Is this Legend or are certain TB lines known for being belligerent?

[Linny]

Tabasco Cat badly injured Jeff Lukas, he didn’t kill him. Also, TC was quite hot but he didn’t attack Jeff. He got loose and was clearly badly spooked and ran over poor Jeff.

Remember, when discussing any sire line that (especially once you are talking about a grandsire) you are discussing ONE individual horse within a pedigree. Because stallions have so many offspring, t’s easier to discuss their propensities but it’s often the case that since the foal is at the mare’s side for months that SHE is the influence for whether the foal is a dominant or submissive type.

Just like with show horses, there can be huge differences between how young race horses are trained and raised. That plays into their demeanor as does when (if) they were gelded.

Remember too that when a track person says a horse is tough, they might mean the type of mental toughness that makes a good competitive horse. (That kind of “tough” might translate into a very nice competitive jumper or eventer or even hunter. They are the ones that want to work and do well.) They might also mean a stubborn moron that simply has his notions about everything. The latter type can be a pain no matter what you want to do with them.

[Pristine]

My Robyn Dancer horse is sweet,smart,never rears and gets along great with everybody. He even tolerated a rooster that would stick his head in his feed bucket and start pecking away at his food. He would look upset and pin his ears but he never harmed the rooster who has been gone for awhile now. He has always been a gentleman around mares,visiting people,dogs,cats and cows. He has 5 crosses to Nearco and 10 to Man O War. My filly has 22 crosses to Man O’War is from the Blushing Groom sire line and has Northern Dancer twice from Nijinsky and The Minstrel. She tends to dominate him but not in a nasty way. Her mom was a dominant type mare with other horses but not people. I do not let my horses get away with bad behavior but I do not ever beat them. Her mom liked to paw frequently and she did also when her mom was alive but she never does it now. She does like to grab things in her mouth and swing them back and forth. She used to uproot weeds to play with but now she usually swings an empty bucket. Her mom never did that. Every horse is an individual and how they are treated and trained can bring out their best or worst qualities. Seabiscuit when Howard and Smith first got him was nasty because of the treatment he had received and they brought him back to being the sweet happy horse he had been before people beat on him. I recommend reading the book.