I thought my horse was GREY...

[Befney3]

...but when I arrived at the yard last night everyone claimed this brown thing was mine!

and the other side (he doesn't do things by halves)

I had to spend half an hour hosing him off then even longer getting him dry before I could ride. Stupid horse.

For anyone who hasn't seen him before, this is what Chilli Boo usually looks like

 

[3BayGeldings]

That's why i bought a bay

 

[Befney3]

I had a bay with no white on her (not even one hair) before Boo. I have no idea what posessed me to buy a grey. It's worse 'cos he loves the mud so much. I think he wants to be a hippo!

 

[3BayGeldings]

He has done a very impressive job there!

 

[Befney3]

He did miss that small patch by his withers on one side.

It was in his ears & everything tho!

 

[diggerbez]

i would never have another grey for that very reason. i now have 2 bays. brilliant

 

[BankEndRescue]

no way can that stunning horse have turned into a swamp beast!!!!!

 

[PippiPony]

Oh don't you just love them. I swore when i got a second horse i was not going to get another mare & i was never having a grey again & i didn't want to buy another 4 year old.
So i bought a 4 year old grey mare

So then i had 2 of the little swamp monsters to keep clean

 

[Annagain]

I can't see the photos as work computers a bit funny but if he's anything like mine you have my sympathy! My IDxHippo digs a wallow first (I've never seen anything like it, there are holes all over the field) to ensure maximum mud coverage. For some reason although he loves a muddy body, he doesn't like having muddy hooves, so as he's mid roll on his back he rubs his hooves on his tummy, just to make my life even harder! I am NEVER having another grey. Next one will be bay/black with no socks. I can just about cope with white on its face!

 

[muddy_grey]

I feel you pain (as my username will tell). My old girly used to get in the muddy pond even in the snow and wallow. There is no other word for it. They look fab when they're clean, but it takes elbow grease!

 

[Goya]

I had one like that. She would dig herself a mud patch in her field. Mind you she could find mud and other things to discolour her coat from nowhere.
Don't you just love them.
I was shocked to see you had rain yesterday. we were sweltering.

 

[moodymare1987]

Lol My big grey does exactly the same thing. He is 17.2 so you can imagine how long it takes to clean him.

 

[Skippydo]

OMG

is this a sign of things to come, my new neddy is grey!!! I looked for him for 18 months cos i needed the 'perfect' horse and funny enough in the back of my mind i new it would be a grey, maybe he's just 'perfec' not 'perfect'!! Love the pictures, brushes up beautifully though.

 

[Darkly_Dreaming_Dex]

I think this is spreading- look at the so called appy my OH owns

 

[louise1989]

I have 2 greys who always choose the muddiest part of the field to roll in!! Oh the joys!!

 

[jesterfaerie]

HAHA oh I am so glad my grey is being nice to me recently and is very clean!
Thankfully he is only 13.1 so I don't have a full horse to clean.

 

[nikicb]

I have a bay horse and a grey pony - it takes me 2-3 times longer to get the pony ready for a show than the horse!!

 

[Befney3]

Thank you for you sympathy everyone. I'm so pleased I'm not the only one who owns a wannabe hippo-horse.

BankEndRescue, I promise it's the same horse. Not very stunning when he does that tho!

skippydo, sorry to be the one to break it to you but this really is what you have to look forward to. Enjoy.

Vicky_21, Boo's only 16.1 & I still struggle to reach the mud on the top of his bum so I don't envy you trying to clean yours.