Who's your fancy moving OTTB by?

[Farosh]

Skip Trial! Really really pretty fancy moving babies in my experience.

My old trainer had a tb stallion by him that had a lot of fancy babies that had great careers in the hunters. I know at least one sold for 6 figs as a hunter. She picked him up out of a kill pen as a 3yo with 2 slab fractures in his knees. He ran really well until he got hurt so she bred him to some nice tb mares but they all came out slow but pretty and very fancy. Great personalities too. Wish I had some better pics of him and knew where to find ones of his offspring. Pics are him at age 3 and 22! He’s a super nice guy.

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@beowulf

Slew was almost always a movement killer if he didn’t come through AP Indy…

I had a beautifully moving mare with a huge step by Slew son Eastover Court, who was out of Heavenly Cause (Gray Dawn). She was Spend a Buck and Halo on bottom.

[Jexa]

@beowulf

Sorry for your loss, Jexa :no: {{hugs}}

I can tell you right off the page the reason for him being an incredible mover had a lot to do with his damside. Elocutionist was a very good mover, made very good movers too - seems to me any time you combined Gallant Man sire-side with Bold Ruler you got a very nice mover, if a bit funny looking. Funny thing is, we have a My Gallant (Gallant Man) gelding who is retired now, but always stopped people in his tracks as well. He is more springy than elastic, but his movement (especially the trot) always got top remarks in dressage. He was such an uphill mover that the more you kicked him on, the more uphill and slower he’d get - he made a terrible racehorse.

Tangent aside, T.V Lark + Cornish Prince are both touted (especially on this forum) as being good for sport.

That’s disappointing about Fairbanks, I don’t see as many as his get. The pedigree on Fairly Fuzzy – damside is not great for movement; Slew was almost always a movement killer if he didn’t come through AP Indy, and I have never been impressed with Gone West in terms of what he produced for sport. Can’t argue he produced top-class horses for racing, but if I had to have GW I’d want him far back, and not linebred.

Thanks, it has been incredibly difficult trying to cope with losing him. His trot was his best gait, but he had a lovely canter and that slinky, overstepping walk too. He practically collected himself, was an absolute blast to jump and had the biggest, quirkiest personality of any horse I’ve ever met. I often wondered how far he could’ve gone with a rider who actually knew what they were doing.

I wouldn’t make too many assumptions about Fairbanks based on my mare - she could be a fluke, and really I’m probably being unfair about her movement. It’s nothing I’d write home about, but it’s not bad, either. And she’s very green - I’m sure her gaits will improve with time. She just doesn’t move like Shadow did.

I will say despite being anxious by nature she is incredibly sensible about the craziest things. This is the mare that was in a trailer wreck where the trailer ended up on its side and she just couldn’t have handled it better. She was much more calm and reasonable about the whole thing than I was! Loose horses, packs of barking dogs, all manner of chaos just doesn’t phase her. Hacking out alone or just cantering are definitely still quite scary, however :lol:

[Pico_Banana]

@hoopoe

I predict that Justify will show up in the 3day and perhaps hunter ring in years to come.

Never have I seen a race TB that appeared to have a natural balance over the back that is so envied by dressage enthusiasts.

Just watch how he broke and appeared to have uphill balance and carriage that probably translated to stride efficiency and power.

it is hard to put to words, but when you know it and you see it in a race TB… he won those races in the first 5 strides with the beautiful body bio-mechanic

I totally agree. Equus has a really interesting article in the November edition that looks at Justify’s gait at the gallop. The author compares the gaits of American Pharoah, Justify, and Secretariat and talks about the “double transverse suspension” that Justify and Secretariat have, i.e., suspension not only after the hind leg leaves the ground but also after the front. It’s a fascinating article.

This link actually has the diagram comparing the three horses’ gaits.

https://www.pressreader.com/usa/equus/20181023/282016148281233

[ladipus]

Devil His Due , and Our Emblem

[gradytb]

My 7-year old gelding by Noble Causeway! The best mover I’ve ever owned, which isn’t saying a whole lot! But my dressage teacher saw him and instantly went WOW. It’s why, when I first saw him walk from the pasture to the round pen, he had me at the walk. Super chill, super sweet, 16.3 and as elegant as they come. His dam is by Honor Grades, by Danzig. But he has Seeking the Gold (sires side) and Devils Bag (dam side) on the distaff sides.

My other guy, same age, came from the same racing stable, is by Seeking the Best, and his dam is by Honour and Glory. BUT he’s 16.1 and moves kind of like a hackney pony This guy’s distaff sires are Summer Squall on the sire’s side and Mt. Livermore on the dam’s side.

They are polar opposites in personality. But both are super-sweet and really smart. The fabulous mover I hope to show as a hunter, and the other guy more as a jumper or even in dressage. I’d never taken a dressage lesson ever until I got him and it has not only improved him, I’m learning a whole new thing. At 61, it’s a blast!

[ParadoxFarm]

We should be posting pictures. I have been reading all the posts and would love to see pics. Here is my Giant’s Causeway baby. This was last year when he was five. Not the best picture, but I think he’s cute!

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[King_Creole]

This is our guy by Defrere (Deputy Minister). Plain bay, all legs, super cute mover and soooooo sensible. He’s green, but he’s game for anything and tries. We showed this past weekend and he was Champion in his 2’ division both days. We also had all four seasons this past weekend…80s on Friday when schooling, 40s and super windy when showing on Saturday and upper 50s no wind on Sunday. He handled it all wonderfully. [ATTACH=JSON]{“data-align”:“none”,“data-size”:“medium”,“data-attachmentid”:10269818}[/ATTACH]

[King_Creole]

And this is our guy by Out of Place (Coxs Ridge – has Turn-To in his pedigree) and his dam is by Kris S. He has a beautiful lofty trot
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[ParadoxFarm]

Thanks for jumping on board with pics! Lovely!

[King_Creole]

Of course! Pics are fun! I’m lucky to have gotten some good ones this weekend (well, the bay’s pic is from May)

I love Giant’s Causeway. Your guy is adorable.

[mh97]

This is fun, I think we need more Thoroughbred threads! Here’s my mare, who jumps just wonderfully and has very nice flat kneed huntery movement as well. She is by Defrere and out of IJUSTCALLEDTOSAY (Caller ID).

[King_Creole]

Defrere must stamp them with the flat kneed movement then! How neat

The bay I posted a couple posts up is also by him.

[NancyM]

My best mover is by Persian Star, who was my own stallion, so almost all my horses are sired by him. My best mover is out of a Bold Laddie mare. His registered name is Hard Knight. I don’t know how to post the equineline link because I am a tech dinosaur. Persian Star has produced good jumping talent, and was a nice mover himself. I have not shown Hardy yet, because he has a bit of a kinky side, and I don’t quite trust him entirely to not do something we both might regret. But it is on my list of things to do. But he is quite thrilling to ride (in a good way) most of the time. Persian Star had big time French steeplechasers under his second dam. And had the disposition of a kid’s pony, kind, smart, easy, honest. The barn favourate during his race career, through several quality trainers. I lucked into buying him after his race career, because he was only stakes placed, not a stakes winner, and had only earned $91,000 whereas his half brother (Artic Son- who was a gelding) earned half a million. If he had earned like his half brother did, I would not have owned him. He had several horses to the races, some had some local success, some didn’t, and many of them went on to careers in the hunter, jumper and event disciplines. Persian Star broke his hind leg above the hock in the paddock a couple of years ago now, getting up from a celebratory roll prior to his dinner being delivered. He had pranced out to his paddock that that morning, shiny and sleek, shaking his mane, at 25 years old. He was dead that evening, shot skillfully by a local rancher for me. It was a sad day around here. He was a gentleman, and it was an honour and a pleasure to own him for 18 years.