Shes NOT a thoroughbred!!!!

[Springy]

someone was once trying to impress us with her horses

they were 'warmbloods' one 14.2 and one about 15hh one dun and one spotty I was like hmmm Ive never seen warmblood like that to which she took the huff...

she claimed one was buckskin not dun and they were both half knobstrap!!!! Yes knobstrap!! to which we fell about laughing....... to this day everytime I see or read about a knabstruper I cant help but think about those delightful half knobstrap warmbloods!!!!!!!

 

[cambrica]

Our big gal 'Peggy' would be over the moon if she was called anything other than "well what on earth is she?"
We tell her she had blue blood somewhere in her ancestry, it works - she's happy !

 

[Kikke]

I couldn't care less what any doy else makes of them. I know!

 

[rhino]

they were 'warmbloods' one 14.2 and one about 15hh one dun and one spotty I was like hmmm Ive never seen warmblood like that to which she took the huff...

Warmbloods are mixed breed horses and ponies. Some breed societies only recognise certain heights/colours but it is perfectly possible to have either dun (or buckskin) or spotty warmbloods, and of pony size.

 

[Springy]

Warmbloods are mixed breed horses and ponies. Some breed societies only recognise certain heights/colours but it is perfectly possible to have either dun (or buckskin) or spotty warmbloods, and of pony size.

Not half KNOBSTRAP though

 

[rhino]

Not half KNOBSTRAP though

to this day everytime I see or read about a knabstruper D

No such thing as a 'knabstruper' either. The breed is Knabstrupper.

 

[Springy]

Really............

The Knabstrupper or Knabstrup is a Danish breed of horse with an unusual range of coat coloration

 

[Springy]

I missed a P

stone me now!!!

 

[chokablok]

I think what Rhino is saying is there are 2 p's ....

haha just read your next comment

 

[Snowysadude]

My Belgian warmblood is constantly called an Irish Draught, even by judges at shows, people at various yards and even people on here messaging me and asking about his Irish breeding! I don't mind, he has a lot of bone, a big head and used to be very fat too so I can forgive them for thinking he was ID in show condition .
Now he looks like a warmblood again people magically notice his brand and ask about him!

P.S. My horse of a lifetime was an ID and I love ID's as a breed! Favorite by a mile.

 

[Spring Feather]

Really............

The Knabstrupper or Knabstrup is a Danish breed of horse with an unusual range of coat coloration

Knabstrup is the name of the town. Knabstrupper is the name of the registry

 

[Crackerz]

I have been asked a number of times before if my brown New Forest is a Connie? Because apparently he's too pretty to be a NF!

 

[Springy]

Knabstrup is the name of the town. Knabstrupper is the name of the registry

My point which has been clearly missed is that they were not half
KNOB STRAP!!!!

 

[Spring Feather]

My point which has been clearly missed is that they were not half
KNOB STRAP!!!!

I think we all got that part

 

[dominobrown]

TBH I have better things to worry about.
I did laugh when I got my horses vetted a few years ago, and the vet wrote a letter to the insurance company. I wasn't there but it was the weirdest letter, and they put his breed down as a cob....
This is him...
http://johngracing.thirdlight.com/viewpicture.tlx?containerid=12686524442&pictureid=12686613587
He is 16.3hh TB X WB!! He competes in riding horse classes.

 

[Archina]

My american TB gets called a WB and my hanovarian mare gets called a TB. My ID has been mistaken for every kind of draft horse under the sun except an ID because he is so big.

 

[monkeybum13]

TBH I have better things to worry about.
I did laugh when I got my horses vetted a few years ago, and the vet wrote a letter to the insurance company. I wasn't there but it was the weirdest letter, and they put his breed down as a cob....
This is him...
http://johngracing.thirdlight.com/viewpicture.tlx?containerid=12686524442&pictureid=12686613587
He is 16.3hh TB X WB!! He competes in riding horse classes.

Haha! Gorgeous horse btw.

People always think my horse is a TB and out hunting I have had a few people ask me if I'm qualifying my point to pointer. She's a standardbred and it doesn't bother me in the slightest.

 

[dominobrown]

Haha! Gorgeous horse btw.

People always think my horse is a TB and out hunting I have had a few people ask me if I'm qualifying my point to pointer. She's a standardbred and it doesn't bother me in the slightest.

I had a friend who hunted a standardbred as a pointer to qualify it! They looked very similar but the TB was so nutty is didn't go hunting!

 

[Spring Feather]

TBH I have better things to worry about.
I did laugh when I got my horses vetted a few years ago, and the vet wrote a letter to the insurance company. I wasn't there but it was the weirdest letter, and they put his breed down as a cob....
This is him...
http://johngracing.thirdlight.com/viewpicture.tlx?containerid=12686524442&pictureid=12686613587
He is 16.3hh TB X WB!! He competes in riding horse classes.

I'm sorry for laughing but that is hilarious! Lovely horse

 

[TwoStroke]

People constantly mistake my TB for a warmblood. B@stards!

 

[dominobrown]

I'm sorry for laughing but that is hilarious! Lovely horse

I don't think the vet knew anything about horse breeds! When I kept at the point to point yard he was often mistaken as a racehorse, by actual racehorse trainers and some very knowledgeable owners!

 

[mandwhy]

My point which has been clearly missed is that they were not half
KNOB STRAP!!!!

Well I thought it was funny :-D

I get a bit peeved when people call my haflinger a cob, because I am a snob and she is clearly distinctive as a haflinger.

 

[monkeybum13]

I had a friend who hunted a standardbred as a pointer to qualify it! They looked very similar but the TB was so nutty is didn't go hunting!

Brilliant!

 

[Doublethyme]

Doesn't bother me. My pink papered Hano has been called a TB, she looked like one ,as a baby and mum was a full TB anyway.

Was a little surprised when someone asked if she is a Friesian......she was looking rather errm well from the summer grass so I was more embarrassed than offended.

Personally going on the thickness and growth rate of her mane, I call her my overgrown dartmoor!

 

[Spring Feather]

Well I thought it was funny :-D

I get a bit peeved when people call my haflinger a cob, because I am a snob and she is clearly distinctive as a haflinger.

Haflingers are the epitome of cobs though. "Cobs" are generic, small, compact, stocky horses.

 

[Springy]

is it always this anal on hee

 

[ribbons]

Actually the thoroughbred is not pure bred either. Same as the warmblood it has mixed ancestry, some of which will be chunky hardy working horses.
Might be further back than the WB but it's still there.

 

[FionaM12]

I'm quite baffled by the OP's indignation.

I also don't understand when people are offended by questions non-horsey folk ask. They're not being offensive, they just genuinely don't know and are asking to be polite or are interested. So what if someone asks if you race your horses or even shetlands? It's hardly insulting.

 

[Holly Hocks]

I used to get asked with my old TB what he was crossed with "Is he part Irish Draught?" or "Is he part Cleveland Bay?". I used to love telling them that actually he was a full TB and was a reasonably good ex-chaser. Can't blame them for thinking he was a cross with something though - he was built like a brick 5h!thouse and had bone that would put most heavier breeds to shame! I used to like any opportunity to tell people about him anyway, so was never insulted.

 

[Irishcobs]

A lot of people call my mares geldings and my gelding a mare (he is very pretty). I do get asked if my Irish cobs (one trad, one show, both coloured, both under 16hh) are shires
I've only ever met one person who guessed the Belgian Beasts breeding.

When I worked at a point to point yard we had a very well bred French TB who looked part bred ID. She was a butch girl