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who dislikes skewbald, piebald etc as a colour for a horse?
I also think there are plently of very badly conformed coloured ponies about. Does anyone else agree?
 
I dont mind what colour a horse is as long as it is a good horse. I agree the trend for coloured horses means there are a lot out there that are of a poor quality.
 
If I'm being honest I really don't like coloured Gypsy cobs, as they just look like poorly bred common Gypsy cobs(IMHO, I really don't want to upset anyone, it's just the way I see it having had Gypsies around our area for a long time).

I don't mind a nice big showjumper etc being coloured.

Please don't berate me
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I think if breeding for colour is your priority, without regard for conformation or temperament, then the chances of producing a badly put together foal are quite high, and that goes for palominos and duns too, as there is a market for them. Fortunately a high proportion of breeders select mares and stallions with a view to producing a correct horse, hoping that the genes will also throw in the colour they want.

I agree there are large numbers of unattractive and incorrect coloured horses about, but as long as they are fashionable people will buy them any way, and more will be produced. There may be an equal number of badly bred solid colour horses, but since they don't have the fashionable 'gypsy cob' look about them I imagine a larger proportion of those will end up as meat.
 
nothing against them as such except I just dont like them, in the way some people dont like,say,bananas but like other fruit. I just dont understand their popularity. I do love a nice rich mahogany bay :-). I'm not that keen on greys or pallys either , but have owned both and do have a grey in my small herd at the mo. I love roans and chestnuts. with the coloureds I think its the broken- upedness [ is that a word?] of the outline that fails to appeal, they all look a bit too dairy cowish.
 
I'm breeding one this year. Must admit, I am hoping it comes out nicely marked. Would prefer it to be plain than for it to have odd looking markings. Unfortunately I've used a homozygous stallion this year so something coloured is definitely going to come out at the other end next spring! Fingers crossed it's pretty.
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I used to not be that keen on greys and when i went to look at my new girl she was advertised as a bay . I was shocked when the stable door opened. However her confirmation and breeding was top notch and i bought her on the spot. As i say a good horse is a good horse regardless of colour.
 
Thinking about it, it is more about the actual breeding and conformation that I don't like about most(but not all) Gypsy cobs, my friend had one, he was 15.2hh with a really short back, short neck and big head and was sooo clumsy! He did have a fantastic temperament though.
 
Should the colour of horse really matter? A good horse is a good horse and colour makes no difference. There is a beautiful screwbald gelding near me i love him to bits and he has great marking. There was also a lovely piebald gypsy cob at old yard, she was such a darling to ride!

I think you may have opened yourself up to a bit of criticism here. Personally unless like with Daisy Mae and have brought her for her colour, then i really don't see why colour would matter. I think every horse has its own way of looking beautiful and i would never really say i don't like a certain colour horse.


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I do love to see a well marked coloured, as identical as possible on each side, with plenty of colour rather than too much white, evenly marked legs etc no matter what breed, even a vanner with long flowing mane and plenty of feather in full flow trotting out with that 'look at me factor'...its just beautiful, as well the finer ones like an American paint horse.

However colour is just a colour but the real beauty is skin deep no matter what the colour or how well marked a coloured horse is.

Nothing wrong with having a preference or a disliking to a certain colour of horse though.

I'm not keen on them pinky ones
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but I've had one.
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Fingers crossed for you Spyda

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Thanks!!! I'll post the outcome next March
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To be honest, I find the markings on some really nicely put together coloured horses quite distracting and off-putting. Can actually make what is a nicely conformed horse look 'wrong'. That said, "Handsome is as handsome does" (as my old Mum would say). Guess a good horse is never the wrong colour.
 
I have a TB X ID piebald mare. Love her conformation and markings but funnily not that keen on the traditional gypsy cob. Sorry!!
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I agree with Nuffield, can't understand what the fuss about coloured's is... I'm not keen and wouldn't buy one, each to their own though eh? I wouldn't get a grey though either as I'm too lazy to be bothered with all those grass and stable stains (and I know I have one in my siggie but he's a self cleaning companion pony so doesn't count!!).
I know colour shouldn't matter, but it's like when you get a car... I'm not majorly fussy what I do get, I just know what I don't want!
 
I like my coloureds but more the unusual red and white, dun and whites to be honest. I fine there are tonnes of brown/white and black/whites out there so not so unusal now thee is such a trend for them. I am not drawn to traditional gypsy cob types personally as they wouldn't suit the use I needed a horse for.

I would never willingly go to view a bay/chestnut/grey horse though either unless it had some striking white markings but that's just me, i don't like boring or should I say not attracted to, one colour horses what can i say!
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Ooh Dear my common sense is looking for a good quality Bay but my Heart wants a delicious 16 hh Skewbald you now the sort that is mostly Bright bay and small amounts of White.

I nearly went to try a nice 5yo but speaking to the breeder she was a bit unruly for me.
 
I adore them but am biased as 2 out of my 3 horses/ponies have been skewbald. My current one without fail when seen for the first time gets the "oh, isn't he stunning" type of comment. Sometimes closely followed by "I don't usually like coloureds!"
 
I find it very hard to judge of here when people are saying outragous stuff just to irritate and wind other people up! I'm assuming that this is one of those posts, since it has no pther purpose apart from to pi$$ anyone who likes/owned/has ever owned a coloured horse!!

It is fine if you dont like coloureds....thats your lookout....I just think making a post on a open forum where a fair few people own them is a little ridiculous!!

I dont like horses with wall eyes really, but my fat, hairy, coloured gypsy cob has one............
 
I think the reason people like them is that they are all different and people want something that's unique. I personally don't mind what colour a horse is as long as they have a nice temperament and do the job that they are intended for (I'm not mad on flea bitten greys but I would still have one if it was nice!)
Saying that I do have a coloured and I love her being unique but I bought her because of her temperament and conformation. My other two horses are bays.
 
I like ours of course! But they weren't bought because of their colour, it was type that made the deal!

When we bred our mare two years ago, we put her to the type of stallion (Welsh Sec D) which would throw the right type of foal. The stallion is chesnut, the mare was white (only afterwards did we find out she was a few spot), and we were resigned to having a chesnut foal. To our delight we got a spotty, but colour wasn't on the list of importance!
 
I have a preference for buckskins, duns and roans, but wouldn't buy something because of it's colour alone, it would have to do the job I wanted it too, have a good attitude and good conformation.
I'm not keen on coloureds with a lot of white, greys, bay geldings, black mares and pally's.
I like horses that have something unique about the way they look, be it an unusual colour or markings.
 
If I was choosing a horse on colour alone, then a coloured horse would be last on my list. Followed by greys, chestnuts and bays.....

The first two as they are too high maintenance for me and the second two as they are a bit commonplace and boring
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I actually did a thread the same as this one, about a year ago, and got some truly awful abuse
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Culminating in someone calling merlin a deformed donkey and saying that I was a terrible rider and didnt deserve to own a horse as I was so predjudiced.

BUT I stand by what I was trying to put across, and that is the same as this post....... I just wouldnt choose to own a coloured horse!! And dont really see the hype associated with colour alone...... colour plus ability = a whole different kettle of fish.

So please dont all be too harsh in correcting the OP, I think like me she is just expressing a personal opinion...... not berating anyone for choosing a particular colour of horse
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I actually did a thread the same as this one, about a year ago, and got some truly awful abuse
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Culminating in someone calling merlin a deformed donkey and saying that I was a terrible rider and didnt deserve to own a horse as I was so predjudiced.

[/ QUOTE ]How dare you prefer one type or colour over another?? I mean, that's outrageous. That's like preferring particular flavours. Only the criminally insane would admit to having preferences for some things over others. We should all like every horse without any bias whatsoever and we should all buy exactly the same types, breeds and colours and never dare to think for ourselves or be individuals. Consider yourself admonished!
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