Here’s how I understand it
Own son or daughter really just means actually by that stallion. Like if they said own son of Secretariat, it means actually by Secretariat
But if they say son of Secretariat, they are just trying to sneak in fancy stallion names when they should actually be saying grandson or great grandson, etc.
At least this is how it was explained to me so it could be totally off lol
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around here the most used phrase in horse world seems to be “hold my beer, I will show you how to do That”
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Well, that is ridiculous!
But I never got an explanation at all and I have asked several times, sooo…
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Trail horse deluxe - Can’t canter
Ready to finish your way! - He put me in a cast
Looking for my unicorn - But only want to pay peanuts
Needs forever home - Cause I don’t want to
Needs his own person - bucked everyone off as a school horse
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Thanks for explaining that. I’ve always wondered what it meant.
Hmmm. I read someplace (or was I told ?) that “own son/daughter” means the horse is the only son/daughter from that stallion. So out of all his offspring, there was only one colt or filly. 
That sounded odd to me, unless it’s a young stallion just starting his breeding career.
No. “Own son” (or daughter) has been used by some in the Western riding disciplines forever, and means that the horse in question is by the stallion in question, not the only get of the stallion.
I’ve never understood why that term is used or needed. A son or daughter is a son or daughter.
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Since becoming more immersed in the western world, I hear the term “own son or daughter” quite frequently. I think it has become somewhat necessary because of the rather deceptive habit of saying that a horse is a such-and-such.
Example (Using mostly fake names): “Yeah, he’s a good lookin’ colt. He’s a Metallic Cat.”
The implication is the horse is sired by Metallic Cat.
But in reality, if you look at his AQHA papers, he’s by Ima Shiny Cat who’s sired by Heza Shiny Cat who’s sired by My Metallic Shine who’s (finally!) sired by Metallic Cat. 
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In the same vein “Poco Bueno on papers”. This means if you go back thirteen generations you can find Poco Bueno somewhere in the pedigree.
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'I’m posting this as Anonymous because my barn family is on here all the time" Like once they explain the situation no one in their barn family will have a clue who they are.
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always referring to or about horse or horse related as “horsey”. Once in a while fine but after a time it’s like talking baby-talk to your adult SO/Spouse.
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Yeah. My ApHC is “Dreamfinder” on his sire side (uh…great grandfather) and “Zips Chocolate Chip” on his dam’s side (um…great, GREAT grandfather). They’re basically the only horses’ names I can say that people might recognize in his pedigree. He’s definitely not an “own son” of either of them. I say he “goes back to Dreamfinder on the top and Zips Chocolate Chip on the bottom.”
On the topic of this thread, I look at horses that need to be “in a program” much the same as profiles on dating sites of men who are in the gym daily and then mountain climbing, white water rafting, and parachuting on the weekend when they’re not running marathons. That’s too much work for me. Pass. LOL.
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“Foot perfect”.
If I never read it again I’m okay with it.
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“Own son” or “own daughter” means that the son/daughter was bred by the owner of the stallion (or mare) in question. It is widely misused, just like half brother/sister is misused when “by the same sire” is the more correct description.
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