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| My Personal Temperament scale:
I get a lot of questions on the temperament of my horses. So if you use a scale of 1 to 10 and one (1) being calm/cool/nearly dead/ one foot in the grave and ten (10) being out of control/unable to handle/horse is dangerous to people (run at, kick, stomp, lunge for or bites and the reason why we need slaughter) and five (5) being average: comparable to all horses out there that are currently being ridden and doing an average job at it. First off I will never say a horse is a kids horse due to unpredictable nature and prey drive that is genetically inherent to all horses. Remember that Temperment is a horses willingness to please and manageability, not his training level. I have an ancient mare that is a one (one foot in grave and horse falls over hurting rider) I will not have any 7 thru 10’s as there are too many good horses out there to deal with one that will potentially hurt you or is dangerous. 10 Ten~ a horse that goes out of his way to hurt people….needs to be destroyed. 9 Nine ~ to close to ten to worry about. Horse that is severely soured on life in general and hates everything including other horses. I also equate this to a green new horse owner adopting a Mustang….not a good mix and potential for both to be injured. 8 Eight ~ bucking/rodeo stock, wild horse just gathered. Some green horses or colts just being started under saddle. 7 Seven ~on the hot side, temperamental, touchy, flighty, breaks halters, runs from own shadow may buck. Professional riders only with lots of experience such as racehorse’s or Pro event horses with lots of training and needs skilled rider to meet upper level demands. 6 Six~ warm, has go but will stop, manageable, a bit temperamental but not flighty or breaking halters, no buck. May be upper performance: hunter jumper, endurance or speed events. Possibly a young horse in training or one that may have a training issue that is hard to work through. 5 Five ~ slightly warm, has go and stop, very manageable, average horse for most average riders to be able to ride. May be performance: barrels, cutting, roping, reining or other pro events. 4 Four ~ warm, most anyone can ride, great extra horse, may or may not do any events. Most adults do well and advanced young teens. General riding, trails and just all around. 3 Three ~ cool, lead line, most anyone can ride, pretty near push button but may need some conditioning. Most kids do well, still needs instruction. 2 Two ~ cooler, lead line, good old stand by, anyone can ride, dependable, may or may not be aged. What everyone wants and hard to find. May be a push button horse, schooling horse. Great beginner horse for kids and adults. 1 One ~ almost in the grave, old, no go, lead line, has health issues. This is my scale on temperament and manageability and not for release without permission. Thanks Kim Horses for sale: Moon ~ 5 to 6 Charley ~ 6 Lil Willie ~ 4 may go 3 with conditioning (SOLD) Smokey ~ 4 needs training Faith ~ 3 (broodmare not broke to saddle yet) Ginger ~ 4 Glory ~ 3 (broodmare not broke to saddle yet) Dream ~ 5 has a lot of go and loves trails Peppy ~ Stallion 3. Very manageable, likes people, easy breeder 2005 foals for sale PepNDun ~ 4 very manageable Chalimar ~ 5 to 4 wants to go, pushy (SOLD) Treasure ~ 3 likes being around people Timer ~ 3 likes being around people (SOLD) Other horses Tar ~ 3 (broodmare, broke to ride) Easy ~ 1 ancient broodmare Raider ~ Stallion 3, likes people, easy to handle unbroke Nilla ~ Filly 4, tends to be pushy unbroke Jazz ~ 3 green, broodmare, likes to go, likes people Willie ~ 3 likes to go, great extra horse anyone can ride Strawberry ~ 4 halter broke only, trims |