It’s just a colour!

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My horse search might take some time! 🙈🙈🙈

I’m still fixated on black horses 🙈. I know that’s silly but I turned my boy jet out today and he looked lovely cantering off! He’s semi retired now so looking for another.

Although they are a lot bigger anyway- 16/16.2 Jet is just 15. Is it too much of a leap?!!
 
It is madness to base your entire horse search on colour. Write a list of what else is important to you and see what you can find. But your considering buying something that might be unsuitable because its a pretty colour. It wont end well. Never mind the struggle to find a nice, sane, sound horse is HARD before you filter by a colour that isnt that common.
 
I'm Dun said:
It is madness to base your entire horse search on colour. Write a list of what else is important to you and see what you can find. But your considering buying something that might be unsuitable because its a pretty colour. It wont end well. Never mind the struggle to find a nice, sane, sound horse is HARD before you filter by a colour that isnt that common.
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Agree, first and foremost you want a decent, suitable horse!
Secondly, if you really are fixated on black, there aren’t many of them - mostly very dark bay, even dark liver - and if you ever do stand next to genuine, blue-black - will look a bit singed. Likewise at coat change seasons, so may prove disappointing.
We all have preferences, even colours we’d avoid, please remember that a good horse can’t be a bad colour.
 
As long as you realise that it will probably take longer to find, and quite possibly cost more, I’d not be in too much of a rush to compromise.

I had always wanted a dun sportshorse gelding (true dun, not buckskin) and he was truly, utterly worth waiting for!

I have no ambition to compete at upper levels of anything so I could afford to nitpick over things that others might not.
 
If it matters to you and you have the time then stick with it, they are too much money to not be filled with a sense of joy when you look in your field.

As it happens I have never met a pleasant black horse in 25 years of being around them, it's funny how we have all experience different things. (Not saying they're all horrid, just my personal experience with the ones I have gotten to know!)
 
Yes I know it makes sense it is just a colour. I’m not aiming for badminton grassroots 🤣 but I think part of it is how much joy my heart horse has given me in 20 years. He’s black with a star on his forehead. I love seeing him canter across the field. He’s a cobby type but gorgeous. Admittedly when I got him I wasn’t looking for a black horse just a sensible one! I’m not in any rush and I still ride him a few times a week he’s just retired from jumping clinics etc and having a nice hacking life with me now. I’ll make that list!

Out of interest has anyine gone up from 15/2 to 16/16.2?
 
I sort of get it, although I’ve never said I’ll only look at a certain colour each time I’ve been looking I seem to get drawn to a specific colour. First time it was bays - bought a bay, then I seemed to try a lot of chestnuts - bought a chestnut. Last time it was dun or buckskin - bought a buckskin 🤪. I did not set out to get any of those colours.
 
I was looking at foals last year.

I wanted something a bit different and had my heart set on a Palomino or something else unusual.

Saw a nice Buckland Cremello NF entered in the sales which I talked myself out of bidding on. Just didn't feel quite right.

The pony that eventually sung to me, was a chestnut colt who should grey out 😅

Honestly, look for the colour your want, but don't discount looking at other horses in the interim.

When the right one sings to you, it won't matter what colour it is.
 
Ahahaha when I was horse shopping I had one requirement - no greys and no coloured's, I was sick of trying to keep them clean and going to a show being a whole military operation of bathing, grooming and rugging for 48 hours beforehand. "I just want to be able to flick a brush over my horse and go" I believe were my words.

Anyway, I now own a coloured that is 80% white. 🙃
 
I can empathise, I am addicted to blacks and palominos! But life is sneaky! In dogs my breed has three 'types' of colouration, one glamorous and fashionable, and the others, not so much considered 'working colours'.
Now I love all blacks and for the show ring should of course consider the glamorous black and gold combo! So that would be why my last 10 in a row are all sables then!
 
KikiDee said:
Ahahaha when I was horse shopping I had one requirement - no greys and no coloured's, I was sick of trying to keep them clean and going to a show being a whole military operation of bathing, grooming and rugging for 48 hours beforehand. "I just want to be able to flick a brush over my horse and go" I believe were my words.

Anyway, I now own a coloured that is 80% white. 🙃
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Haha! Yes, when I started considering a second horse my only criterion was "no greys" - I already have a coloured and his legs are enough of a pain to keep clean.

I've ended up with a Connemara who is pretty well white already at the age of two. But his temperament was just SO good, and he was such a lovely little chunk, it felt very silly to pass him up.
 
I've been helping a friend out on occasions, riding her 14'2ish cob, after riding my 17'1 warmblood or 16'1 connie x tb! while the cob feels very different, it's no biggy swapping from a small to a big horse! the only issue I have is that is seems way harder to swing my leg around to get off a small cob! like I get stuck on them haha
 
I have a friend that won't touch a black horse, says they are nasty!
I'm open to all colours apart from grey. All horses ride differently so you can't really tell until you go and try. Good luck in your search.
 
Is there a reason you've limited your search to 16.2hh?

Regarding colour, I won't have a grey horse again.
One because I hate washing horses and don't want to ride something with poo stains.
Secondly, the melanomas tend to get them at some point and I'd rather limit that future risk if I can.
I say this as someone who previously owned 3 greys!

Apart from that, I don't mind what colour as long as I think they're good looking. I spend more time looking at them than riding them so want a pretty horse!
 
No good horse is a bad color 😁😁😁😁😁 you might just be surprised what you end up with.

The only color id personally actively avoid is silver because of the association with MCOA and my own squeamishness about eyes!!
 
Mine is passported roan, but is DEFINITELY grey (or going that way) and I knew I was buying a grey when I bought him, not sure how the seller managed to convince the vet of that!
 
KikiDee said:
Ahahaha when I was horse shopping I had one requirement - no greys and no coloured's, I was sick of trying to keep them clean and going to a show being a whole military operation of bathing, grooming and rugging for 48 hours beforehand. "I just want to be able to flick a brush over my horse and go" I believe were my words.

Anyway, I now own a coloured that is 80% white. 🙃
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Same,! I already have a grey so I was adamant no more, I ended up with a blue and white aka a coloured who is greying out 🤦‍♀️🤣
 
I think it’s fine to have a favourite colour and for sure they may come higher up your search parameters.

But be careful you don’t buy the wrong horse just because it’s black. Also don’t not look at a horse that ticks all the boxes other than colour. At least go and have a sit. If it’s the right horse then the colour suddenly won’t matter.

A number of years ago I was looking for a new horse. Either loan, possible lease or sub 5 figures to buy. But I wanted a performance horse. Anyway one day I got a call about a horse that the owner/breeder was willing to loan. I soon realised I had seen the horse for sale (big bucks out of my price range). I can hand on heart say I would not have gone to try her due to her colourings (mostly facial) even if she had been in budget.
As it was a loan, I put my vanity/prejudices aside and went to look.
The minute I rode her none of it mattered anymore. And I grew to love her markings.
 
AShetlandBitMeOnce said:
Mine is passported roan, but is DEFINITELY grey (or going that way) and I knew I was buying a grey when I bought him, not sure how the seller managed to convince the vet of that!
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when his passport was done he would have been quite roany to look at, grey starts with lots of white flecks. Vets should know better but they dont get proper training on colours so its hit and miss!
 
FieldOrnaments said:
Doesn't matter what color it is when you buy it.... It's gonna be brown soon enough anyway 😂
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That's why I have three bays with minimal white, but it turns out clay is lighter coloured than bays, so I threw in a buckskin to see if she's any better!
Only joking, colour wasn't a factor in horse choice (or non choice in the case of the homebred)

On the bright side, OP, there are whole breeds of (nearly) only black horses, fells, dales, friesians, merens...
 
I see nothing wrong with looking for a horse that fits you reasonably and is black. Might take more time, but that's your choice.

I'm not buying another grey. Have one currently, a Connemara I got for another pony. I don't mind the dirtyness too much but the melanoma bother me. Silver and MCOA is only an issue in homozygous cases, so I don't mind a heterozygous one. I'm now on my second silver black tobiano. Would recommend a silver black, they're sort of mud coloured anyway, very practical! But avoid the pintos, that kind of takes away the whole point as they do their best to have the same mud-colour all over...
 
I have 3 black ones :eek: didn't plan it that way particularly

go smaller, buy an up to height fell and then you will have a few to choose from that all tick your colour choice box!
 
Fastasflames said:
I have 3 black ones :eek: didn't plan it that way particularly

go smaller, buy an up to height fell and then you will have a few to choose from that all tick your colour choice box!
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Same, 3 black horses…well, a PRE (black nd1, the colour of high % dark chocolate with coffee colour ear fluff), a Connemara (smokey black, just looks brown) and a Shetland (possibly a black tobiano as he has a lovely silver grey tail). Didn’t go looking for a black horse on any occasion but I do love them. I’m prepared to fight anyone who tells me they are unpleasant or nasty 😄 mine are all the most wonderful people.

I also have a palomino, and had one as my first pony. So apparently I follow a theme!
 
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