What Do You Think Of Sonny??? NEW PICS!!!!! AS OF 04/13

Turn N Burn · Last edited by Turn N Burn on Fri Apr 13, 2007 7:40 pm; edited 1 time in total

heya everybody, i dont think i have put this guy up for critique yet, if i have, please let me know, sorry bad memory.

Sonny is a 8 year old QH gelding, and i want your honest opinion on him and his pedigree. i have shown him in halter but not since he was 5, and i would like to know if he has lost his luster or not. we started focusing more on the speed events and horsemanship and just didnt show halter much.

here is his pedigree: http://www.allbreedpedigrees.com/watch+sonnys+zipper

and here are some pics:

and this one isn't the best b/c hes not standing up in back, but u can get a better idea of his front, (i think.....) oh and sorry about his "exposure" lol, wow, horses sure do ahve a personality!!

and finally a head shot:

please give me all your honest comments, thanks in advance!!!
Jessica
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Bondama · Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 12:24 pm Post subject:

I think he's a good looking boy, very stocky and "bulldoggy" like the old timey QH's. Actually, I prefer them built this way as opposed to the 17 hand "almost thoroughbreds" that are prevalent these days. He looks like he could eat up a cow!!
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Turn N Burn · Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 2:00 pm Post subject:

lol, thanks for your comments!!! actually, he has never came into close contact with a cow!! i have dummy roped off of him and he did pretty well so i think we will try some cow events!! thanks again!! oh i forgot to mention that he is 16.2 HH and about 1350 lbs
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horsewoman1965 · Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 5:50 pm Post subject:

Love him Love him Love him!!! I love a nice stocky horse like this. He looks like from the side shot that his topline is not level, could just be the ground? Could have a little more slope to his shoulder. BUT...I love that BUTT!!
Did I say I LOVE him yet? Very Happy

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JR · Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 6:57 pm Post subject:

His hip is a weeee bit of a different angle than his shoulder, but he looks very solid. Almost had a blonde moment over him, took one look and almost said "He looks like a Sonny Dee Bar horse." Yeah.. you can tell I pay attention to subject lines and highlighted lings LOL DUH !!! Embarassed

He's cute enough and quality on paper enough that I'd have given him a chance to keep all his parts.
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Turn N Burn · Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 1:45 pm Post subject:

hey!! thanks for both your comments!!!

horsewoman1965: i luv him too, he is my baby, and im glad u guys are being honest with me tho, b/c i have had him for 8 years and i cant see past his sweetness!! haha!! and yea i think it might be the ground, b/c i dont see what your talking about, can u explain it?? is it in all the pics or just the one?? and yea i luv his butt too, lol, wow that sounds wrong!!

JR: i think he looks alot like Sonny Dee Bar, too. you can really see it in his eye that hes a Two Eyed Jack horse too, he has such a soft eye, imo. and i did wanna keep him a stallion but he wasnt as built then as he is now, we geld out colts the spring of their yearling year. he looked really scruffy and lanky and we didnt think he would grow into him self as much as he did, so we just gelded him with the other colts.

i kinda regret it now, and mom really wishes he was a mare, and we have searched for a full sister to him, but the mare is in arizona and i believe his sire died. i have come into contact with the owner of a full brother to him though. turns out he looks just like Sonny!! imagine that. except hes a little shorter and as of right now he is in working cow horse training! and i think that that is really cool!! thanks for the comments!!!!!
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dctrainingandlessons · Very Active Member Joined: 04 Jul 2005 Posts: 548

I also am in love with Sonny! I didn't even see this post till now, I must be getting old... Confused

I do see the butt-highness in the "halter type" set ups, but it doesn't seem as noticeable in the under saddle photos.. This could be because the saddle is there, or it could be that he was in a growthy stage during the halter show...

I like this style of QH so much more than the greyhound look, and he looks cuddley to boot!! He has a very sweet looking face and look to him. Perhaps you could post some more current photo's without the saddle?

And as far as the show ring goes, with some conditioning I think you could get him in the show ring, however I'm not a versed QH show person, he does appear to have the look. I guess there's only one way to find out!! Very Happy

Turn N Burn · Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2007 3:46 pm Post subject:

all of these pics are from the past summer and right now hes pretty much a mud ball b/c we got like 4 inches of rain this week. two weeks ago i went golfing and got my first sun burn of the year and thought show season was right around the corner and then wednesday, it FREAKING SNOWED!!!!!! only in nebraska, let me tell ya what!!!! anyway, as soon as it dries up i will get pics of him and the stud that i havent gotten pics of yet!!! Embarassed

anyway, thanks alot for ur comments. and he has been very successful in the show ring, i show him in showmanship, pleasure, horsemanship, trail, reining, western riding, barrels and poles (and other speed events!). and hopefully some cow events in the next year or two!!

i will see what i can do about the pics tomorrow after school and track practice!!
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Turn N Burn · Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 7:37 pm Post subject:

okay, first of all, i am gonna appologize for him not being of quality cleanliness. we have had alot of rain and snow and it was too cold to hose him off. plus, he needs shod and a hair cut, and we are treating his feet for rain rot around his hooves. the yellow stuff is what we are treating him with. so i am sorry that i couldnt give you guys good pics, but i think that they are better than the last ones and they were taken today, so they are very recent!!! so if you guys can see around or through that stuff, please let me know whatever you guys think about him!!!!

oh and sorry about the pics being so big, i dont know how to resize them!!!

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doubleopi · Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 12:00 am Post subject:

I think he's darned adorable. However, in the last set of side shot pictures he looks terribly butt high!

Turn N Burn · Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 6:38 am Post subject:

yea, it does look that way, its really not that high, i think its just the ground, hopefully! thax for u comments!!
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skipitgirl · Member Joined: 12 Jul 2006 Posts: 85 Location: Ohio

I just love him!

Turn N Burn · Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 7:22 pm Post subject:

thax alot!!!
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skipitgirl · Member Joined: 12 Jul 2006 Posts: 85 Location: Ohio

Are you ready to sell him to me? Very Happy

Turn N Burn · Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 6:21 pm Post subject:

hehe, no i dont think so!!! lol!! ur only about the millionth person to ask me that!! i guess i take it as a compliment!! so thax again!
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