| Duke is a VERY nice looking horse! My aunt is selling him, if I had time for another yearling Id buy him! She calls him Duke because he resembles a horse that John Wayne rode. He is unregistered; his dam is a bay Morgan-cross and his sire is a NICE Appaloosa stallion who has very nice bloodlines that can be seen at http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/born+supreme ... a pedigree full of good race and rodeo horses. This lil guy should mature to around 15hh and be STOUT. I have had several of his siblings by the same stallion, and they are known for having good, sensible minds, easy to train and handle. They rarely ever spook and make awesome horses for ranch, rodeo, trail riding, endurance, and kids horses, and I have never known one to go lame. I sold a brother to this colt a while back and he is ridden by a man in his 70s on the trail... these are GOOD horses! I have a few that I am in the process of developing into great barrel horses, and I am sure that this colt is not lacking in any of those areas. He has not been handled, but it has never taken more than 2 weeks to gentle any of his siblings who were also raised on the ranch. It tends to make horses more surefooted to be ranch raised rather than pen-raised. You can rest assured that this guy knows how to handle trees, down logs, brush, ditches, wildlife, etc.
If a 4-Her is looking for a project horse, this is the one... he is a clean slate, you would be the one training him everything, you will have no bad training to undo, he is gorgeous and athletic and fast, definately show quality, and like I said before, he will be easy to gentle and train due to his temperament and breeding.
He is being offered so cheaply because #1 he is not registered and #2 he has an umbilical hernia. According to the vet, it is a simple procedure to fix it, it is just a small tear in the abdominal wall from when he was born. The main reason to even get it fixed would be for cosmetic purposes, as outie bellybuttons arent as pleasing to the eye. It will not affect his performance, usefulness, or temperament, only affects his apperance, and can be fixed quickly and easily. If it were going to be a health problem for him it would have already happened, as he is a yearling already. Email me and I will happily send a pic of the hernia and more pics of Duke, and pics of siblings and the sire are also available.
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