Coloured Horses - does nature ever get it wrong?

[pootleperkin]

PP - she is indeed beautiful. I presume from her dam's name that she has the amazing Goshka Ringo in her breeding? And hence of course Samber - lovely breeding, no wonder she's a cracker!

Thank you EMS - we are hoping to get going with her this year a bit more - saddle problems sorted and she will be 7 this year, so hopefully a bit more grown up!

She has Samber on her dam's side (Venus SQS), but not Ringo - Goshka Festivo is her sire (he's now in Switzerland showjumping), so has Fidermark, the GP dressage stallion, on that side.

PS - I like your boy's white tail too...it is a bit depressing when they go yellow though isn't it? Or am I just not a good Mum?

 

[daisydoo]

I've always loved chestnuts but I've ended up with a red and white pinto, predominantly white. I haven't really seen many red and whites so feel quite proud to own one.

To be honest colouring wouldn't put me off seeing a horse if it sounded like a good sort.

Just read about the medicine hat, I'm not sure if mine has that as she's got a red forelock and red face apart from white blaze, rest is white apart from a few blotches of red on quarters. I always describe her as red and white pinto (saddlebred x) but maybe she is tobiano

 

[daisydoo]

... Tobiano to... I need to go educate myself on the proper terms!

Was just thinking you would never admit someone else's baby was ugly would you even if you thought it!

 

[pootleperkin]

Just read about the medicine hat, I'm not sure if mine has that as she's got a red forelock and red face apart from white blaze, rest is white apart from a few blotches of red on quarters. I always describe her as red and white pinto (saddlebred x) but maybe she is tobiano

I *don't* think the horse in your avatar has a medicine hat, though I could be wrong. I think the colour has to stop halfway or so down the face, so it looks more like a hat or bonnet (see my avatar) - anyone confirm?

I love the chestnut and white combo - very striking.

I also agree, a good horse is never a bad colour

 

[eatmyshorts]

PP, the tail does take a lot of work to get sparkley white - i used to start washing it about 3 days before a show (not continuosly, obviously!)

DD - a medecine hat only really applies when the ears are coloured, not full head, so nope, unfortunately, nice as your girl is, she isn't a medecine hat.

Edited to add: cross posted PP! Medecine hat's can also be described as having a War Bonnet so your are spot on with your description.

 

[LaurenBay]

I'm not to keen on big heavy coloureds. But like the lighter types. I love bays and wanted one but ended up with ...

The other side (notice the Dolphin)

I think shes beautiful, but then again I appreiciate that not everyone will think that.

 

[daisydoo]

Thanks pootleperkin, hmm not very hat like then if it covers the face then! Was going to say my girl has a similar ratio of colour as yours, who is gorge by the way! I've given up trying to keep her white bits white, funnily enough she gets muckier after being in at night due to poop stains than when shes out! She's got a lovely welshie thick winters coat but I have been half tempted to rug just to keep her clean but she's only young so letting her go au naturel and play in the dirt.

 

[tedster]

Are you joking?! How bloody rude. My boy is gorgeous.

He is lovely very much like my friends coloured cob Max

 

[edgedem]

My gelding has a lot more white than colour so i know he isnt to everyones taste but boy is he handsome to me!

I have used this photo before as an example of a horse whose markings really dont do it any favours. Far to 'busy' IMO.

Your gelding is drop dead gorgeous!

 

[LollyDolly]

Thank you to everyone for the nice comments. I'm not fishing for compliments. How ridiculous! I'm gushing with pride and love for my horse. Do you comment on every post on here that is along those lines and accuse them of the same?! I am in the lucky position of knowing my horse is awesome.

If you know that your horse is awesome then why are you getting so upset about people not liking him? Surely if you think that he's great then that's all that matters, you don't need anyone else to share your views?

Flame, very well said!!

 

[Honey08]

If you know that your horse is awesome then why are you getting so upset about people not liking him? Surely if you think that he's great then that's all that matters, you don't need anyone else to share your views?

Flame, very well said!!

Because its an upsetting thing to be told? I would be upset if someone said my horse was ugly, as would most people on here. There are so many people on here that go on about how gorgeous their horses are, some go so far as to call them sexy (which I always find a bit wierd). I don't really see why people are pecking at [59668].

 

[Springy]

I don't think its the fact people don't like him i think its the way they have said it....

 

[dollymix]

I am going to risk getting my head bitten off here, but I am slightly bemused that some people are getting so upset by others' comments.

The title of the thread is "Coloured Horses - does nature ever get it wrong."

To me, IMO, if you then post photos, you are leaving yourself open for opnion, negative AND positive!!! I don't agree with nasty comments, but opinions are opinions.

For the record....I don't think any of the horses on here are ugly! And some are truly stunning!

 

[RunToEarth]

I was never really a fan of coloureds, I am very picky and would only have one which was predominantly colour and little white, I'm really not a fan of mostly white coloureds, blue and whites or hairy things, just personal!

Nevertheless, I have had a couple, and my last one, Oshk, I really did like, I just felt his blaze was too fat and that really ruined his face sometimes!!

Shmufles colour saved him to be honest, he had the most awful back end, really square and ugly, the colouring hid it slightly...He also had a roany leg, I hated that, it always looked dirty!

 

[JavaJaneW]

Love coloureds, not really a piebald lover, but wouldn't turn one down!
I have a skewbald pony (I am old fashioned and she will always be skewbald sorry!)

Some lovely ones on this thread

 

[SnowPhony]

I've seen some lovely horses that are coloured, both wb types and cobby types.

I've also seen some really awful coloureds, but the same goes for any coloured horse really!

 

[cattysmith]

I don't mind them so much, but I have to say my preference lies with more dark than white. I really don't care for coloureds with white faces so much as I feel it can make them look a little out of proportion.

Everyone things their own horse is a beauty though! A bit like with kids and husbands...

 

[Keen]

My coloured at the moment is looking like an ugly duckling lol

Best. Ears. Ever.

Fact.

Have judged some coloured classes, you get placing worked out in your head then ask them to change the rein and its like a whole new class lol

Lol!

 

[daisydoo]

Anyone have a palomino and white? My filly's sire is just that, and I haven't met him in real life yet but v unusual and that's something I like (from photos)! When I was a child I used to think piebalds where quite common looking but now I can appreciate the uniqueness in each ones markings.

 

[LollyDolly]

Because its an upsetting thing to be told? I would be upset if someone said my horse was ugly, as would most people on here. There are so many people on here that go on about how gorgeous their horses are, some go so far as to call them sexy (which I always find a bit wierd). I don't really see why people are pecking at [59668].

I don't think its the fact people don't like him i think its the way they have said it....

This.

 

[Keen]

thanks

i still dont *do* coloureds as such (meaing i will never have another) ive given up trying to keep her clean

id like to bath her legs and get her gleaming.....but wtf is the point!?!

shes two now by the way and looks a lot nicer/marking wise and even since the £do i sell her thread.........i do actually quite like her i guesss

Heh! I'll have her, if you're still trying to make up your mind

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipDaXMLLVSI

Too cute! *weeps at the loveliness of it*

 

[SuperCoblet]

My cob is mostly white, but I like his markings

 

[noodle_]

I got my 1st shetland x fallabella when I was 46, I now have 3 a mother duaghter and granddaughter. Love them!

no no no!! im not listening!!!!!!! i need something 14.2 chunk + next time

Heh! I'll have her, if you're still trying to make up your mind

go nuts

shes actually very sweet - im forever throwing things at her/on her to see how she reacts....nothing phases her - except the odd moment when shes excited - her tail gets picked up and she prances

Bargain bucket of KFC, dairy milk and i will post her to you


ets i appologise about the shanky state of her legs i ama actually going to wash them tomorrow!!

 

[forever broke]

This is Pie-face (not real name!) at her very first intro dressage.

Plus points - we love her blue eyes and her little pink nose (scrummy) (She has a winter lady beard at mo' so no longer pink!). Oh, and the fact she is georg.

Negative points - I don't know how long it took me to bring her up to the dazzling white you see here, but it felt like an eternity! She is curently a shade of yellow on the bits her rug doesn't cover!

She is a warmblood by Goshka Festivo and was bred for colour, but most importantly, quality and ability.

We weren't looking for such a loud coloured, but OH couldn't resist her face and her general demeanour at 4 months old!

Sorry pics are big, photobucket isn't letting me resize

She has almost exactly the same markings as mine! She's beautiful.

Apparently mine has a medicine hat too (see my avatar), have never heard it called this. Can anyone tell me why it's called that?

 

[edgedem]

heres mine!

sure some will say a reject!

but someone once mentioned she would be great for showing because of her markings. i don't show so it means nothing to me! what do you all think?

btw shes only 3.5 so she has filling and growing to do!

 

[Lulwind]

She has almost exactly the same markings as mine! She's beautiful.

Apparently mine has a medicine hat too (see my avatar), have never heard it called this. Can anyone tell me why it's called that?

Thanks to Google:

http://www.ponybox.com/news_details.php?id=1126

 

[edgedem]

bit muddy but this is the other side!!

 

[hihosilver]

I am always drawn to coloured horses. I think they stand out from the crowd. They sell as well!

 

[*hic*]

They sell as well!

Which is why, when choosing to try breeding myself a nice middleweight from my mare I deliberately chose a homozygous stallion so that I'd get a coloured. I'm not a big fan of coloureds myself but I figured that by using a graded stallion with good competition results on my reasonably well bred TB mare I'd get a nice horse that if it didn't suit me would be easy to sell. He's come out with four long white stockings (but one has slipped a bit), white over his mane, minimal white on his shoulders and quarters, no white on his face, he's well set out with plenty of bone and is really rather smart (if you can forgive the white part of his mane which grows in ringlets)

From when he was brand new, failed bay

 

[Keen]

shes actually very sweet - im forever throwing things at her/on her to see how she reacts....nothing phases her - except the odd moment when shes excited - her tail gets picked up and she prances

Bargain bucket of KFC, dairy milk and i will post her to you

It's a deal -- if she can handle endless cuddles, and all four legs work, she’s my kinda gal.