Chestnut Mares....

Ive had mares of varying colours. I cant say that the chestnut ones have been more tricky/live up to the stereotype at all. My best / favourite horse ever has to be my dear old Asha, a fabulous 15.2 ID chestnut mare. She was the best
 
Ambers Echo said:
Amber was a stereo-typical Chestnut mare but Lottie (bay) is exactly the same. They do have similar breeding so I imagine it's that, not her colour.
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i wish more people would attribute personality/temperament more to breeding than colour. In fact i wish more people would look beyond colour and look whats infront or underneath them. See so many people now breeding for colour without any regards to inbreeding/dodgy stallions / ungraded/temperament/confo et etc. Sorry rant over.
 
I have one , wouldnt change her for the world.
She can be “marish” but thats cause shes a mare, not cause shes a chestnut one 😝
 
Colour and gender means nothing, (well, unless you're breeding!) just judge her on her training and temperament.

Had a lovely chestnut mare in for training and sales livery last year, honestly a far nicer horse than i could ever afford myself so working with her was a real treat but hardly anyone would touch her. Now living up in Scotland living a lovely life and behaving just as I described her, ie: fabulously. Her new owner adored her personality and snapped her up when so many before dismissed her.

I have 7 horses on the property right now, no chestnuts at all, granted, but by far the trickiest ones are the two older geldings!
 
Riding school I learned at had a small one - she was fun to ride and like any other pony.

My mare was in with one for a year - the sweetest little pony I knew.

There's one on my current yard - chestnut mare Arab. I love her. I've ridden her and handled her. A little spicy but a very, nice nature.

I'd go look at the horse herself. Forget the colour (unless it's grey 🤣. Never again a grey to clean), the breed and the gender.

If you Luke her and get on wirh her, buy her and then add a photo here so we can all admire her 😁
 
Mine's as ginger as they come - ISH with a dash of warmblood. I wanted an athletic 4yo ISH which was sane-ish, and she just happened to come in mare + ginger! I was going to add some gratuitous photos but that bl**dy HPVE advert pops up on my phone so I can't do it!
 
I love a chestnut mare I loaned a super Welsh/Arab mix chestnut mare as a teen, she was quite food sensitive and rider sensitive but other than that she's was the ultimate all-rounder. Hack out alone all day, local agricultural shows showing, pony club etc. she took me from riding school to popping round 3 ft 6 courses. She used to stretch like a cat every morning. Falling asleep at a busy show...Screenshot_20241003-145002~2.pngScreenshot_20241003-145031-037.png
 
Bit of a Diva but pretty cool with it ❤️
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SpeedyPony said:
I have a lovely chestnut mare, she lives up to some of the stereotypes, but I think that's just because she's welsh.
I like hot tempered and opinionated, so it's a plus to my mind.
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Same 😀. Personally I don't think you can beat a Chestnut, Welsh mare, but I get they aren't everyone's cup of tea. Mine is a bit of a diva, but polite and respectful with it. I've had to earn that respect though. It's a huge ego boost that I am able to live up to her expectations 😂
 
I have a Welsh chestnut Mare and she is the sweetest thing. Such a lovely nature.
She is very polite about wanting a 5000 word essay on why she should do anything but if I let her think it's her idea then generally she would walk into battle for me.

I have never seen her put her ears back or raise a leg at a human ever and very rarely another horse.
 
Miss_Millie said:
Beautiful mare, but the nice yard surface also caught my eye! That looks ideal for Winter :)
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OMG it's brilliant! It was all dug out, membraned, eco gridded & then filled with limestone. Easy to poo pick, drains better than concrete, not slippy, if I keep scraping a scoop or two of mud off night & morning, that keeps on top of it. They live on there in winter as my fields are sloping clay and completely useless. Legs & feet stay dry, no muddy rugs, it's heaven! It's the only way to manage on clay!
 
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