Tips on bucking over

[zak]

Does anyone have any tips on what to look for on calves to tell if they will buck over when they get older. I have a hard time picking out which ones will and which ones wont. Any tips are appreciated.

Zak

 

[Bradenh]

yeah if you think there is any remote chance that he is too straight at prospect size dont buy him.... because he wont hold it together at 1300 most likely.... if that front leg is straight up and down chances are he has the potential to buck over, mix that with the wrong implants and the wrong person doing feet and he will be a disaster

 

[j3cattleco]

I know this might sound weird to some, but the best way i know of teaching someone to look at movement is to find a really and I mean really good western pleasure horse and watch the way the front ends travel.  That foot should reach out in front of the knee and look as if its floating in air for a second before it hits the ground.  If this is happening it means there must be enough slope to the shoulder to allow the knee to flex and enough set in the pastern to allow the foot to travel naturally.  If all this is going on your calf is not too straight, hence won't buck over. 

Joshua