What is your view on Appendix's? Good or bad?

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Real experiences only please. I was wondering if anybody has owned, trained or bred appendix horses? Temperament, conformation, ability to jump and other english events. I might be getting one, so just want some info on the breed.

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Answer 1

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I ride an appendix and i absolutely love him. He has a good temperament for the most part like any other horse he has his bad days but he can get pretty amped up during a show and sometimes when schooling. His conformation is actually pretty good he doesn't have any major faults. And he actually has a really good form over jumps, hes also great in flat classes except for the times he gets fast when u just have to slow him down more often. But in general i think hes great, it also always depends on the horse himself how he was trained etc not just the breed but its a good cross :)

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Answer 2

Appendix is probably the best cross in the world. Any breed of horse can be a problem depending on the breaking and first training, if it is done rite they will be good horses, if it is not completely done or is done wrong you will have a problem until some one straightens the horse out with the proper training.

Answer 3

Where I ride there are 2 appendix school horses and 1 boarded appendix. The school horses are the most advanced but still easy to ride and the board horse is excellent as well.

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Answer 4

I own one now. This is my first. All my others have been thoroughbreds.
This guy is the best of both worlds.
He was started western but took to english really well.
He jumps fine and seems to like it. He does some light dressage work and does well with it too.
He can also go out and work cows and can be roped off of. He loves that. He trail rides wonderfully and is not as reactive as my thoroughbreds were.
His build is more thoroughbred but he has QH feet. Big ones but still more upright than my TBs.
Over all it has been a great combo for me and I would certainly look at another one in the future.

Answer 5

Well, to do lower/mid level jumping, they can probably do it. with a quarter horse's mind and strength and a thoroughbred's height, stamina, speed, and strength, you've got a good horse right there.
I've seen alot of Appendix's in the english ring. they do a darn good job. If you want to go upper levels, they're a good start. but you can't take them olympic/international shows. I mean, you can, but they aren't the best jumpers out there.
Pleasure/equitation classes- they amaze me in those. Just awesome.

I think they're cool! I rode one or two, and they are awesome, but just watching them made me love it.

Answer 6

I just bought my first one he is not even 2 yet though. I'm breaking him in and I have never had a quieter horse. I'm sure it's due to his personality however I'm now a fan of this mix. Watch out for a long toe and low heels in the front feet. My boy has these flaws which seem to be more common in a Q/horse. Basically his front hooves are a similar shape to back hooves (this wouldn't be good for jumping). My guy is built like a stocky short thoroughbred but from my understanding they come in all shapes and sizes. If you are keen on jumping make sure you get one with correctly conformed legs/hooves especially in the front. I will never make my guy into a jumper for this reason he would be more likely to have problems and go lame, however that doesnt mean he wont be able to participate in Pony Club activities, general riding etc... Hope you find a nice one

Answer 7

i loved my appendix, he was 16.2 jumper and did well at it. He was abused but that wasn't his fault and his personality kinks came from that fact. Other then that he was a really rather good horse. While i was learning to jump he would feel when i was off balance and come up under me. i'm going to assume that was just what he did and not every horse does that. . . but it made it alot better to learn to jump on him.

His conformation for him, sucked, bad shoulder angle and he ended up with feet/knee issues. Again i don't think every appendix was built like him, but he ended up in surgery for it and that cost about 5,000.

Anyway, over all i'd say i enjoy the breed. it's the best of the quater horse and tb breeds.