is matched only by THIS specimen:
http://kurzinskispaints.webs.com/forsale.htm
Gets my vote for Worst Pig Eye in history. Why do they even have this mare – they are not riding her? I am going to have nightmares now about what would emerge if they bred her to the above! AAAAIIIIIEEEEE!!!!!
I want to pinch his cheeks and feed him cookies. He simply does not look like a stallion. Oh well, one of these days I’ll have a homely gelding of my very own.
Whoever made those videos needs to write “less is more” and “I will not use every video effect known to mankind in one video ever again” at least one hundred times. I couldn’t watch a full minute of either because they are simply that craptacular.
Okay, I have to ask. It seems that halter bred = posty legs with teeny feet fairly often. Was a particular popular sire responsible for this, or did everyone just collectively lose their minds?
That’s a really good question. It can’t be anyone in particular…they are ALL afflicted with it. Soggy diaper butt on top of a set of “hocks that never see sunshine” as one person described it to me. It’s so gross. I don’t get it. I don’t get who ever pinned that first in a class and started this silliness.
I quit taking for the AQHA journal, but I was looking at last years Stallion edition and was again saddened by the legs on two thirds of the horses, especially the Halter horses. Just sad… I can understand why they are only halter horses though. There is no way those feet and legs would ever hold up to any kind of work, and it would be like riding a motocross course with no suspension on the motorcycle. Your spine and your teeth would never hold up to the experience.
Perhaps it started in the days when every halter handler would physically pick up and move their horses’ hind feet way up under their bellies – I assume this was supposed to indicate they could really work on their hind ends. Then someone realized that if they are really post-legged, you don’t have to move the legs to get the hocks under. Hey, kewl! Look how good my horse has his hocks under himself! Wow!
Again it’s time to blame the judges. Also the dingbat who decided a halter horse should have “dainty” hooves.
Long time lurker, first time posting! Even though this horse is def. not stallion quality, I think he’s a cutie! He not be stallion quality he sure could make a cute children’s show mount! He reminds me of an old lesson horse I used to ride at Bunker Stables in MN (in a good, sweetheart, friendly, kind of way=)
I forgot to add “as a gelding!!!” He deff needs to get cut!
haha, his dam is “Post Oak” that explains the legs! lol!
Also off topic, but I was browsing that stallion site…
http://www.stallionsnow.com/stallions.htm
One of this stallion’s selling points is that he has a mustache. No joke.
If they can tame those hair to curl up, he could have the “perfect handlebar mustache”…LOL That is just nasty looking.
http://www.kerrystallions.com/links.asp
So do their mares.
I’ve always thought the GV people were a little batshit…please tell me they get excited about equine facial hair. Can a stallion by homozygous for a good ‘stache?
That seriously made my night. Thanks!
That ‘tache is both impressive and creepy. Apparently, the GV people were not always batshit. Good bloodstock was imported, GV became a fad. People started importing and breeding crap, blinded by color and long manes. Same old story.
GV people actually were always a touch off from what I understand. What I’ve read and heard is that some American couple went over to Europe, saw this fat little spotted cob in somebody’s backyard, and had to have it. Then they brought a couple to the U.S., did an amazing marketing job, and convinced people they were worth mutliple thousands of dollars (and that you could make a fortune breeding some of your very own!) Europeans have often joked about how these colorful little cobs that were always cheap cart horses over there got imported to the U.S. where the krazy kolor krew decided they were the best thing since sliced bread.
Granted, I’ve heard they’re very very sweet horses with lovely kind temperaments, but they really are just fancy colored cobs with lots of hair that are a dime a dozen in Europe. The Americans who first spotted these furry wonders sure did an amazing marketing job though = )
OMG! A Stallion sportin’ a Pornstar!!!!
That image will haunt me…
I wonder how many of these hairy cobs simply have their manes roached in their native lands….
You may be right. maybe the GV’s with good cob conformation were more coincidental than deliberate. I love a classic cob myself, but I’m thinking of the old fashioned hunter cob and section B and D welsh cobs. People lose all perspective with color breeding. These cremellos I see on fugly are the worse – so many weedy conformations!
Gads…
Are we looking at the front or back of the horse? Either way, that’s butt ugly.
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How does that even work?
EWWWW. Oh my goodness. Imagine having to brush your horses lips. With a comb. Ugh.
I am never one to be demonstrative and yet this picture made me spew wine (what a waste of alcohol) AND laugh out loud and scare the cats! I just think that’s freaky weird.
One of the Gypsy horses at the MN Expo had a thick, short mustache, half black and half white. The owners waxed and curled the ends!
OK, that’s funny!
And why are we freaking not surprised!
WTF. is. that! Part stallion – part goat? And they want to breed that?????? Headdesk.
Seriously, looked again – his hair looks like Howard Stern`s.
wowser thats the first time i seen that!
OMG… Registry-sponsored Mustache Contests!
It’s been a joke for ages that people start to look like their dogs, but is this a case of horses starting to look like their owners?
My cob grows a noticeable mustache in the winter then sheds it in the spring. It is HYSTERICAL. I laugh every time i look at it. I’ve tried to get pictures of it because it is so silly looking, especially when he gets snow ball build up on it, but pictures just do not do it justice. His is kind of curly, and no where near that long, though. I’d totally have to braid it if he grew one that long, lol.
A horse with a FU MANCHU!!
Wow, April on their Mares page looks like she’s more 35 years old than 5… ick! And breeding grade mares… greaaaat. & A Sign Away’s stance screams LAME LAME LAME!!!!
Somebody once said to me “You know the quailty of a breeding farm on the quailty of thier geldings”. I’am at a lost for words.
Cute face on that boy, and I agree with everyone who thinks he’d be a super packer for some kid who would love him to death. Just needs to have certain unnecessary part removed! Then can someone rescue him and give him to a kid or a family of kids??? Heck, I’d like him in my backyard!
All I could think of while reading this post was this lolcat:
No actual poop in the picture, just a very expressive kitty.
Me too!!!
Such a classic.
The horse is even the right color.
A wonderful pic from the website link…..
http://7dstables.weebly.com/photo-gallery.html
Seriously???
GawD…scroll down to “Groaning Horse” video…nuff said.
Good grief. I thought at first glance of the picture that it was someone’s nice little 4H gelding before I started reading.
I’ll say it again…just because something has the junk to reproduce, does not mean it should. Kinda like Spandex pants. I know I can get into them, I just have no business what so ever doing so.
lmao Spandex pants
And speaking of Brontosaurus Stallion…
Did you all click on the Standing at stud and see the other “gem” of a stud…
UGGHHH. me needs biggumm draft horse type to breed to oter hoss!!
Him have head like Moose!! Neck like girraffe and withers like camel..
Make gud babee hosses!! yup.. yup..
ACK@@@Make them stop
http://www.timberwolfranch.com/standingstud/olympiajoe.htm
And not one single accomplishment other than siring more “kute kolored Krittters”. Is he even broken to ride?
*tries to do an extremely amateur critique* Tell me if I’m wrong. XD Hmm… he looks rather long to me and the neck looks short. I think he’s level and I think the shoulder’s okay… I dunno about the legs but the butt looks good. Am I even warm or should I give up?
Guh…and this…
http://portland.craigslist.org/clk/grd/1619200034.html
“Did not geld due to hubby being in Iraq and he hadnt seen the horse yet.”
HUH??? Really Lame. The armed forces allow picture attachments.
owners are idiots, but he’s actually not a bad little horse. If he wasn’t so far away I’d buy him and promptly geld him. I’m actually looking for a nice appy atm
and he does get a few bonus points for being an appy AND having a mane/tail LOL
“Did not geld due to hubby being in Iraq and he hadnt seen the horse yet”.
Hint: photos and videos can be emailed.
That Appy looks like a real nice horse. At least they don’t really push him as a stallion prospect, just stupid about gelding him sooner. Putting a non rider on his back to sit like a sack of potatoes to show the horse is gentle? Good touch. Geld him and he’ll be a bonus in any pasture. I fear some idiot will think he is a stallion prospect.
Okay.. I know this should be family friendly… but she looks like she is sitting on a “corn cob”… when riding english… but the cob aint where we usually say it should go…erhmmm ehem…
Nice pics of the flowers though and the boots
http://7dstables.weebly.com/photo-gallery.html
I think the problem is that she is “too big ” for the saddle. I am not saying it to be “catty” or mean, as I am “plus size” myself. I think that she would have a better position if her saddle had a larger seat. Just my theory, if I’m wrong let me know.
Okay, they not only are giving away three mixed-breed dogs that have apparently lived in barren pens their entire lives, they “bred” these beasties, who were born six months apart, and shall we bet, from the same “Lab” mix dam.
That’s some gooood animal husbandry there.
And two out of three with the infamous “once she warms up to you” disclaimer. Translation: “Bites on sight, but eventually stops.”
Did Anyone else happen to look t the other farm? http://sharispainthorses.weebly.com/
They are the Partner farm to 7D, looking at the pictures of that place made me wonder about some people.
There is a picture of a chicken standing on a bag, but from what I could see, the chicken was standing on a bag full of another dead chicken. Please someone tell me that I am wrong on that point
That’s what I thought too at first, but upon closer inspection it looks to be corn.
I’m more concerned about how ribby the mares are. Cute horses but could definitely stand to gain some weight.
I just cant believe that people actually go there, buy horses and not say anything about the state of the animals as well as thier pastures.
And why breed and breed and breed when u have no clue about proper breeding, and they lose foals constantly.
*Shakes head *
I thought this was going to be another “how to not pose your horse in a sale ad” lesson. I only wish it was… He is kinda cute and has an sweet face, but a stud? No, No, No, NO NO NONONO… Someone roll up a newspaper and hit these people on the nose with it, tell them they are bad, and make them go to their crate!
ROTFL. I wish.
Their ad says they are working on getting semen to ship…
I had this weird visual when I read that of someone having trouble loading it into the trailer…
Thats funny cause my visual was of little men in uniform being forced onto an aircraft carrier
Lol, this is so wrong…but I can just see them pouring the semen into an envelope, and then scratching their heads as they try to figure out why it keeps leaking out the corners…
In the defense of the owners there are several things going for them!
1)The horses look fat, sassy, and well taken care of
2)None of them are too fugly to ride and take to schooling shows for some fun!
3)Their oldest stud, is just that… OLD, but he looks like he could have been a cutie in his younger days with more muscle tone/shaping on him. Yes is rump is “araby” looking and not built for collection work, but obviously there is MUCH MUCH worse out there being bred
4)The mares aren’t exciting, nor would I breed them, but like with the older stud, there is much worse being bred out there.
They all look well loved, enjoyed, ridden, and frankly fun little horses! Provided temperaments were good they’d all make super cute little fun-show/4-H/lesson horses!
While they need to geld every last one of their studs, none of them are too horrendous to consider riding or even being cute little show horses!
I obviously don’t know where to find fugly studs on the internet, but here’s a nice looking guy who’s got color too! Can tell if his front legs are funky ‘cuz of the way he’s standing, and in one picture he looks a TAD nesty, but not in the rest, so maybe the one of him by the trailer is just a bad pic. Who would post bad pics of their stud though? Otherwise his conformation isn’t bad (imo!) and a decently priced stud fee. Out of curiosity to help my horse judging skills by picture, what else is potentially wrong w/ this stud? http://www.equine.com/stallions-at-stud/stallion-ad-841825.html Thanks in advance!
The first photo cinched the deal for me. In 2010, unless he’s running AAA at the track or an NFR roping champion, there’s no reason to tolerate such a common head on a breeding animal. Pretty heads have been available in AQHAs for many moons, now. It shouldn’t be a foreign concept. Getting past the head, his (short, high) croup and (bottom-muscled) neck aren’t exactly stellar.
There are so many stallions these days with the total package – looks, performance, and pedigree – there’s no reason to settle for common. If you imagined this horse as a sorrel, there’s nothing that makes him spectacular. Stallions should be spectacular, and there are plenty of spectacular geldings to show a stallion owner what spectacular looks and smells like. If your stud can’t hold his own with the good geldings, he doesn’t need to be a stallion. Mare owners shouldn’t be lured the direction of common, no matter what color it’s painted. Our ‘girls’ deserve better
Short disclaimer: I don’t think that horses like the above stud should reproduce.
However, I personally own a horse that pretty much everyone on this blog would have to say was fugly if they went by the books on build and conformation. Granted, she’s put together better than that stallion, but she’s still what most people would call a fat, fugly little cow horse. She toes out, she’s as long a freight train, and she’s got a, ahem, “solid” neck (translation: it’s fat and she’s got a thick throatlatch), and she’s the eminently undesirable hony height of 14.2 and 1/2 hh. Despite all of this, never, in the eight years I’ve owned her, has she taken a lame step (or had anyone call her ugly–all I ever hear is “precious”), she doesn’t have even the slightest hint of sway back (she’s 22 this year), and though she does look like a fat little cow horse, she was a pretty fun and successful little jumper for Pony Club and in the local shows. We mostly stuck to 3′ or 3’6″ cause she was getting on in years, but we came home with many a blue. Now, she never would have made it at the A shows, or the breed shows, but she was fantastic for someone like me only able to show locally (a “better” horse would have been a waste of talent in my hands at the time), and she held up a lot better than many of the better conformed horses I’ve met over the years doing the same thing we were.
I guess my main point is, that while it’s best to breed for the ideal, there are some really awesome non-perfect horses out there, and a lot of the time, they can stand up to the rigors of riding as easily as their more correct counter-parts, so it’s not exactly a tragedy if a few have babies (it IS a tragedy if they are having more babies than a) there are homes for and b) than more talented horses are, which is sadly, where we are at in this day and age). I mean, it really depends on the individual horse’s faults–things like post legs are a no-no–but a lot of conformation faults can be overcome with the appropriate training and career path, or mitigated by other conformational qualities. Yes, there are conformational ideals that we should try to adhere to when breeding, and we shouldn’t really be breeding a bunch of horses that don’t adhere to them, but conformation is more a predisposition to soundness or unsoundness than it is the determining factor. With the right use, a conformationally incorrect horse can be sounder than a beautifully conformed horse used badly–it’s a test of time.
Do I think this stallion should be bred? Not at all. If he was bred, do I think his offspring could make someone a great little horse? Absolutely. They may or may not (probably not) get the necessary training, but if they did, I’m sure that they’d make some little 4-H kid very happy.
Ah, but you’re saying “if a few of them” have babies. You know that won’t happen. It won’t be a few.
Here’s how I look at it:
We have a horse surplus. FACT.
Most people will choose pretty over fugly when it comes to purchasing something. FACT. This is proven daily in every industry. Those pink mini netbooks? They sell like hotcakes.
If pretty and fugly are the same price, this is particularly true. FACT.
The horse surplus and poor economy has driven down the price of nearly everything. FACT.
Many horseowners will eventually want to do something competitive with their horse(s) and therefore, a horse with the potential to excel at a competitive discipline is more appealing to them. FACT.
A well-bred horse with a pedigree full of show winners can be just as good for a family horse as a grade horse with scary conformation. Beauty and brains are NOT mutually exclusive. FACT.
Therefore, in this economy, it only makes sense to only breed pretty, show quality horses with pedigrees full of close-up winners. They have the widest range of potential buyers, and therefore the best chance of staying out of a kill pen.
I 100% agree. I’m not saying we need to make more of them. In fact, I think we should be making less of EVERYTHING. My main point is that the fuglies that are already here aren’t bad horses, or even unsalvageable for a performance career, which is a point that seems to get lost amid the snarking quite frequently. Sometimes it helps to be reminded of that.
I agree that the point shouldn’t be lost — there are few things so conformationally horrendous that they can’t work out well for something. I have met some very funny looking critters in polo that stayed sound for it!
Yep. Also, a great mind can make up for a lot of different faults, whereas a faulty mind in the best body ever is never going to be a pleasure to work with. I tend to be pretty circumspect when it comes to conformation. If it has a good mind and isn’t lame, I’m willing to own and ride a horse that isn’t the most perfect. I’m probably in the minority in that respect, but the reason for this is that I recognize that I don’t have the resources to ride at an international level, and therefore, I may as well not have a horse that can compete at that level. Until the day when there are no fugly horses (crossing fingers) or I’m rich enough to support my horse habit at the really big shows, I’m going to continue to compete on horses of lesser conformation. That’s just a personal philosophy, but so far it’s worked fine.
No, I don’t think you’re in the minority – I have owned/ridden many unattractive horses myself. For example, in polo no one cares if they have a hammerhead. But very few people go out to breed polo ponies – most simply pick up the 15-handers who flunk out off the track, because, duh, it’s about 10x more cost-effective than breeding them and having to wait 3 years to do anything with them. And I’ve played polo on a snaffle-bit futurity flunk-out, too – polo is kind of good for that because anything that is sane and not spooky can play low level arena polo.
But the economy is a mess, as we all know, and right now the buyer has all the power. In this particular economy, they have the best chance if they have it all – looks, brains and athletic potential – even if they don’t go to a home that will ever need/use that athletic potential. Even you are not buying horses like that spotted brontosaurus. You’re buying horses capable of local level competition. There’s this wide range of quality and the ones in the middle still have a chance but, boy, the ones on the low end are screwed unless they kiss up to the right person and get themselves a great home!
Yeah, the really low enders have it rough. I usually babysit the low end ones when I need a temporary companion. Then they get all the right vet care, but I can still give them back to their owners when the time comes;) What really sucks is that even some of the really nice horses are going to kill these days. Obviously some horses should still be reproducing or we wouldn’t have horses in the next generation, but it seems ridiculous to flood the market with horses that aren’t athletic, as you know. It’s so selfish to pump out a bunch of horses few people want to use, and even fewer want to actually socialize since their breeder usually drops the ball. What is the incentive? If it’s cuteness, then they DO grow up eventually, and stop being as cute, but still eat. A LOT. If it it’s money, good luck having that work out. If it’s just having horses around, why do they need to breed? I really don’t get it. Most people get into horses because they like to ride and work with horses, right? So where does breeding fit into this, unless you want to improve your breed so that future riding horses will be nicer? Is it just because it sounds trendy at parties to say you’re a horse breeder? I really wish I could understand.
There are some happy endings though. My local BYB breeds primarily for color, then for registration eligibility, and then for conformation and functionality. I’ve never seen a vet on her property. However, there was this one cute little palomino gelding that someone bought for about 500 dollars as a 2 year old. Two years later, I saw him on dreamhorse, sold, for a cool 20k.
Oh, it can be done. If you have a good eye, the auction IS the place to make money. You can find some 2 year old that’s barely halter broke and put the time into him and wind up making a profit – assuming you have training skills and the horse is not so parasite damaged that it dies despite your efforts. Unfortunately, I just recently saw the latter outcome with a friend of mine’s recent rescue and it just made me ill. They did everything they could – over $3K in the hole on vet – but too much parasite damage to save him. Super well bred, and I’d seen him as a foal and he was one of the most beautiful AQHA colts I’ve EVER seen.
Again, stop fucking breeding if you don’t have any money to provide proper care. It’s not that complicated. Sorry you don’t have any self-esteem and need to have it through your horses, but they have free therapy groups on Craigslist…look it up!
A free therapy group for BYB’s? That’s patently absurd. That sounds way too much like validating them.
What a shame about that colt. I hate it when horses, especially very nice young ones, end up in situations like the one he was clearly in before your friend. I really don’t think it’s about affording proper care like deworming, because dewormer is NOT expensive. I think it’s primarily that people don’t understand the seriousness of parasites. They think it’s one of those corners they can cut. Perhaps if we presented it as a way to save on feed bills? Because it does. If you deworm regularly, horses get A LOT more out of what you feed them. But then, if you don’t feed in the first place, I guess that wouldn’t matter much….
I’d like to think I have a good eye for picking horses with good bone structure. I’ve bought a few horses on the cheap that had… issues. With both their training and temporary health issues, but their conformation was pretty nice. I didn’t do it for the money (though that was nice), I did it because I can’t go look at a horse, know by looking that it’s going to end up in a can, and then not do anything if I am at all capable. My most recent is a OTTB mare who’s owner became unexpectedly unemployed. I’ve been putting some miles on her, and she’s been a total gem, but the most recent frustration is that one of her herd mates took a sudden disliking to her and started bullying her–nothing dangerous, but enough to stress her out. I thought it would be a temporary thing that they’d work out, as that is what usually happens, but after a week, she’d dropped quite a lot of weight and was back to where she was when I first got her, which makes me want to tear my hair out. She’s now eating by herself (which she seems to like actually–not exactly a social butterfly), and gaining it back quite quickly (thank you, fortified senior feed and timothy hay!). She’s not starving by any means, but I do feel bad about how things went down. I suppose I could have moved her on the first day, but I’m not clairvoyant, and my experience with horses is that these things usually resolve quickly. Sorry for the rant, I just needed to vent a little bit because I’m mad at myself.
Hi, Fugly, I’m a longtime reader. Don’t contribute, seems someone always says what I would have said so why add to the comments? I apologize for writing you off topic, but couldn’t find a direct way to contact you (might be ‘oldtimers’) I wonder if you or your readers have heard of Rescue Horse Alliance? It’s NOT a 501c3, but purports to be rescuing horses in Washington State. They’re looking for donations now, and I didn’t get much from them when asking for the names of their principals, references, etc. They told me of a newspaper that was giving them free Ads and provided a link to what looked like a classified ad they wrote promoting their group. Wierd. Anyway, if anyone knows anything about them, I’d appreciate hearing about it!? Keep going girl, I enjoy your posts very much indeed!
I never heard a thing about them. Where are they advertising?
re: Horse Rescue Alliance) Their little ad was in something called “The Exchange”, and they are fundraising on Facebook. Asking people not to send “too much” money as they don’t need a lot of help, just some. Poster (who failed to identify self when asked or on their page) describes herself as determined never to say No to any animal in need. (Can’t have been doing it long….. we all have to say no sometimes). Well, I won’t be giving them a bump – she ignored my request for references from vet, farrier, or the law enforcement agencies she supposedly works with. Not sure they’re real but REALLY pumping it on FB. And of course, some people are offering to donate… sigh… Thanks anyway
So…… Can someone with an AQHA membership look up Im Impressive Flower’s show record? It says he is a grand reserve champion halter horse, and has three amateur wins and I just want to see how??? And with how many horses in the class! Obviously this girl does not know how to show halter, her video with the stallion proves it as she prances around barefoot and in shorts (oh so professional) dragging him behind her with arms flapping in the wind while she looks over his shoulder to stare at him. I have no words for her tactics on how she stops him or sets him up (that isn’t even considered setting a stock horse up) other then, hey! did you know that you CAN get lessons in showing a horse in halter the same as any other discipline and it usually only takes on lesson to learn how. Heck, you can WATCH an AQHA halter show and figure out what to do.
The riding video made me lol too. I always have something to say about english riders who put themselves into a western saddle and then ride the horse the same as they would if they were in an english saddle – never seen anyone do it opposite before. I know next to nothing about english other than this girl is doing it wrong. And in every thing I have seen of her riding (video and pics) she really, really needs to learn how to ride without that much rein. In almost all of the pictures she is really cranking on the horses’ mouths. Is she even holding onto them right? I have always used split reins myself… one of the pictures just looked… off. Maybe she should find nice homes for some of her horses and invest in lessons? The horse seems to have a really cute trot if she could ever figure out how to keep him in it… and you never see him canter.
Still when I look at this horse I can’t say that I don’t like him… as a gelding, packing some child or beginner around. He certainly is not my ideal horse, but he is cute and looks like he is good natured and very patient. Really, the same can be said about her other two stallions. I don’t not like them, I just don’t like that they have testicles. Would they suit my needs? No. Would I buy them for myself? Hm. Probably not. Would I like to see them gelded and with kids or beginners riding them? Yes, yes I would. I can’t really say the same about her mares though. The mare Ima Jessie Doc Bar is the best out of the bunch, and I put her in the same categories as the stallions – cute mare, not perfect but decent enough for someone not looking to show seriously, definitely not breeding quality. The mutt April though? Sheesh look at that shoulder!
AQHA Show Totals
DIV EXHIBITOR DESC WINS SHOWS PTS DESC WINS SHOWS PTS
OPEN N/A LAST SHOW : 08/19/1980
GRAND 34 N/A N/A RESERVE 17 N/A N/A
HALTER 59 71 73.0 GROUP 0 1 1.0
WS PLES 0 6 8.0 HUSADDLE 0 1 1.0
TOT PERF N/A N/A 9.0
Achievements
YEAR TYPE DESCRIPTION
1978 OPEN SUPERIOR HALTER
1977 OPEN WORLD SHOW 2 YR OLD STALLION 6th PLACE
Not sure who you looked up
but Im Impressive Flower has 2 open halter points and .5 amateur halter points, all earned as a yearling. That’s it.
Well, at least his pedigree has some points? Lol.
Ot but I just HAD to share this. LOL
This person has an ad begging for hay, AND another offering board. *eyeroll*
To top it all off they’re also offering a ford that “won’t drive†but the engine runs great!
http://edmonton.kijiji.ca/c-PostersOtherAds-W0QQUserIdZ12529721
Worth looking at just for the Ford ad:
“This is fully loaded Explorer with leather and all original, usual rust.. Engine runs great and has always started even if I could not plug it in. Drove it to work and after work it would not move forward or back. Someone said there is no oil in the transmission, not sure as it drove fine always before. Original wheels on it, 4×4 shifts great, windshield was new year ago. Would like $250.00. can be seen in Edmonton west end and Stony Plain rd. ”
Good to see it has original, usual rust – its the unusual rust that causes all the problems. Sounds like a well-maintained vehicle.
Honestly, I don’t see “begging for hay” anywhere in here. . . They are offering to pay, and it seems like they (like many others) underestimated their supply or the local seller ran short. This is happening everywhere, because the supply is short this year, and costs are up. Many people I know have asked around or even *gasp* posted an add looking for a new supplier. Then they purchased said hay, and some adjusted boarding rates, some ate the costs themselves, but funny enough, the *audacity* to post an add looking for a supplier didn’t affect the quality of care of their horses at all. Even boarded horses.
Likewise I know many farmers posting junk on Kijiji just to see if they can get someone to take it away; lol. Some make surprisingly half decent money at it.
OK, this is really effed up. I looked him up on APHA Plus, just for kicks and giggles. Well, there’s no horse under his registered name, so I looked his dam (which they say is a quarter horse but she’s by a paint) and she’s in there, but listed under her progeny, as the 2003 stallion is “Pine Oaks Fancy Roan.” Same sire, same dam, same birth year (and I highly doubt this was an embryo transfer horse) so this has to be him. Why would they lie about his name?!
On top of the other things mentioned, he is NOT a “red dun roan.” Nothing screams novice horse owner more than getting the colors wrong. He’s a sorrel with sabino roaning. Even his papers show this. He is listed as a sorrel solid with “white hair scattered through body.” He does not possess a dun gene OR a roaning gene.
He has no registered foals. His registration picture shows his nest clearly. Looks like the people who have him now have had him since birth but it looks like one family member recently transfered him to another family member–perhaps mother to daughter? Just guessing at this point, but perhaps daughter thinks it’s time to change his name, his color, and promote him at stud to pave their way to fame and fortune? *headdesk*
OK, hold on…Shari Harrelson is this poor stud’s breeder. See the breeding info page–directs you to Shari’s Paints. She’s standing his full brother!! http://sharispainthorses.weebly.com/skip-clu-skippy.html
He’s had one foal apparently, but it’s not registered, either….
is it just my monitor or does Skip Clu Skippy, described as “2002 APHA Chesnut Overo Stallion” look like a bay.
I did know of someone who advertised their stallion under an entirely different name than his registered name but (a) that person was a severe alcoholic and (b) the registered name was Okie Jewpauls Hope. Fortunately the horse got sold away from the drunk dude and I later found pictures of him jumping at a beautiful facility in California.
o_o That name… was the person who named the horse drunk too?
Wow, um… look at her mare page. This is obviously exactly what she’s going for. Even in a TWH X!
What is with the first sorrel stud’s hind legs? I was watching the bottom video, and it’s like… all the pushing power bleeds out behind him? I can’t articulate it, but there’s something weird about how he moves.
All of her animals, with the exception of the horse, have died at age 3 and under… o_O makes me wonder.
I feel so bad for this poor little guy.
http://rochester.craigslist.org/grd/1595115440.html
He reminds me of a pig.
Before I read the “standing this stud” part, I had assumed from first glance it was a pregnant mare who was just beginning to show… THE BELLY BULGE LIED TO ME! lol
Yeah. He doesn’t look unhealthy so I’m assuming it’s hay belly rather than worm belly, but I thought the same thing.
As with humans, fitness goes a long way to improve the look of your conformational type. He’d look better if he was in work – work would muscle up that butt and thin down that neck.
This is not the first time I have seen a sale picture with the horse holding his tail as if he is about to poop or pass gas. It always makes the horse look colicky. I just assume it’s somebody who has seen those stereotypical arabian pictures where they’d obviously just been running around and are now standing there with the tail in the air, head in the air, head perked, nostrils snorting, etc, and tried to replicate that the best way they knew how! ha! Who knows what these people are thinking when they choose their sale photos….
No, he’s actually pooping, look on the ground.
Not all halter horses have tiny feet and post legs. My former No. 1 Honor Roll AQHA/APHA gelding had size 2 feet. Appropriate for a 16.2 hand 1550 lb boy with a gorgeous head (my avatar). Broke to ride, too. He was a N/N grandson of Impressive. My WC Touchdown Kid son (N/H) has 00 feet and is the most sound, easy keeper I have. Go figure. Makes no sense to me either.
Great way to advertise your horses – show them fighting.
http://sharispainthorses.weebly.com/photo-gallery.html
This is the farm that the original farm recommends for visiting mares.
Well, I guess they had to prove his tail wasn’t deadened. They couldn’t wait two seconds till he was done??? Really?
And his name is misspelled in the title of the ad page. Advertising FAIL.
And I gotta quit clicking on those Craigslist links, they just tick me off.
I’ve looked at so many horsey trainwrecks now I can’t even tell if this mare’s hind end is good or not. Somebody help? Are her legs too light of bone? I’m looking for a dressage/maybe jumper eventually if I can get over my fear of flying.
http://www.canterusa.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1175:flee-aloft&catid=46:mi-canter-listings&directory=301
Look at that face–if I get that new job she just might have to come home with me. *crosses fingers* Dang, I mentioned it, so now I probably just jinxed myself.
I think she looks perfect for a “dressage/maybe jumping eventually” horse! Her front legs look very nice to me–no crookedness there. The back cannons look a little long in the picture (thus the “light of bone” impression) but ride her and get those gaskin muscles more developed, and I bet she’d lose that image. Plus her pastern angles look really nice, I bet even if her bone is a little light, you’d have no soundness problems doing dressage and amateur-level jumping. And her expression is so cute and willing–you should definitely go look at her!
I love the fact that the handler is barefoot in the halter video for their other stud, Im Impressive Flower.
Oh, cute face.. but iffy body, and a VERY unfortunate name for a horse. Obviously I’m Sizzlin’ ? Am I correct? OMGosh!
Not only do they breed fugly horses, how about a bunch of BYB MUTT dogs. Then we will dump them in an outdoor kennel with a crappy plastic dog house and NEVER take them out of the cage again. Now there are some fine people!
They don’t alter their MUTT dogs, they will never do it to the horses!
Just looked at the web site… She has horrible grammar; Me and ‘horse’s name… and then pictures of her cantering in a cheap Argentine saddle with HORRIBLE hands and equitation! Not to mention, oh yes I am, her weight… she should stick to western and save those pour horses backs! GIVE UP ENGLISH RIDING AND STICK TO BARREL RACING, it has no requirements of finesse or talent!
Well, it does if you want to do it RIGHT, like most things. But it’s true that your equitation isn’t judged and I’ve seen some scary excuses for riders whip around the barrels.
My favourite creative grammar is the section of her website where she says the horse is not being shown “due to I broke my leg”.
hmm, web site is down now.
No it’s not, just the free dog part.
Full disclosure: I sent a congratulatory email to skeeter and she wrote back to me, thinking I was Fugly. I wrote back and told her she should tell it to Fugly herself. Since that was several hours ago and she hasn’t seen fit to do so, here it is, starting at the top:
Honey, it’s not my blog. I was just letting you know that you’re famous now because THOUSANDS of horse lovers read the Fuglyblog. Cool, huh? Also, there’s no such thing as putting pictures on your website and having any rights over their use.
If you want to let Fugly know how you feel, register on the blog and tell her yourself.
While you’re at it, tell everybody why you are advertising your stallion (who needs to be a nice gelding) with a picture of him POOPING. Everyone wants to know.
Cheers,
Mari
—– Original Message —–
From: morgan zastawnik
I am responding to this email to inform you that you used a copyrighted image on your blog http://www.fuglyblog.com, under the heading “Obviously I’m … pooping?”. This original photograph was taken by myself and fixed in tangible form on Saturday, January 09, 2010. Your use of this image is without permission. I am requesting that you remove this and any images originating from 7dstables.weebly.com , from your web site. I am also requesting that remove/destroy any other electronic or hard copies that you possess. I further request that you desist from public display of these copyrighted images in future, without the express consent of 7D Stables or myself.
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Subject: FHOTD
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 22:56:58 -0500
Congratulations, you’ve made the Fugly blog with the picture of your cute, needs-to-be-a-gelding, POOPING stallion. Check it out:
http://www.fuglyblog.com/
I don’t understand the second mare on this page (or a few others):
http://7dstables.weebly.com/mares.html
Please tell me her head and neck were somehow accidentally enlarged in some freak photoshop mishap? Maybe I’m just tired, but the proportions look all wrong.
Also, maybe they hoped Sir Pooping would look like he had a nice tail in that stance? Maybe? No? Darn.
Ugh. Throw this one on the pile as well.
http://www.dreamhorse.com/show_horse.php?form_horse_id=1424323&share_this=Y
DAMN, those are some STRAIGHT pasterns! I don’t think that filly will hold up for LUNGELINE training, never mind riding. Are people simply BLIND!?!?!?
Ha ha, why am I not surprised that the horse is in Elmira.
“So…… Can someone with an AQHA membership look up Im Impressive Flower’s show record? It says he is a grand reserve champion halter horse, and has three amateur wins and I just want to see how???”
LOL, “HOW”-Paintedpony is to do what I did! If this wasn’t your mistake, then the people advertising Im Impressive Flower are using a different horse’s show record rather than the one for Im Impressive Flower (would not be the first time I’ve seen THAT done, which is why you should ALWAYS check with the relevant association to confirm show records when buying a horse.
The record I posted is for AQHA Impressive Flower, a 1975 Sorrel stallion, deceased!! AQHA 1092480, who was in fact a halter champion (record in above post). His picture is on Allbreed. Obviously not the same horse as the one in question. Wicked straight back end (Impressive show record. Sigh)!
Not sure what’s going on here in the picture, and really not sure I want to either. However, it appears to be a disaster begging to happen.
http://www.dreamhorse.com/show_horse.php?form_horse_id=1493259&share_this=Y
Seems to be a never ending supply of dumb.
http://portland.craigslist.org/clc/grd/1622063075.html
Here is another medium quality Stallion up for stud…..for FREE! That is just what we need…crappy stallions bred to crappy mares for free…now the BYBs don’t even have to scrape together a couple hundred dollars to put a fugly little foal on the ground. At least hes got a purdy color ::rolls eyes::
And they make such a big deal out of “triple registered.” For god’s sake, mine is triple registered and gonna be quadruple registered soon…it involves filling out a one-page form, sending 4 pictures and giving them your credit card #. It is not proof of anything. I am merely giving him access to more conveniently-located horseshows. It’s not like you have to take a test to get in!
Having only been in riding lessons for about 6 months, I’m not very good at judging conformation. Still, I’d like to draw attention to this website;
http://www.paintedquarterranch.com/Mares.htm
This looks like a KKB. Most of those mares are down-hill, blocky-headed (or maybe I’m just used to Arabians), straight-shouldered, and with no accomplishments. There are no good pictures of the 3 stallions, but no accomplishments are listed for them. Few horses have a guarantee that they lack genetic diseases. Here’s a 2008 filly: (I’m sorry, but I don’t know which codes show images.) (FHOTD in: Don’t put any code. I have to do it. Thx.)
hey, maybe that stallion doesn’t have such bad post legs. He’s just stretching a bit to unload that poop. Well, maybe not. The more I look at the picture, the more I like him AS A GELDING… He looks kind.
A day late, but I just keep looking at this photo of Stallion (Pooping) and wondering, WTF? I mean, it was one thing, once upon a time, when you had to pay for film and developing and you didn’t know if you’d gotten a good photo until AFTER the photo shoot and the pics were developed. But today? With digital cameras? I mean, I just don’t get it, and by “it” I mean this stallion photo and all the Craigslist and for sale photos that look like whomever put it up was down to their last two pixels and weren’t going to get out to the pixel store to get more before whatever non-deadline the photo had to be in by.
It’s bad enough so many can’t be bothered to scrape the mud off and find a halter that fits and photograph their horse against anything other than the stack o’ crap behind the barn. But geez, take two photos, why dontcha? Take three, take ten, and maybe there will be one that doesn’t immediately tell your prospective clients, “RUN AWAY!”?
The thing that gets me the most about this stud and the Silent Impressive stud that was posted by HammerHorses
the are BREEDING STOCK PAINTS!!! HellooOOO! When the horse market was spectacular, and you had a very nice horse, there may have been a reason to stand a breeding stock stallion.. but NOT today.. and they should be gelded, based on that alone, if you are a serious breeder.
Both gals also seem to try and hide the fact and make them look like AQHA studs in their ads.. that is really bugging me.
Thanks, I love your conformation critiqes, I’ve learned a lot from them, and they are funny.
Still, that’s not the worst of the impressive line, I think I’ve found a winner:
http://www.freewebs.com/kirtzingerquarterhorses/callmetardeeclu.htm
Not only guaranteed HYPP, but look at those post legs! The front pasterns are completely upright! At least he’s GBED negative, so you can have a live foal with a potentially lethal defect AND bad legs.
Scary stuff, as long as N/H horses can be registred, shown and bred from, there’s only going to be more of it: The judges favour muscle mass, that means the HYPP horses will win, and more HYPP horses will be bred from the winners. Banning registration of H/H horses is not going to stop this.
We’ll have to name this one Obviously Sad.
http://neworleans.craigslist.org/grd/1620387262.html
Gah…poor pony!