I have an OTTB who while eating lifts one foot up and flexes at the knee, holding it in the air. He is well balanced and alternates which hoof it is : ) A friend saw this one day and asked about his bloodlines, saying that a well-recognized TB stallion is/was known for it, and passing it down! Does anyone know who the stud is?
I’ve known SEVERAL In Case progeny that do the “flamingo” while eating or as just a nervous habit.
My OTTB gelding does the same thing, but he’s a Fabulous Frolic horse.
I have an appendix QH who does this at feeding time, or if he is stressing and wants a human to do something about it-he bows his head down to the ground and lifts his right front, and somehow makes it look like his eyes are going to bug clean out of his head.
I assumed someone had taught him, or tried to teach him to bow???
I worked at a camp with 2 horses that did this, one was a TB mare (don’t know her bloodlines) the other a little buckskin QH. But they lived together all year and he was completely enamoured of her so perhaps he adopted the behavior :lol: Take a bite, lift foot, when done chewing, take another bite and switch feet, rinse, repeat :lol:
I have a TB cross mare by Capote’s Promise that does this. She has done it since she was a foal.
My purebred Trakehner broodmare does this all the time, also specifically at feeding time. I didn’t realize she had so much company out there. Thought the horse was majorly lame a few times in the first few days I had her - she REALLY cranks that hoof up there.
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I’ve known SEVERAL In Case progeny that do the “flamingo” while eating or as just a nervous habit.[/QUOTE]
Yep, my In Case filly did the same thing… too bad she couldnt run. :winkgrin:
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Yep, my In Case filly did the same thing… too bad she couldnt run. :winkgrin:[/QUOTE]
Oh the few I know couldn’t run either!!! The one though was a SUPER horse and was the best jumper I’ve ridden in years. He went to be vetted down in VA and the vet put him in a round pen and decided he was going to try to jump out of the round pen…vet decided it wasn’t good to try to free lunge him in there after that…
The only stallion I know who was “famous” for holding a front leg up was Your Host, and that was because he had severely injured it racing. Could that be the one?
My Oh Say (by Hoist the Flag) gelding does that all the time. 
My 25 y.o. OTTB has ALWAYS done that at feeding… and he’s by Umin (regional Texas sire). I think it’s a protective “stay away, it’s my food” thing.
My TB stallion does this, as does my old TB broodmare. Not related.
Jennifer
