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When I was young (er).... coloured horses were definately NOT in Vogue. A black and white was a Piebald and any other colour and white was a skewbald and that was that. They were considered "gypsy" horses and not that popular. Now they command lots of money. Is this just a fashion? Have to say though, have seen some really nice TB x that are coloured and this must of enhanced the trend. I am fussy though and do not like the cobby types. Thats just my preference. What do you think??
 
never liked them and like you thought they were gypsy horses then my daughter bought a coloured warmblood x tb out of stanhopes dueka and now completely changed my view on coloured horses I now look on them in a different light. Have seen some really nice ones around.
 
well my mare has gone to a coloured TXxCB!! hes quite fine as well!!
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dread to think what purchase price would be!! i remember when you could pick up coloured 10 a penny as no one wanted them at all now they are everywhere and most at stupid prices!!! BTW the stallion was picked for his temprement and conformation so was pure luck he's coloured!!he is much better looking in real life!!
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Never wanted a coloured, but my mare fitted the bill and happened to be coloured (in my dreams I was looking for a nice chestnut, welsh D mare, but ended up with a piebald cob mare!!!). Handsome is as handsome does, so coat colour means nothing to me.
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I didn't go out looking for a coloured. But my horse is a smart, talented horse and that has nothing to do with his colour. When I see all the other bays and chestnuts grazing in the paddocks next to him I do have to say that he really stands out though.....
 
I brought Lottie 5years ago, just before they came into 'fashion' I swore i would never have a coloured i just didn't like them, but my instructor spotted Lottie in the H&H and told me i had to go and at least look at her, she was perfect but i still very nearly didn't buy her because she was coloured, she turn out to be perfect for me and was a fantastic horse, She is out of a irish cob mare by a tb stallion
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Lottie as a 5year old
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Sure you have all seen mine, no need to post pics!. I dont like heavier horses full stop, be it coloured or solid, and yes you can brand me a hypacrit for that as Monty is a big fat ugly cob, but I dont like him for the horse he looks, but the horse he is, which is pretty mint. I tend to go for build when it comes to horses, some people go for colour, I personally wouldnt pay a penny more for anything based on colour, I buy horses for courses, not colour.
 
My heavens -- He looks just like an ideal western Tobiano Paint here.

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well my mare has gone to a coloured TXxCB!! hes quite fine as well!!
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dread to think what purchase price would be!! i remember when you could pick up coloured 10 a penny as no one wanted them at all now they are everywhere and most at stupid prices!!! BTW the stallion was picked for his temprement and conformation so was pure luck he's coloured!!he is much better looking in real life!!
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I personally wouldnt pay a penny more for anything based on colour, I buy horses for courses, not colour.

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No i completly agree with you, i brought Lottie to do a job she just happend to be coloured i would have still brought her had she been any other colour, but its amazing when you look at a coloured horses for sale, quite alot i look and think if that was bay/grey/chestnut etc it would be half the price.
 
Moneypit are you trying to start a fight ?

Each to their own, but I do get a bit p'd off with people who have horses "who look the part" (and are often too scared to ride them !) but who look down on anyone who has an honest hardworking cob (coloured or otherwise).
 
loh, no honest don't want to start a fight! I have to agree, I know all about horses that "look the part" (having got one) and then screwing up over 2ft 3"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!xxxxxxxxxx
 
I think there is plenty of room on here for everyone to have an opinion of their own.

I like arabs, but I also like paints and palominos and, quite frankly, I don't give a hoot what anybody else thinks. The world would be a very boring place if we all went for the same thing don't you think?
 
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For every person that hates a cob there will be one that loves them
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it would be a dull old world if we all liked the same things.

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Nooooooooooooo.........For every person that hates a cob there will be six that loves them
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it would be a dull old world if we all liked the same things.
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Well we have a coloured cob who is amazing, he had a really bad start at life before coming to us but has blossomed in to a beautiful honest boy who loves what he does.

Although the colour does make him stand out i personally dont feel that "colour" is a contributing factor to a good horse.

To be honest i dont know much about what makes a good coloured horse but hopefully i will be showing Rolo in hand next summer as we have been told that because his markings are symetrical he would do well in the show ring.

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For every person that hates a cob there will be one that loves them
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Yep agree 100%,after years of owning the pretty TB's types and pretty arab crosses and having lot's of vet's bills to match,give me a cob.....My 1st horse was a skewbald,with big patches of chestnut, and did people frown down on her,she was the sweetest of mares,with lovely manners,but then in the 70's you did not buy horses like that!
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When I was growing up, I always wanted a 15 hand bay gelding! I later fell in love with Section D's.

I started sharing Doll and absolutely fell in love with her and when opportunity arose to buy her, we did.

My 15 hand Bay Gelding
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When I got my second horse I wanted a Section D and got this instead
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bears a moggy cob X, his mum is a piebald gypsie cob and his dad is a chesnut tbXhannorvarian

i personally wouldnt buy a pure bred of any breed now, i have got a welsh A but thats different!!

i think that pure breds always get some sort of problems and its not just horses its dogs and cats etc....
and Cobs have the nicest of natures!!!
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my sec A has got a dodgy back leg (a bad barbed wire scar from when he was a yearling so it comes up now and again)
 
I bought my coloured hairy cob 9 yrs ago when they were still considered 'common' to most. It was one of the reasons I bought him.. I hate following trends..
I was an Arab person before that but having worked with a couple of show cobs I was converted! The heavier/cobbier the better
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I like coloured horses, both of mine have been. However, i wont buy a horse unless it is a good horse, regardless of colour and would have happily brought a sold coloured horse (my first horse was an unintentional "project") However, i think there is so much coloured crap being bred, the "fashion" is doing them down, as alot of "good" coloured horses are good because alot of them have a pony quality about them which makes them clever, however this is getting less and less so.
I believe my horse is a good horse who happens to be coloured, which also gives him presence. Alot of the rubbish that is bred also stands out for the same reason, so people notice them more than a similar bad quality bay for example.
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honey pots he is lurrvely!!!!

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thankyou..don't often get compliments for him
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he is a lovely looking lad!! fancy doing a swop??!!!!!
 
honey pots, he is lush, my husband would adore to have him (hint, hint!)

Here's mine, we are out on Dartmoor near Hound tor. He was supposed to be bought by my friend for her riding school, she declined him (too young and silly back then) and on a complete whim I bought him. Colour wasn't relevant, but I do prefer non solids, BUT if I was looking to buy another horse, the colour wouldn't come into it. So if anyone has a nice weight carrying cob type, sensible, age sex colour immaterial, to carry my 17 stone husband, let me know please!

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I love coloured horses, but 22 years ago when we bought ours the judges at the local show said "oh, ITS coloured" like it was some kind of dreadful disease! Thats when i joined chaps and started promoting them. Getting classes for them was trying to get blood out of a stone! Now if it has patches its wonderful!!! How things change.
Weve had a couple of really nice coloured neds, but none at the moment.
 
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