Black Mare Syndrome

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Watch out for this syndrome, symptoms include...

Looking all pretty and as though butter wouldn't melt.

Luring you in to love and adore her.

Allowing slave to pamper and care for you, showing no gratitude what so ever.

Not standing still on the yard as soon as something important needs to be done.

Snapping back on baling twice twice within two minutes just as the crucial point of vet wrapping a poultice.

Being rude and horrible.

Snapping the wooden bar that closes the gap between yard and field.

Throwing head around when being lead because can't get her own way.

There may also be other symptoms, both on the ground and when ridden.

If anything, your patience will become better, and you will learn to do a very stern "NO", an exasperated "BEHAVE" and a sharp "OI" as she raises her leg to paw at the fence, to which your mare will literally poo herself.

*walks out of tack room, effing and blinding about stupid black mare with serious case of chronic black mare syndrome*

:mad:
 
I think thats just black horses, its the only colour i wont have now, every single black horse ive had has been a nightmare of some description. Black horse to me are a bit like chestnut horses to everyone else lol!
 
RiderLizzie said:
Watch out for this syndrome, symptoms include...

Looking all pretty and as though butter wouldn't melt.

Luring you in to love and adore her.

Allowing slave to pamper and care for you, showing no gratitude what so ever.

Not standing still on the yard as soon as something important needs to be done.

Being rude and horrible.

Throwing head around when being lead because can't get her own way.

There may also be other symptoms, both on the ground and when ridden.

*walks out of tack room, effing and blinding about stupid black mare with serious case of chronic black mare syndrome*

:mad:
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You appear to have stolen my pony :rolleyes:
 
18 year old, had 3 very squirty seasons in 8 weeks also.
Diddleydoo, I would say would you like to swap, but you'll probably want to pass. ;)

Don't get me wrong, when she is good, she is just fantastic. It's getting those small moments that's difficult :D
 
They are all tarts!

Never been so embarrassed when waiting outside indoor arena at extremely posh dressage yard in the South East when my mare (Friesian cow) started to back up as I was about to enter to do my test.

Despite pony club booting (with spurs) she kept going backwards - right until her 'lady garden' was flush with a big black horse's nose onto which she squirted.

The big black horse in question was a life size plastic one standing outside the yard's equally posh tack shop :o:o:o
 
Our black mare is a complete sweetie :) The only think I can really knock her for is her new habit of mobbing me with her nose in my ear/eye/mouth whilst I'm trying to put the headcollar on my gelding.
 
Nicnac said:
They are all tarts!

Never been so embarrassed when waiting outside indoor arena at extremely posh dressage yard in the South East when my mare (Friesian cow) started to back up as I was about to enter to do my test.

Despite pony club booting (with spurs) she kept going backwards - right until her 'lady garden' was flush with a big black horse's nose onto which she squirted.

The big black horse in question was a life size plastic one standing outside the yard's equally posh tack shop :o:o:o
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:eek: :eek: :eek:
That must have been absolutely mortifying!! :D :D

Puppy said:
Our black mare is a complete sweetie :) The only think I can really knock her for is her new habit of mobbing me with her nose in my ear/eye/mouth whilst I'm trying to put the headcollar on my gelding.
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Would you like to swap!? :D Trade for one who will be sweet when in season, by grabbing a piece of your clothing and holding it between her teeth so you can't go anywhere or do anything. :o And will squeal throughout a dressage test because she can't see the friend she came with..
 
I have a jet black mare, and her soul is as black as her hide.

You can't see her eyes under her forelock that reaches her nose, but if you looked carefully I suspect they'd be yellow.

My black mule mares, on the other hand, are sweetness personified. I much prefer mules....
 
quote "and her soul is as black as her hide", sounds like a western, lol, does Clint Eastwood ride her out, lol.

Mares in season are complete sluts, so learn to understand their monthlys and all will be well, couldnt imagine having a pair of spurs digging in to my sides when my tummy was already painful with my season, poor girl.
 
My fell pony is far more obnoxious than both my daughters' chestnut mares and one of those is welsh.

(disclaimer:- nothing against the welsh at all but those with red hair are generally pretty fiery:-))
 
I had the ride of a huge black gelding for a while - at the same time as I had my mare so I don't know if he was getting the wrong idea about me! But he did have a few "strong" moments out, he was very good in the box and to do and walked up the lane like an old donkey but put in a field with a view of a few hedges and wow! What a difference! He was like sitting in a Range Rover with your foot down and selecting "Drive."

After the first experience I was prepared for it but certainly a shock the first time and once I got him settled and I thought back within himself - we came down a hedge line and he jumped the sunlight coming through a gate! Ooo ho ho - nearly had me there!

Sorry to give him back in the end - mmmm - his owner was nice too!
 
I've had a black mare for 10 years - ridden and handling she's totally trustworthy - but I'm only around to make sure she's fed and watered:D.

Totally unsociable and hates being made a fuss of. She walked backwards the whole length of the yard when the dentist was trying to do her teeth:rolleyes:
 
See photo in my sig? That's my black baggage, Jasmine :D
She is TB, 6 yrs, I have had her since birth and she is a cowbag! She is very independent, strong willed, stroppy, uber ticklish, prone to throwing a wobbly in the field when I am feeding and the legs come at you from all directions. Wonderful in traffic and sensible in company but will have a major hissy fit over a sparrow farting in a hedge or a different coloured bit of road. As for manhole covers....................... well!
She is known as Psychobitch or The Camel and I have threatened her with Tescos frequently over the last month. Somewhere about her person is the 666 mark, telling the world she is the spawn of Satan. I have yet to find it, but it is there! Probably right up between her hind legs where no sane person will ever venture.
I thought she was the only one but the Devil obviously has plans for us poor horseowners. :D
PS I also have a chestnut Arab mare - she is an angel :) We have been lied to - it's not chestnut mares we should be avoiding. BEWARE THE BLACK MARE!!!! eeeeeeek :D
 
My black mare high-tailed it out of her stable this evening snorting and leaping at the tractor in the school. When I eventually caught her (with a chifney i hasten to add - i know her well) she pranced and spooked all the way back. Then proceeded to whinny at me and box walk, whenever I walked away from her! Thing is, the tractor was in the school when I arrived and she has been watching it all day and was fine!
I like my back mare only in the summer, when she's in full work and not in season. So about 10 days a year then....



Love her really - but she can be challenging! :D
 
AMW said:
Black mares in my experience are chestnut mares in disuise, especially those of a welsh disposition ;)
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Funny you should say that I have a TB X Sect D who is black through to her core!! She also has flaring bright red nostrils should have names her Satan. :D
 
i have black and white and they are great, also have a black gelding and he is the best ive had or seen, so gentle and caring. i have a selection of mares and it not the colours its there temperament and own personalities not colour. but touch wood all i have cam across is great.
 
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