Opinions on this horse?

Noooo u made me look on coloured contacts - I am in love with this horse and keep going on there to persuade myself that Hampshire to Yorkshire is not a long drive http://www.colouredcontacts.co.uk/horseforsale_17529

Ponio looks nice - quite leggy but then I'm used to a Connie! Seems like a good price too if advert is fully honest.

Right trying to close the coloured contacts window......

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I doubt shes a tb x wb - god knows where that came from.

Anyone know of the owner? Not a dealer?

Something weird behind for definate.
 
Why isn't the confo picture straight on side and with a saddle on? Hiding something?
 

Warmblood x thorobred? I had the idea that neither of those have broken colors.

I am not fully au fait with warmbloods, but I remember reading a big news splash recently about the first broken colored thoroughbred.

Agree re hind legs - don't like that hocks-to-pastern stance or conformation
 
It's pasterns are a bit flat behind, doubt it would stand up to much jumping. Hocks are a bit straight but difficult to tell from the picture. Back could be tad longer, as could the neck and I'm wondering if the tack is to cover the fact it's croup high? Lacks condition on the neck and doesn't have the prettiest face in the world. Nice colour markings though, never a TB x WB neither of these breeds have a coloured breed standard.
 
I am pretty sure there are now coloured TB and WB standing at stud or whatever - I definitely know that there is a fully registered TB that is coloured
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Yes but lets be honest the coloured registered TB are pretty rare and cost a fortune to breed from! And I suppose if they have register coloured TB's then they can always register a coloured WB bred from said TB but I've never seen one
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the horse looks in no way TB or WB, it looks like a coloured cob probably of 'unknown parentage' with skinny weak legs (which I assume the dealer has classed as TB legs) and a fat body (the WB bit!)
 
Yes, you are most likely right - but just wanted to point out that there is in fact a coloured TB around somewhere
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I love the way that if anything is a bit spindly and rubbish it gets classed as a TB!! Some TBs really aren't that skinny looking at all!
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Not the best looking animal you'll ever see. And certainly not a TBxWB. But I'm sure someone could have some fun on it.
 
Here, here! I totally agree, just cos it's got light weight legs doesn't mean it's a TB, at my old yard they had a proper Irish TB and the owner was regularly accused of lieing about it's breeding, people used to say it MUST have ID in there somewhere just cos she was built like a middle weight hunter, so many people hear TB and think of flat racers which are pretty much just Arabs in disguise
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Oh I do so hate posts like this.
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some one has spent £30 on an advert in the hope of selling a pony, then along comes OP who has no intrest in buying said pony, then everyone procedes to pull it to pieces, Its 14.2hh ridden by children and adults, never going to be a world beater, but looks good enough for the pupose its being advertised for, at a resonable price!....seller then scratches head why they getting no phone calls
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Have to agree with you Quickfire.

Please think for a minute before you post folks. That was a damning criticism before and if I was the owner, I would not be happy, that was almost defamatory TBH.
If you don't like something, fair enough, say so but don't give an in depth destructive appraisal, that isn't fair to the owners or even to the person who eventually buys this pony; who wants people tittering behind their back? None of you would like it, I know that much!
Please think before you write on open forum next time if it is an advert you are criticising; the owners haven't asked for a critique, they are trying to sell their horse not have its appearance scorned, unlike when some posters on here actually ask for your comments.

On another aspect, the coloured TB you're on about is I Was Framed who has a few foals on the ground now. He stood in Ireland last year but I believe he is back in this country now (just up the road from me in fact!)
 
It could still be a TB x WB if it is only 14.2hh. Mine is a WB x TB (on her passport) , she is only 14.2hh, but she does have some pony in her breeding down the lines which makes her smaller.
 
If the person selling or buying this horse is unaware of the confirmational defect this horse has then I think they have a right to know what other people think. The truth of the matter is this horse does not have the best confirmation and yes it may only be for general riding etc but in the long term a horse with bad confo can be far more prone to medical conditions of the joints and back.
 
Im sorry but i dont think the conformation faults on this horse are anybodys business on here, unless the owner or prospective buyer is asking. If i thought someone had posted about my ponies conformation without my knowledge i would be fuming
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Cruiseline's got a small WB filly she's posted a picture of on here last week. Very well bred too. She's actively hoping it stays small. Odd throw backs can happen.

To be honest, I think the horse in the advert is okay. I wouldn't have bred from her personally, but if she's as described in the ad and from looking at her pictures, she looks a sweet pony which would be fine as a nice all rounder and hack. Unfortunately not all horses come out with perfect conformation - not even those with the best bloodlines. I honestly think it's okay and the price is probably negotiable. I've certainly seen a lot worse advertised for a lot more! Sure we ALL have
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If the person selling or buying this horse is unaware of the confirmational defect this horse has then I think they have a right to know what other people think. The truth of the matter is this horse does not have the best confirmation and yes it may only be for general riding etc but in the long term a horse with bad confo can be far more prone to medical conditions of the joints and back.

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Yes, but that does not mean you have to pull it to shreds on open forum for the world to see!
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That is both cruel and totally thoughtless just because you appear to want the world to know that YOU know - or think you know - what you're talking about.
There is such a thing as constructive criticism but unless you actually email or know the owner and ask their permission to slate it on open forum, then it's not your business to do it and I don't think Admin would be too pleased if they get a complaint of your post from that owner, do you?

Quite agree with you Mrs Stinky too! If the owner had put the post up asking for conformation critique, fair enough but this is an advert for the purpose of selling this horse. It's hard enough to sell anything ATM, that sort of comment is not going to help is it?
 
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....never a TB x WB neither of these breeds have a coloured breed standard

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I do hate to contradict people who may know more than me, but I definitely see coloured WBxTB's regularly. For example, Centyfield Stud stand a homozygous coloured stallion called Cutsdean Centurion who is a Polish WB. Put to a TB mare he will always throw a coloured WBxTB.

Also, one of my TB mares produced a coloured TB filly - Wetherby's registered (out of full TB mare by a 15/16th TB coloured stallion).
 
I did say that I agreed there were coloured TB's out there and therefore coloured WB, however, they do cost alot to breed from and are unlikely to be 14.2 and selling for £2,000 to £3,000.

This is an open forum and I did not post asking for the opinion, I mearly gave MY opinion on the horse. I stand by everything I have said, I have my own opinions on what consitutes good confirmation and I am entitled to give those opinions when asked.
 
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