Devil His Due Babies

[FineAlready]

[QUOTE=Las Olas;4564075]
They don’t know for sure, but it appears to be a genetic predisposition, not for cribbing itself, but for nervous/habitual behavior that can manifest itself as cribbing. A bit like alcoholism/drug abuse in humans. I have a cribber (that Pinkdiamond used to pony at TTC) who had never been anywhere near a cribber (I had never owned one, and I didn’t have horses along my property line) that figured it out herself. It took her about 4 months to go from setting her teeth, to pulling and then one day she sucked air. Her dam didn’t crib but her sire did (who she obviously never met). She now raises all of my foals, and none of them have ever picked it up. None of my broodmares crib and I haven’t bred to cribbing sires.[/QUOTE]

VERY interesting. My Devil His Due baby, as I mentioned, does not crib, BUT he did start doing a head jerk/nose twitch thing a while back when we were in a boarding situation that was very stressful for him. It pretty much completely subsided when we moved (within a week of moving). It resurfaces briefly now and then if something exciting or upsetting happens.

[tbmorgan]

Just saw this thread and my ear pricked up! I “discovered” Devil His Due a while back, because his sire was one of my absolute favorites back in the day. I always thought Devil’s Bag was just gorgeous, and I like that solid, compact build.

Funny about the cribbing…my rescue horse, Nickel, is a cribber (I heartily wish he weren’t, but what am I gonna do…he’s a keeper, regardless) and my Amos is a total busybody who is always in everyone else’s business, very orally fixated and constantly into mischief. My guys are turned out 24/7 and their paddocks are fenced in electrobraid, so the only place Nickel can crib is on the gate, or when I temporarily stick him in the round pen for whatever reason. Amos is a very relaxed, happy camper out in his paddock, but he watches Nickel diligently, and just recently I’ve caught him biting the paddock gate a couple of times. I growled at him, and he turned and looked at me like “What?” but he stopped. I can just see him teaching himself to crib, just for giggles, because that would be an Amos-like thing to do for amusement. He’s certainly not stressed! Grrrr…

Katja

[HelenC]

My mare Stella is by Devil His Due out of Midnight Oil and I’m sooo glad to see this thread! She raced at Laurel and her JC name American Doll. Her trainer gave her to me after realizing that she wanted to be a pet and not a racehorse.
It’s been great reading about everyone else’s horses because mine is so similar. She’s about 16 hands and dark bay like her daddy. She’s very laid back and a total doll. She’s also very pretty if I say so myself.

She also does crib a little. It’s not too bad but she is persistant with it. Unfortunately last month she had a bilaterial faciamoty (sp?) of her hind suspensories. She’s handling recovery well and the surgeon was happy with his work so I’m hoping to be back to work June/July. She’s not going anywhere and my goal is to do a Training 3 Day with her which should be doable. We’re taking it one day at a time.

When I first got her I did a little research on DHD and found this link on YouTube. It’s the 1993 Pimilio Special and shows our boy smoking the field. He’s amazing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTuPNqnlzHg

[ravenclaw]

I visited Margaux Farm in 2008. Devil His Due had a nice temperament and the stallion manager said he was easy to handle and work with. On the other hand, Cryptoclearance seemed to be edgier and more of a handful. He didn’t seem nasty, but not as easy as Devil His Due.

[Windswept_Farm]

I think its awesome to see that Devil His Due has such a big fan club. I just heard today that one of his sons (Buckle Down Ben) is coming to Indiana to stand. On another note, I have been looking for another DHD mare to add to the broodie band for a couple years. If anyone comes across one I would love to hear about it!

[KBEquine]

I hope Ben is well supported in Indiana - I always liked him while he was here in PA.

[Lori_B]

I’m about 8 years late to this party, but I’ve been leasing a Devil His Due son named Pop’s Boy (we call him Jack) for 2 years, and I think he is really awesome. He has that stocky build, very dark bay, about 16hh, he’s very smart, likes his job, cribs, and is a good egg. Hates to be groomed, and is a bit of a pill to other horses, but really a blast otherwise. We trail ride, dressage, little jumps, he’s about 15 now, but had 49 starts when he raced.

[LaurieB]

Since this thread came back up, I’ll just mention that we have horses at Margaux Farm (now under different ownership) and every so often I see Devil His Due running around his pasture and showing off that he’s still got it. He’ll turn 28 next year.

[cloudyandcallie]

I know the breeder of Devil His Due.
Never had one of the foals though.

[Lori_B]

Stallions are often not so long-lived. It’s nice to hear DHD is still in good health and sassy.

[gumtree]

A timely article in the Blood-Horse. Also goes to show based on what’s been written in this thread people should throw stallions under the bus based on “sins of their fathers”. Halo was a real SOB to work with/handle.

http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/218213/the-devil-you-say

[ASB_Stars]

[QUOTE=gumtree;8968157]
A timely article in the Blood-Horse. Also goes to show based on what’s been written in this thread people should throw stallions under the bus based on “sins of their fathers”. Halo was a real SOB to work with/handle.

http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/218213/the-devil-you-say[/QUOTE]

OK. I’ll bite. I’ve had wonderful easy stallions, and one bastard. What made Halo so bad, or rather, what were the issues that they had to deal with?

[gumtree]

ABS Stars, (can’t quote right now the forum is having issues)

Heck if I know. I know do he was a tough one. His trainer was a personal friend. I had discussions with the stud grooms about his demeanor. There have been a number of top stallion and unknowns that were borderline dangerous.

I would bet every syco has/had perfectly well adjusted siblings and or parents.

[ASB_Stars]

Well, Gumtree, I knew an ASB stud who had been abused when younger, and as an older horse, had to be led with two people- one with a shank on each side to keep him off of the other guy. I’ve seen studs who had to be caught in their stalls with a pole with a hook on it, to grab onto their halter- that was a TB. So, I was just curious as to what measures had to be taken to deal with this guy. I am always amazed when they go bad.

[nelson]

I am at Margaux a few times a year, and I usually see Devil His Due in his paddock when I am there. I have a photo of him standing in his paddock that I took in April, 2016, but I cannot figure out how to post it here. If anyone wants to see if, just PM me and I’ll gladly send it to you.