What breed of horses DON'T you like?

Doncella said:
That was me and I do know what I'm talking about because I worked in Germany with the things and never again. We have got an import on my current yard and it can't think for it's self, having seen it plunge face first into two xc fences, including a ditch and as for its hooves, shocking.
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Weird - so have I, and felt very privileged to ride some amazing, talented, clever , trainable horses. I learnt more in 6 months in Germany than I had in several years of trying to ride dressage previously. I still feel like it was an honour to be able to ride animals like that.

Mind you thickos do exist -and there is nothing quite as thick and obstinate as a thick, obstinate warmblood!
 
I don't dislike any but wouldn't buy a Welsh A ... The ones I know are all badly mannered and totally bonkers... Or mini Shetlands / Falabellas ... The ones with the dodgy legs
 
i don't dislike any breed but i wouldn't want to own an Arab, their way of going just does nothing for me. i appreciate their beauty, in fact some of them are absolutely stunning but i just don't like riding them:o Which actually probably says more about me than them lol;)
 
Cleveland Bays, the only one I knew was an ugly beggar, thick as 2 short planks and as stubborn as a mule (which is what he looked like)

Old fashioned proper arabs I like, but I don't like the style with the deformed faces and spindly inbred looks

Ugly cobs, the ones that look like cows (shape, not colour)
 
rhino said:
So the fact that the vast majority of top level dressage horses, showjumpers and increasingly event horses are warmbloods is just my imagination then... :confused: :rolleyes: I expect 'the things' didn't think much of you either :p
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LOL! Indeed!

I've seen plenty of warmbloods I wouldn't touch with a bargepole. Unfortunately there is a lot of rubbish out there so I can see where this bad reputation comes from. However, I have a good'un and my word she's the best I've ever ridden. As for feet, my farrier would describe her HPA as, as close to perfect as you're ever going to find; they are wonderful feet. She also has the heart and brains you would die for in a horse :) :)

Personally I really don't like anything spotty. I've never seen one I didn't think was fugly.
 
Cobs! Like the welsh cobs but don't like the traditional ones. I just dislike heavys alltogether.

I hope knowone is taking offense to this btw, the world would be a boring place if we all liked the same thing!
 
*cries about the Arabs!* I was expecting people to mention them... But Suffolk punches *weaps*!!!

Personally you couldn't pay me enough money to own a TB. It's the feet I hate the most I think!
 
Probably gonna get shot for this but.. Cleveland Bay.

I hadn't seen the breed before I moved onto my yard and a lady owned one (might have been a X). It was just a horrible horse, bad tempered, mongy legs and every time I see a CB it reminds me of that horse and puts me off the breed.
 
Not a big fan of Shetlands and wouldn't have a big heavy horse like an Ardennes. Also have a pathological dislike of donkeys.....eurgh.
 
I don't 'dislike' any breed of horse but I wouldn't choose a heavy cob or draught horse as I physically wouldn't be right for them and the wouldn't be able to do the job I wanted.
I also wouldn't pick one of the small natives as too small!!

Anything 15-16.2 of Lw build is fine for me :).
 
Tennesse walking horses and American saddlebreds. Not the horses fault but they've been bred to look and move in such an alien fashion it makes me feel so uncomfortable to watch, they look weak and horrid, like a Barbie horse gone very wrong. My only experience of a real-life saddlebred was, although a sweet little character, it was permanently broke (although I've known a few WBs like that too!)
 
Slightly off topic, sorry, but does anyone else find it quite sad that most of the things people are saying they don't like/breeds they don't like are ones which were developed by humans...

The shape of the arab head, miniatures, the movement of the gaited breeds, the huge stature of draught breeds etc.. These are all man made.

:(
 
For me it would be a really heavy cob, I just can't get my legs around them, my legs don't spread far enough.

Or a thin tb, my tb had big shoulders which was fine but the ones with no shoulders or neck, I feel like I'm falling off.

I would have ether breed if I find them comfy so not a looks thing, just my personal bad riding style.
 
Beatrice5 said:
Very unkeen on Highlands and other very heavy breeds but there are good and bad in all.
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Highlands shouldn't be that heavy anyway. I don't like the short, fat east coast types, but I like mine a great deal (very, very biased, clearly!).

Can't stand welsh cobs with the ridiculous exaggerated paces. Find TBs and WBs very samey generally, don't actively dislike them, just find them tedious. I like something that stands out a bit in a crowd. Love some of the draft x tb types. Don't like maxi show cobs or ***** cobs with conformation like yaks. A well bred Iberian horse is pretty gorgeous.
 
rhino said:
Slightly off topic, sorry, but does anyone else find it quite sad that most of the things people are saying they don't like/breeds they don't like are ones which were developed by humans...

The shape of the arab head, miniatures, the movement of the gaited breeds, the huge stature of draught breeds etc.. These are all man made.

:(
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VERY much agree with this. Humans have done some terrible things to animals.
 
rhino said:
Slightly off topic, sorry, but does anyone else find it quite sad that most of the things people are saying they don't like/breeds they don't like are ones which were developed by humans...

The shape of the arab head, miniatures, the movement of the gaited breeds, the huge stature of draught breeds etc.. These are all man made.

:(
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You are right about the size of draft horses, people are always shocked when I say Fany is only 14-2hh but they were traditionally all that size, made bigger by infusion of TB blood. If you think about the work they did and the fact that keeping them was very difficult in pre 18th century times then it makes sense for them to be smaller. Also the huge war horses used by knights are a myth, they used smaller horses Fany's size. This is the reason I prefer Ardennes to Cydies and Shires, they are more "natural"- even Julius Caesar used them.
FDC
 
Fany Du Champ said:
You are right about the size of draft horses, people are always shocked when I say Fany is only 14-2hh but they were traditionally all that size, made bigger by infusion of TB blood. If you think about the work they did and the fact that keeping them was very difficult in pre 18th century times then it makes sense for them to be smaller. Also the huge war horses used by knights are a myth, they used smaller horses Fany's size!
FDC
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A similar thing is happening to warmbloods, they are being bred bigger and bigger but their feet are not 'growing' in proportion.

A lot of the foot problems in wb breeds is due to their feet not being big enough to support their bodyweight :( So if wbs have crap feet it is not really the fault of them being wbs, it is a man made problem.

ETA my boy is only 15.3hh so looks in proportion, but I see a huge number of 18hh plus wbs with the same size feet :eek:
 
Fany Du Champ said:
You are right about the size of draft horses, people are always shocked when I say Fany is only 14-2hh but they were traditionally all that size, made bigger by infusion of TB blood. If you think about the work they did and the fact that keeping them was very difficult in pre 18th century times then it makes sense for them to be smaller. Also the huge war horses used by knights are a myth, they used smaller horses Fany's size. This is the reason I prefer Ardennes to Cydies and Shires, they are more "natural"- even Julius Caesar used them.
FDC
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I believe the height also has somethign to do with ploughing angles - too tall and it messes the whole thing up? So I was told...?

The war horses is fascinating - I've been saying for years that it is implausible that they used big horses in war and it wouldn't have been practical (for a variety of reasons, but based on reasoning not fact). I've briefly looked for confirmation but never actually seen any historical source confirming it - where did you find that out?

Caesar had Ardennes? That's quite cool...
 
I can't believe the amount of people who don't like arabs. I personally LOVE them, I wouldn't consider anything else EVER. My arab mare is the most loving gorgeous horse ever...it'll always be arabs for me (just as well really ha ha) ...x
 
Not keen on Arabs or LW TB's. Only reason is that I'm a chunky monkey and LW horses make me look bigger. Other than that I'm up for any breed.
 
The flemish horse (For info not because i dont like them... i have one!) is the ancestor of the belgium draft horse and was a war horse.
 
I dont dislike any breed of horse, I'm more likely to dislike a certain horse (regardless of breed) dependant on its attitude / behaviour / temperament etc but never based purely on breed.

A few people ive met in the past dont like my cobs (purely cos they are cobs) but they are polite / respectful / friendly/ honest etc and they do the jobs i want them to do so

I DONT CARE! lol

:)
 
JFTD said:
I believe the height also has somethign to do with ploughing angles - too tall and it messes the whole thing up? So I was told...?

The war horses is fascinating - I've been saying for years that it is implausible that they used big horses in war and it wouldn't have been practical (for a variety of reasons, but based on reasoning not fact). I've briefly looked for confirmation but never actually seen any historical source confirming it - where did you find that out?

Caesar had Ardennes? That's quite cool...
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Here is about the war horses, there is more in other places as well.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horses_in_the_Middle_Ages

And if you scroll down, Ardennes and what Julius Caesar had to say about them.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardennes_horse

Alpha mare- I think the Flemish horse is a descendant of the Ardennes, the Ardennes is one of the oldest breeds in the world.

Fany wants everyone to know she is not, and never was, for eating!
FDC
 
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