Thank you on the lightning. Honestly, thought we'd deal more w/ lightning in CO & MT, not in NC.@paintedChix So sorry about the loss of your youngsters! How terrible!
It surprises me that the stallion was APHA, they seem like such all-round and family-oriented horses.
Seemed like a really nice facility you were at!
There are great horses in every breed. There are quiet ones who work w/ beginners & are "spouse" horses. Then there are the ones who consistently have "bad" or "dangerous" personalities & will pass them to their off spring.
As to breeding them on - i didn't ever want horses related to that particular horse. I do remember that not all of his offspring were like that.
There were working lines considered to be "tough" & notorious buckers, but I had lots of fun with the Hancock lines of ranch horses. A lot of trainers & riders did not. A few provided great rodeo bucking horses & were used heavily by rough stock contractors to produce relatively easy to handle horses on the ground that were awesome buckers in the arena.
She's so spoiled. 
