Is a Pintaloosa suitable as a first horse?

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I have researched the PIntaloosa best I can on the net but does any one own one and if so what are their temperaments like generally of course? Would one be suitable as a novice rider first time owner?
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I have no idea but was talking to my farrier the other day and you can't really go by breeding, one could be a complete nutcase and another as quiet as a mouse. We were talking about tbs but is the same with all. Until you saw one I don't think you could say x
 
They fall in the same range as Arabs for temperament & character.
Not usually recommended for novices and there are lots more Arabs to choose from.
 
I thought a Pintaloosa was a colour pattern rather than a breed. It's a Skewbald horse where the dark patches are made up of the Appaloosa/spotted coat pattern, rather than bay, chestnut, dun etc etc.

Therefore, I don't think coat colour would have much influence on temperament. If its an Appaloosa cross then you could go by that.

I've had both a "Pintaloosa" (although the term wasn't heard of in GB then!) and an appaloosa
cross and both were NOT novice rides if that's any help, however I don't really think it had anything to do with their colour.
 
Sorry, brain fa*t - I was thinking of pintabian.

legaldancer is correct - it is a colour not a breed.


Often when horses are bred for colour the other requirements get ignored.
As neither the spotty registries nor the coloured horse group like the patterns mixing they tend to be from less concerned breeders.

Odds are it would not be advisable for a novice to seek one out but if a local horse that is a schoolmaster happens to have a mix of patterns it may be worth a look.
 
NeverSayNever said:
for a first horse, seek out the correct temperament first and foremost and whatever colour/breed/type that may be,then go with it;)
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Soooo agree with this^^^ Don't know much about appaloosa's over here, but in the States they are noted as being crazy B**gers. Have trained a few there; some were, some wern't - as is usual with stereotypes!
 
Wizzkid said:
Isn't that a bit like asking if bay horses a good first horse to buy??
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Agree with the above its a colour pattern not a breed, if you find a pintaloosa and you think it may be suitable you need to research the horses breeding and try the horse, then make up your mind if it will be a suitable first horse or not. As for appaloosas being buggers, most spotty horses in the uk have alsorts of breeding in them. I bred a spotty filly who is 1/2 irish cob and 1/2 warmblood, true appys I have no idea what their temprement is like but I have always read that they have very trainable temps.
 
Oh god I hadn't actually realised that these silly designer breeding names had taken hold in the horse world. I thought it was restricted mainly to dogs.

Perhaps I aught to make up some names for my mongrel horses :D :D :D
 
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