Coloureds - Fashion accessories

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Laafet

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Now before anyone jumps down my throat I really like a nice coloured horse, and would love a nice warmblood type. However I am beginning to think that the whole world has gone coloured mad and was wondering if anyone else was fed up of seeing so many adverts for coloured horses at inflated prices just because they are coloured. I was flicking through Horse Deals and there are some really debatable conformation wise looking horses out there. Are people just putting their mares to coloureds because they think the foal will sell better - I know that was the plan of the lady I bought Flora off, she breeds show ponies and hates coloured (a bit old fashioned) and she was putting Flora's mum to a coloured as she believed that sadly that is the way of the horsey world at the mo.
Any thoughts, and I repeat I love coloureds but think people have been going a little mad on a having a coloured horse at the mo. Seem to remember it being palamino's about 10 years ago.
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I do like coloureds as had one myself and she was a very pretty mare, But the prices are ridiculous looking back the prices they are up for these days I could get 5grand for old pony compared to prices these days but I wouldnt have been so un realistic to do that.

I think its the trend at the minute, but I have to admit their are some gorgeous coloureds around at the minute.
 
i love my boy with all my heart but because of the fashion (i thought people would actually take the mick out of me when i bought him cos they used to be considered...well you know the nicknames) i am wishing i had bought something less conspicious as i am constantly paranoid due to this "trend" that he is going to get stolen. is it the coloureds that are so expensive or coloured cobs? i know the cobs are because of temperament etc etc but put that together with the colours, god its ridiculous prices. ive been told due to my ones "excellent conformation / stunning paces / neckarch etc" i can get a blank cheque for him, not to mention the fact that he is one of the few that are schooled but like i said, this makes him attractive to others and i hate it. if something happened to him i would die. they are being (mares) nicked and sent to europe to breed warmbloods now which is making them much more attractive, and expensive, but as with anything, surely with more on the market the cheaper they become ie supply meets demand??
 
Yep agree with Tarquin - i love coloureds , my old coloured was stunning and i wish i could have him back!!
But atm everyone seems to think "It's a coloured lets advertise it as a potential hoys/chaps pony" because that seems to be the trend atm.
 
I love a coloured and would pay more for a coloured horse than a normal block colour - i think they are more individual and like to stand out.
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Except that nowadays they aren't individual - go to a show and 70% of horses there are coloureds!
I think it happens all the time though. Like T said, 10 years ago it was palominos, then it was chestnuts, then greys, now coloureds
 
coloureds make good money and yes, i'd agree that some owners put their mare to a coloured for just that reason.

20 yrs ago, the meatman didnt have enough lorries to take them t the abbatoir...nobody wanted a "gypsy pony".

they weren't even allowed on the Hunting field!!!

now they have separate registration/stud book/societies,

i'm not knocking the "colour" per se ..i own one!!..but to put a mare to a stallion, just because of it's colour, is IMO wrong.
 
i agree they do seem to be fashion statement IOM, saying that there are some beautiful ones out there, but i personnely think market is totally flooded by them. But IOM horse market is totally overpriced, but people seem to paid they money.
i have not problem if folks ask money for a young horse with competetion record but i personnel know horse that is been sold with no record and not fab breed, but still asking £6,000 for 7yrs, 15hh3 - IOM way too much, but i'm sure she'lll get price- so good luck to her
 
I agree with the mad prices also the theft problem, we had some peculiar stuff going on last autumn, when we astarted rugging for winter we kept finding the horses rugs had been done up differently, like someone had taken them off to check for freezemarks... never got to the bottom of that, but putting up barbed wire seemed to stop easy entrance to the field. If probably wasn't coincidence that this started just a few days before a big horse sale up country where apparently a lot of coloureds are sold.

When our foal was born, we were delighted she was near leopard spotted, though we hadn't bred for colour (chesnut stallion!) but the second thing we thought of was the theft factor.
 
It's odd isn't it that a few years back you wouldn't of been seen dead owning a coloured but now i think the price for them is ridiculous.I know a few coloureds that are in fact stunning and yes they are worth a lot because they are very well schooled by a top rider but a lot of them i see arn't anything special but yet they are put up for sale for silly money. The fashion for them is mad, i actually was going to go and try a coloured youngster before i got my little grey but in the end i decided they wanted too much for her considering she'd done nothing and wasn't bred fantastic, i think they were relying on her colour which was lovely as she had brown/blk and white over her with black freckles over her too. That should not be the only reason for a high price tag,the other thing is that she had a splint on both front lags so showing was out. Am now happy with my purchase of a rose grey who is very attractive and was half the price of the other one.
 
I have to agree with the coloureds and prices, YO has a coloured gelding for sale at a rather inflated price, if he was solid coloured he would only fetch half what she is asking, he hasn't done much, nicely marked but that is all. I too have a coloured , a mare and I am paranoid about somebody taking her, lucky for me she is a bugger to catch if she doesn't know you and as for loading, she only likes to follow me up the ramp...........
 
Glad I'm not the only one, fair enough to pay a decent price if the horse is good but then my grey boy who has changed colour from iron grey to dapple to rose grey and finally fleabitten has always done well as he stands out from the usual line up of bays and chestnuts etc when showing and so you don't have to have a coloured to do well.
RHT I can remember my dealer friend taking me to Northampton sales and warning me not to buy a coloured as you could only flog them to gyspies. That was about 10 years ago now and everyone wanted palominos or roans.
 
re artois - they certainly do stand out, i took pics of our boys this morning and it was hard to get the bays and blacks to even show on the photo against the trees etc and i can always find mine in the field but the downside is they are very "obvious" to people looking for them sadly. re gloster_image - 70% at a show? I would love that (except i wouldnt as it means i stand less chance of winning) i would say at our shows out of 100 horses only 2 or 3 are coloured and we certainly get all the oohs and aahs. very definitely down the pub we are the ones that get the fussing and compliments but going back to my original comment, when i bought him i thought i would be laughed out of a show / pub garden so in one way its great but another its dangerous. pointless post just replying really. interesting too to see how "careful" people are on here critiscising coloureds and cobs nowadays as ex members have been banned and lynched for being so derogatory - rightly so, everyone has their preference and everyones horse is precious.
 
I am pleased about this coloured revolution it means plain colours are passed over even though they might have great conformation and breeding. It also means they are a more reasonable price. I am quite happy to see people paying a fortune for crap just because of its colour but I am worried long term as people will be breeding more crap and that is not good for the future of quality horses.
 
I think you will find that the reason that they price has gone up significantly is partly down to the fact that coloured horses now have their own classes at HOYS and RIHS. It is the ONLY show class at HOYS where the non registered (i.e. native) hairies are able to compete. There is no other class at HOYS where a nice looking, reasonably well schooled horse can compete if it does not fall into a specific type - but if you have a coloured, then you will find a niche for it.

This is proven when you look at maxi cobs and standard sized cobs (irrespective of colour). A LW or HW cob will cost more generally than a maxi as maxi cobs do not have a class at HOYS. If ever HOYS decide to have a maxi class, then they will immediately become more expensive.

Just the way it is.
 
I have had all shapes, sizes and coloured and i my personal experience coloureds always sell quicker.

I wanted a coloured from when i first saw strawberry mojo (anymore remember her) top 148.
 
I've got one and had him for 5yrs he is wonderful. I had always wanted a coloured but like other people I am paranoid if anyone shows too much interest in him as I keep thinking he is going to get stolen. I am lucky enough to be able to rent some land next to my house so I keep him close and stable him and his friends in the garden.
 
lec - that was my long term concern that in the end we'll end up with a bunch of misformed rejects that no one wants. Breeding for fashion is a pet hate of mine, bit like those silly little dogs that posh girls like.
 
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I love a coloured and would pay more for a coloured horse than a normal block colour - i think they are more individual and like to stand out.
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But there not that individual any more as everyone seems to have one. When looking for my mare coloured wasn't even on my list she just happened to be the right one. TBH i think the fashion of coloureds are on their way out its now spotties and highlands/ fjords/ eriskays that are popular
 
ditto about anyone showing interest, some poor girl asked me about where mine was stabled this morning, a temp working here that saw my pics, i wouldnt tell her the name of the yard, i explained why and she understood but i bet she thought i was mental. i wont tell anyone where he comes from when out either. and i rug him just to cover him, why should anyone be made to feel like this?
 
I think there is a definite trend towards coloured horses at the moment - although I have always liked them. My sister has a coloured - she paid £1800 for him last year as a 4 year old. He is an absolute cracker as well. I've seen some coloureds advertised at silly money but there are some bargains to be had out there too.
 
There's no doubt about it that the flavour of the month (so to speak) is coloureds. Their time is here.....but they will also go back out of fashion again. You're far better off with a brown horse....they never go out of fashion!
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I admit that when I buy seller-ons I wouldn't consider buying anything that was brown - it has to be some flashy colour as this is what sells - ironic that often these multicoloured ones are often of a lower calibre....but I guess there is no accounting for what people want.
 
I don't think you are being -made- to feel like that, I think that is just probably you?

I mean, being careful is always good, and coloureds are more desireable at the moment, but I don't think you should feel like everyone is trying to steal your horse!
 
When I bought my coloured I had been 'out of the horsey world' for quite a while, and had no idea about the craze. I had never really liked coloured horses, and the fact he was coloured put me off going to see him for a fair few weeks! I bought him because of his personality, and have grown to love coloured horses because of him. Don't think I would ever breed for colour or set out looking for something coloured, but they do certainly catch my eye now
 
I was never realy a coulourd fan my first boy was a coloured £200 from the settled gypsy's. then was offered saff for Free and only 9mts old so I couldnt say no although I was looking for a new forest at the time.

such is life we dont always have to be coloured fanatics to own one and yes the prices these days are rediculous
 
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