Good Morning, I’m looking at a horse to possibly buy and was wondering if anyone knows his bloodlines, both good and bad. He will be used as a trail horse and ridden on the farm at home. Hopefully , I will be traveling out of town to see him in person this weekend. Any help would be greatly appreciated. His reg. Name is Gold Bold Moon.
http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/gold+bold+moon
Thanks..He is speed bred on the top side. I know his sire’s owners - he was used for high school rodeo and is QUIET and totally laid back.
Thank you very much. Quiet and laid back are words that I like to hear!
My friend used him in HS barrel and poles and often had to make people look as they wouldn’t believe he was a stallion. I believe he had been roped off of as well.
I’m not really interested in speed… I’m looking for a good laid back trail horse… good minded, no spook. Possibly do competitive rides on and just an all around good family horse to ride on our land. I have a few I’m looking at and he caught my eye. Any health issues that you know of with this guy?
The stallions lines are quite nice (IMO) lots of speed in there. Not really familiar with the mares, but I don’t see anything that I would watch out for in a negative sense. I would guess that this would be a fun horse to ride, just from his pedigree.
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I’m not really interested in speed… I’m looking for a good laid back trail horse… good minded, no spook. Possibly do competitive rides on and just an all around good family horse to ride on our land. I have a few I’m looking at and he caught my eye. Any health issues that you know of with this guy?[/QUOTE]
No health issues that I know of. I urge you to email the farm - they are great people and would be happy to answer your questions. I think she did just about everything with him.
Someone had an opps and bred brother and sister back in the 60’s…
Not that it matters that far back.
Nice, reliable breeding all around except for Top Moon, that had offspring all over in temperament, some nice ones, some squirrely ones, mentally busy, very active offspring, easily into all and everything.
We trained and owned several of both.
The good part, Top Moon crossed with most anything sensible tended to have most sensible offspring.
That one is crossed well to cover the sometimes quirky in the Top Moon.
Leo never hurt, even line/inbred Leo.
Like with any horse, you have to evaluate the individual.
The pedigree is just possibilities of what genes may have come thru and are expressed.
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Someone had an opps and bred brother and sister back in the 60’s…
Not that it matters that far back.[/QUOTE]
Doubt that was an oops. ;). A lot of breeders did that back in the day.
Looks like a nice all around type horse from what I know of the quarter horse lines.
I had a grandson of The Ole Man back in high school. We bought him as a rope horse that was having issues in the box (turns out he had some chiropractic issues). He had been ridden almost exclusively in arenas. We started trail riding him in the mountains. Within a year, he was one of the best trail horses to throw a leg over. I team penned on him, did a little break away roping, used him for 4-H fair one year, used him as a confidence buddy to haul colts and spent hundreds of hours on trails. I sold him to an adult novice who continued to trail ride him and love him. She even trail rode him by a game farm and was so proud that when he heard a rustle in the brush, he only stopped and looked as a rhino walked out, just on the other side of the fence!
He was a really good minded horse, really kind. His only real quirk was that he didn’t like being pastured alone, and would walk the fence. He was not herd bound and could be ridden away from the place without a flick of the ear, but he didn’t like being separated in the fields. The pasture that he fence walked did not even share a fence line with another horse field, so he may have been more content with a shared fence line.
He passed away a few years ago at around 30 years old. He continued to be an active trail horse up into his later 20s. I’ve heard of quite a few horses of that line that are healthy and long lived.
Thank you all for the helpful information! Unfortunately, when I contacted the seller to set up an appointment he had just been sold. Sounds like I missed out on a good horse!
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