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About as good as they get!
Grizzly Bears, mountain lions, bull elk, bighorn sheep and more in the video.

Nice horse

Yeah that's a good one.

To bad the ears are short but many get along better with short ears.

Neat, but I live in cow country. We have known both a 5 and 12-year-old who succumbed to blow-ups with fine and trusted horses. The younger was even on lead when the event occurred. At a minimum, please helmet up those kids.

My own experience is that, on an almost annual basis, one will be dumped by the most trusted of steeds.

You need to ride better horses then.

Going to be some tears shed when he sells...see it too regularly at stock auctions...60-70 something year old horsemen selling a mount they've trained and trusted for several years...changes in their life dictate the sale of "the best horse I ever sat"

And of course there is a difference between being inexperienced and 'falling' off versus getting bucked off in an actual blow-up.



A tried and true horse won't blow-up on you.

Our then 14 year old broke her back last spring on being thrown.

A friend trains horses and riders, Em helps her with it. Providing a butt to
help acquire training time.

The horse was a Thoroughbred, the owner lied about it and hid its tendency
to go apeshit.

Lotta praying, a helicopter hospital transfer and he was released
after a day.

Almost total recovery, we all know how it could have been.


Come fall, same place, she saw a lady get thrown from a leased Throughbred.
Broken ribs, shoulder, coller bone, punctured lung.




Unfortunately, Em can't really ride anymore.
She can get on and ride, but she is scared the whole time and doesn't enjoy it.

Pictures of you on any horse don't seem to be loading.

Strange?


Yeah when they are solid and comfortable they simply don't "blow up".

May get annoyed with a rider who can't stay out of their mouth and can't sit in the middle.

Wouldn’t own a Tb on a dare.

Lol

Should clarify, a blow-up to me is a horse purposefully trying to buck your ass off.


I have a horse or two that are good horses but I sure as hell wouldn't let an inexperienced, or even a moderately experienced kid/adult ride them in open country.






The horse in the video is obviously a damn nice horse.

I have hunted on Tennessee Walkers, which were also trained to kneel when you get off, the Cadillac of hunting horses!

KB

Me too.

Eta; nice horse.

2015 model.

Prime of life for a well trained Mt horse.

Is that Star Valley Wyoming and surrounding area?

No.

Shoshone River and maybe Greybull River country.

I was in a group that had a Walker as the lead horse. He proceeded to step out and everything behind him had to go at a steady trot just to keep up with the SOB.

Wasn't a very relaxing ride for some of the less experienced in the group.

My family has been involved in Walking Horses since the early 70s. They are a great choice for a trail and pleasure horse. You just need to pick a suitable bloodline and they will have a good calm temperament. Looks like you've done well. Nice looking horse, and looks to be a good size.

Yeah.

Running gaited stock plus newbies on quater horses is sub optimal.

Walker bred mules bring it to a whole nother level for newbies stuck on quater horses.