Type/breed, what do you prefer?

I'm not a big fan of lots of feathering. I think it looks absolutely stunning, but my cob had a bit of feathering and that was too much like hard work so couldn't even think to have something with a lot no matter how pretty it looks! My boys feathering now gets clipped off.

My first horse was a Welsh D so I have a definite soft spot for the welshie breeds, and my other is a Hanoverian x. I'm not sure I could have picked 3 horses more different from each other!! And I couldn't actually choose between them on anything!.....
 
Thoroughbreds and Quarter Horses.

Always had a "thing" for fine horses and never been into natives/cobs etc. When I found out about ex-racers and wastage from the racing industry I decided that was for me. It's not been a very successful decision but I've loved every one of them all the same and learnt more than I could have imagined.

I first worked with QHs way back in 2003 when I worked on cattle stations in the outback of Australia. I became a bit obsessed with western/QHs/Cattle work and was well and truly bitten by the bug. I got my first QH back in 2007 but sadly lost her at the end of 2009 and just bought my second QH June 2014 as a 2yr old. He's perfect!

Favourite TB colours are dark or liver chestnut and QH is buckskin. I have a bay TB and chestnut QH so not managed to get that right either!
 
I'm game for a really nice traditional cob, lots of mane and feather - I have a traditional type but he has so little feather. More than a normal horse but not enough for a traditional yet I can't bare to hog him as his mane is so long. I love American Quarter Horses, Appaloosas, Haflingers and specifically PBA x TB's.
For colours, I don't like greys. Wouldn't go out and look for one as too much cleaning, I should know considering B is a mainly grey skewbald. Not a fan of piebalds. Love a good bay or black. For me though, a bay either has to have completely black points or lots of white - no in between haha.
 
Wagtail said:
Really surprised at how many people dislike Friesians. I have never owned one or known one, personally, but they look absolutely stunning.
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It might be something to do with the fact that nowadays there are some really bad ones around.
 
madlady said:
It might be something to do with the fact that nowadays there are some really bad ones around.
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Quite so.

The Friesian (they have been stretched in every direction) of today is a travesty of what they were 20 years ago, that goes for many other breeds too.

I am a hobbit, I like horses that I can actually see the back of (so 14.2h and below basically) I also like them close coupled with a high head carriage and a "Yippee, off we go then" attitude, also must be gaited.

Although I like most horses, as 'people', I am not comfortable riding anything wide, long necked or very tall, so that cuts my options down a lot, I also have no desire to care for hairy overly hairy legs (options go down again) and now, apart from Arabs, anything that trots, so I have limited myself further.
 
This is both easy and difficult for me! Heart says Section D every time, but in reality I am too tall (and on the border of too heavy) for all but the biggest. My current one is technically breeding unknown - shipped over from Ireland - but is definitely ID x something slightly but not much finer - maybe Connie? - and build and size wise he's perfect. We always thought my share horse was IDx(TBxSecD) but his breeder tracked us down and it turns out he's 5/8 TB 1/4 Welsh and 1/8 Shire. He has just the best temperament you could ever wish for. So I think now my ideal would be an IDxSecD, if such a horse exists. I might even start my own stud, call them Celtic Sport Horses and charge a fortune for them :D

I don't think I'd ever have a TB, not because I dislike them but because they're just too high maintenance, all mine have been good doers and I'd rather this than having to pump them full of food and have 6 rugs on them. Having said this it seems the warmbloods I know are even more wussy, especially when it comes to the cold.

The only sort of horse that definitely will never darken my door again is a grey one. 3 of my 4 have been grey and I'm never having another. I've done my fair share of scrubbing.
 
Always liked my TB's, I think in part this was cemented by my favourite horse at a riding school who was a lovely TB called Mac, who I used to ride often, from then on that's the only breed I've owned!
 
Wagtail said:
Anything light/middleweight. I love section Ds and arabs, although I have never owned one. My late mare was a section D x TB x WB and she was pretty much perfect. I have owned several OTT TBs and loved them. Colour-wise, I like most horses with the cream dilute. I have a soft spot for palominos, but they have to be dark palominos. I love a really dark seal brown horse. My current horse is a TB x German WB. She is a seal brown with the cream dilute and so a brown buckskin aka smoky brown. I really love her colour, and although I normally prefer quite a bit of white on my horses, I think the fact that she doesn't have any at all, really suits her colour.

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Now to the second part of your question, I wouldn't have a coloured cob. I just can't see the attraction and there are far too many about. Although I think if they are left to grow out their feathers and have lovely well cared for manes and tails, they look quite nice.
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What a gorgeous colour. Lovely type too. ..and yes totally agree she really rather suits 'no white'.
 
gina2201 said:
Always liked my TB's, I think in part this was cemented by my favourite horse at a riding school who was a lovely TB called Mac, who I used to ride often, from then on that's the only breed I've owned!
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Yes sometimes I think our future 'preferences' are shaped by childhood/earlier steeds. For this reason I really dislike Fells (rode one that was so difficult and really, really strong and used to take me straight past all the jumps when I was a kid!!!). So she inadvertently totally put me off that type to this day!
 
GemG said:
Yes sometimes I think our future 'preferences' are shaped by childhood/earlier steeds. For this reason I really dislike Fells (rode one that was so difficult and really, really strong and used to take me straight past all the jumps when I was a kid!!!). So she inadvertently totally put me off that type to this day!
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Definitely - though I am completely the opposite re. Fells! After starting on a Shetland mare called 'Tiny' I moved on to a Fell mare called 'Briar' - I adored her, she was gentle and kind and forgiving - and she's definitely shaped my preferences now! :)
 
Deltaflyer said:
HA HA my first horse was a chestnut arab (with a smidge of welsh D) She was heartbreakingly pretty and such fun. I've always had a soft spot for arabs.

I tend to go for type rather than specific breeds. I like short coupled bouncy type horses, not so light that they look like they'll break but not heavy either, so the light side of middle weight I guess. My current boy is a connie with a touch of ID but he's connie natured (a 15.2 pony really) and huge fun. I like bright intelligent pony type horses with character and prefer sharp (but no dangerously so). I've owned also a couple of ISH's. I'd definitely go for a connie or connie/tb cross nice arab/welsh cross if I was to get another horse. I do like a nice sporty welsh D too.
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Just realised I didn't state what I wouldn't go for.

Nothing big and long, not keen on those big long warmbloods but quite like the smaller compact types. There is a stunner in the stable next to my boy, a brown trakhener, he is gorgeous. Although I admire a beautifully turned out Traditional cob I wouldn't want one. Not keen on anything with huge chunky legs and dinner plates for feet. I like compact TBs but not so keen on the rangy type although one of the most polite horses I ever rode was a massive ex-Nation Hunt horse. I'm only 5ft so a small 16hh would be my max heightwise.

My vice is that I have a weakness for flashy 'look at me' horses.
 
Big rangy types; a TB with lots of bone or a CB. I have owned both, though currently have one fine boned TB and one TB x drum.

Really not into arabs, or cobs.
 
Breed- I love warmbloods and irish sports horses
Colour- my fave would have to be bay and least fave would be grey, because they're hard to keep clean haha. Although the colours not the most important thing I guess
 
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