b"From the Back OF THE BOXBy John SamsillTo schedule a lesson or a clinic you can contact me directly at johnsamsillteamroping@gmail.comT here is no doubt thecritical, and it will usually require special shoeing. So, price of rope horses haswhen making your decision, know that this horse's gone up dramatically inshoeing will run fifty to one hundred dollars more the last few years. This pastthan regular shoeing and you will need to have it winter a rope horse at the saledone regularly, waiting no longer than six weeks. So, in Wickenburg sold for twoif it was a hundred dollars more for each shoeing on hundred and fifty thousanda six-week schedule, you will shoe your horse about dollars. Granted that is not the norm but to find aeight times a year. That will be eight hundred dollars made horse for less than fifteen or twenty thousandper year extra just in shoeing. A horse with issues dollars is getting harder and harder if you can findmay also require some medications such as Prevocox. one at all. This has changed the market not onlyTherefore, you need your vet involved so you can about price but also on what type of horse someonediscuss such options and know the cost ahead of time. is willing to buy. The types of horses Im talkingPlease join us as about in this article are the ones who are sound withFor me, one of the most important things that I no major problems or the type of horse that comeswant to know before I will purchase a horse with96.3 REAL COUNTRY with what I like to call maintenance issues. I will givemaintenance issues is how long I can expect to be you my thoughts and how I have chosen one horseable to rope on him. No vet can give us a time that we& SK OIL SALES promote over another in the past but ultimately, its a personalcan count on but if you go to a lameness vet, they can decision and one that most ropers will have to makeat least give you an idea based on how far advancedLIVE LOCAL, EAT LOCAL at some point. the problem is with the horseowned businesses, at you are considering. Please The first decision that you needremember though that ifJeff Gordons Barn Venue to make is if you are willing towe ask a vet for information buy a horse with maintenancetheir answer is an educatedat Phoenix Raceway issues. Are you willing to putguess and we should not hold in the extra effort and care thatthem to it if a horse doesntNovember 3rd, 2021 these types of horses require?last as long as they thought. Horses with these issuesAlso, make sure and usually cost less than one withThe last factor to considerlisten to 96.3 for a no issues, so some people feelwhen deciding whetherMAJOR Announcement!that it is worth it to put theto purchase a horse with money into the horse after theissues is how much will I useAll Proceeds Will Be Going Topurchase instead of at the timehim? If you will only have of the purchase. These horsesone horse and you want to usually require more of your time throughout the yearpractice every day and jackpot all weekend on one in terms of trips to the vet clinic for injections, settingwith issues, you can probably count on him not up chiropractor visits and some horses do muchlasting very long. If you only practice once a week better without the strain of exercise on the ground, soand jackpot a couple of days a month then the same you may have to take them swimming instead of thehorse will last you a lot longer. The other scenario exercising them the traditional way. There is no wrongis that you have another horse that you can practice or right decision in this area, it is a personal choiceon and take to most of the jackpots and you only use and involves what you are willing to do. I will investthe horse with issues at the bigger ropings. Then I the time and effort into a horse like this if I feel that Ithink that you will get the most out of that horse and can win on him or her and I can expect the horse tobe able to use him a lot longer. This is the scenario be able to be roped off for an acceptable length of timein which I have bought most of my horses with with the proper care. issues. To be honest, it hasnt always worked out, but it has worked out enough times to keep me doing There are lots of things that a horse can have butit under the right circumstances. So just remember still be ok to rope on with proper care. It used to bethat owning a horse with issues isnt for everyone but that if a horse was diagnosed with navicular disease,sometimes it works out for both the new owner and they were unusable and to be avoided at all coststhe horse. but not today. If you are considering a horse with navicular, you must get with a vet to get their opinionThank you to my sponsors, Fast Back and see how advanced the navicular is. RememberRopes, Usher Brand Silver and Saddlery, that navicular is a progressive disease, and it will not go away but it is possible to manage it in manyOmega Fields Feeds, SaddleRight Pads, cases. Ultimately that is a decision for you and yourand Hassayampa Veterinary Clinic.vet to make together. With navicular, the shoeing isskoilsales.comArizonaRealCountry.com August 2021 61"