Coloured fans...what do you prefer?

Piebald or skewbald, your preference?

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Out of curiosity

Following a thread where it was mentioned that piebalds were perhaps favoured over skewbalds which would you prefer? (Given two 'perfect' horses with just colour as a deciding factor)

Do you prefer a certain colour? Bay, Red, Palomino, etc

Whilst we are on the subject, do you have a preferred patterning as well?

More white?
Less white?
White faces?
 
I personally don't really like coloured horses.

If I had 2 perfect horses, one was coloured and one was a solid colour, I would go for the solid. Not sure why, but its just my personal preference.
 
Piebald, with lots of black and not much white. Or bay and white, but not keen on the "washy" colours e.g. palimino and white, roan and white, even though I like them in solid colours!
 
I like any colour and white but do prefer a lot of the solid colour. We have this boy in to produce and I like his markings as he has only a little white.

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I like Paint horses, as horses to do a job, sometimes I don't like the patterning much as it can mislead the eye.

The one with the mask, is the better horse of the pair conformationally, but I find his red markings along his back make him look odd, also his black ankle (O/F) drives me nuts, I am always thinking he has one dirty foot!

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Honestly though I don't like to admit it piebald. My horse has piebald on her passport but she is chocolate brown and white. She colour co-ordinates with her field mates a grey and a brown though. I like them best with even amounts of each colour and with fairly symmetrical colouring and with blocks of colour rather than lots of patches. Hmm think I am giving this too much thought!
 
I've always wanted a lemon and white horsey!

I also like red and white and blue or pink (roan) and white.

I don't really like piebald that much or dark skewbald colours.
 
I don't like coloureds much at all. That said, I have a solid colour horse with a white face and white stockings, she of course is very striking.

I prefer either piebald or skewbald with very little white.
 
I don't mind if they are piebald or skewbald but I'm not keen on coloureds with a white head and I prefer them to have more colour than white.

I have a coloured although I wasn't really looking for one. He has four white stockings and bit of white each side of his rump and neck and a white blaze. On his CHAPS passport his colour is shown as 'Bay Tobiano'. Therefore he is actually dark bay and white.

Having had a dun who was very easy to keep clean my coloured is very high maintenance.
 
Skews for me, and not a fan of white faces. Titchy has just about as much white on her face as I can stand. Also prefer less white!

Of course Titchy's markings are mental anyway!

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Im very picky about coloureds. Im not fussed what colour they are but:

I don't like too much white,
I don't like white faces,
I don't like seeing horses in coloured classes that have a tiny splash under its tummy!,
I like solid lines,
I like spots but not coloured and spotty (if that makes sense)
ooh I also prefer dark legs :)

That is all :)

eta - I don't like blue eyes and I dont like splashes

eta a 2nd time - Miss C... I love your mare :)
 
I love coloureds - the more unusual the better :) I prefer Skewbalds over Piebalds and not loads of white on the face. Prefer big hunter/eventer types rather than hairy cobs! Even though I love a good cob! :D

But I would LOVE a nice big Blue & White.. :D

I have a Chestnut with quite a lot of white - four white socks, quite an unusual wonky white blaze and a white splodge on his belly - he doesn't really count as coloured though!! :(
 
Piebald for me, although I only really like coloured on traditional cobs! If I was in the market for a sports type, then I would want a solid colour, darker the better!
I prefer large, well defined 'areas' of colour, rather than splashes and as even as possible both sides. Also, not too much white on the face. In fact, Markie is my perfect horse!
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I love Piebalds, love the one Measels has shown - just my cup of tea!
I don't like much white on them and I don't like much white on the face, unfortunately I ended up with this lol!!! Skewbald with white face and white patches in the wrong place! However he scrubs up well and goes very dark brown!!
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I havnt answered the poll because if its talking about cobs i wouldnt buy a black and white one and probably an other colour one either!

Paint horses or sports horse types on the other hand i dont mind black and white but i would much rather any other colour!

i would love to own a proper paint horse! got any i could drool over?
 
I don't particularly like any coloureds and I especially don't like cobs so a cobby coloured would be my worst nightmare :p I have had coloureds though and my experience of selling them has been that lw or mw piebalds are more attractive to buyers than skewbalds. I've also had solid blacks and they have been one of the most desirable colours apparently, judging by the amount of enquiries and the speed at which they sold. So I voted piebald but in my mind that is a piebald sportshorse not a gypsy cob.
 
skewbald ISH/ warmblood :) reddy browns look lovely I really like how my mare's colouring changes across the year gradually get darker and more reddy and then she is clipped to reveal ginger.

I also like minimally marked or evenly marked horses but not lots of white. I would love it if if my mare had a completely brown tail mane though :p and dark legs would be a bonus! :D
 
I have a piebald so I like him! He's more white than black but can carry it off as he has more a black face with a snip abd blue eyes. His white tail is also silvery with some black in it.

I don't like overly black piebalds, especially gypsy ones. The ones with the black bum and black tail is quite common I think.

I seen a crack of a grey and white at hoys this year. Was very nice.
 
To me, it really depends on their markings, as opposed to black/white or brown, other/white.
BUT, if I had 2 really nicely marked coloureds in front of me, 1 black/white the other brown/white, then I'd always opt for the piebald. I grew up always wanting a piebald, and when I did have one, was disapointed because her markings where ''ugly''!
 
I'm going to be awkward and say tricoloured!

I like a nice bright bay and white with not too much white. I used to ride a hunter type bay and white skewbald who was very smart with just a narrow white stripe on her face the rest being brown with a black forelock and her mane was black to about a third of the way down.

The markings should have smooth lines, I don't like the colouring you see on a lot of traditionals now that is sort of ragged round the edges. I don't like a lot of white on the face, and particularly not when it goes outside their eyes.

The coloured measles posted is VERY smart - I like that a lot.
 
I'm not sure if this will work as I've never tried it before but here is my boy. As I said in my earlier post, not too much white and no white face but enough white to be a pain to keep clean.

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