What breeds of horse do you NOT like?

Despise and hate are very strong words to use. I think the title of the thread was do you NOT like.

I appreciate that everyone has their own opinions but using words like those are unnecessary.
 
MotherOfChickens said:
but to 'despise' a breed of horse? I have fairly strong opinions but I can't despise any breed of a species that have been part of my life since I was a kid.
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As I say if you've only had negative experiences of something the opinion is not going to be a positive one. I really did hate alsations for years, I wouldn't go near them at all and the dog had only knocked me over, it hadn't bit me. But if you get a bad experience it can just cloud your judgement.
 
rachk89 said:
Sorry but this thread is about breeds people don't like and a lot of people have also mentioned Arabs as breeds they don't like. If it offends you because someone has a different opinion I would suggest not reading it? They are entitled to despise them if they want. That is their opinion and they can have that for whatever reason. I don't care that lots of people hate greys, I can see why, I own one. Don't care that lots of people hate warmbloods even though I own one. Can't all like the same things. :)

I wouldn't ever buy an Arab, tb or chestnut horse to be honest. Don't like the build of Arabs (I would be far too heavy for one) and I no longer trust anything tb or chestnut to ride after a chestnut tb broke my leg. My reason may seem bizarre to you and it is a bit but I just can't trust them. A negative experience can really put you off something for little reason. I hated alsations for years because one broke my tooth. Finally met a nice one and it changed me. That may be all diva needs, a more positive experience but everything has been negative. Never going to like something with only negativity about it.
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If you had read my response properly i stated that to not like a certain breed is fine but to use the word despise is very harsh, unnecessary and not what the thread was about, i was not remotely offended before this point as you would also have seen if you had read my earlier responses at the beginning of the thread
 
MotherOfChickens said:
but to 'despise' a breed of horse? I have fairly strong opinions but I can't despise any breed of a species that have been part of my life since I was a kid.
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A true horseperson will not hate or despise any breed, they may have types they prefer or would avoid but will never despise any horse, even some of the less desirable individuals usually have some redeeming qualities, I have dealt with most breeds over the years and can honestly say that none have been despicable.

The post by D&RM is ridiculous and shows their inability to have an open mind, even more so when they state that the Akhal Teke is their favourite breed, it very closely related to the Arab, if they have owned one then maybe it was a dream horse but I would think they have known very few to compare with other breeds, I have never knowingly dealt with one and from what I have seen have no desire to do so but I do not hate them and maybe if I had one would find they are more attractive than they are in photos and videos, I have owned and ridden many lovely sensible Arabs and one or two more scatty ones.
 
Shady said:
If you had read my response properly i stated that to not like a certain breed is fine but to use the word despise is very harsh, unnecessary and not what the thread was about, i was not remotely offended before this point as you would also have seen if you had read my earlier responses at the beginning of the thread
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And I am just explaining why they think that. I don't see why using certain words makes it any different to anyone else. Plenty of people on this thread have used the word hate which is just the same as despise. We are allowed to hate different things. I just think you are being a bit too offended by something someone you have never met and likely will never meet has said.
 
rachk89 said:
And I am just explaining why they think that. I don't see why using certain words makes it any different to anyone else. Plenty of people on this thread have used the word hate which is just the same as despise. We are allowed to hate different things. I just think you are being a bit too offended by something someone you have never met and likely will never meet has said.
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Obviously i am not the only one but lets leave it like that, i am rather bored of chewing this bone now and you and i are not going to agree
 
rachk89 said:
And I am just explaining why they think that. I don't see why using certain words makes it any different to anyone else. Plenty of people on this thread have used the word hate which is just the same as despise. We are allowed to hate different things. I just think you are being a bit too offended by something someone you have never met and likely will never meet has said.
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actually I think people's use of language has become daft with the advent of the internet and social media. despise and yes, hate are very strong words. there are breeds I don't particularly like but I don't despise them. why are you speaking for another person anyway-do you know the poster?
 
Diva&Rosie'sMum said:
ARABS!!!!!!!

Oh lordy don't get me started I DESPISE them! They look like someone bashed them in the head with a frying pan! and as for their necks, well if you want a horse that looks like an inverted camel it's fine I guess.....(!)

Also, the only person I've ever known who owned an arab was a total ****. She'd ride past our field making vile, rude comments about our geriatric old shetland, purely because her bloody stupid horse was scared of it and she was too poor of a rider to use her leg and growl at it to hassle its skinny arse along before it got whacked with a whip!

Tbh though apart from arabs, I like pretty much everything: don't like what's been done to quarter horses, though, but they are actually unhealthy, which is what I object to. I'm sure they have fine temperaments.

Personally my favourite breeds are Akhal tekes, Appaloosas, New Forests and traditional cobs, but if it's got a nice personality i'm not really fussy!
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I have 2 pure bred Arabs neither look like they have whacked in the head with a frying pan, you have obviously never seen a proper Arab and obviously never handled or ridden one, and the word despise is a bit harsh given you have had such minimal experience with the breed, and I have seen several horses and they were not Arabs that were scared of Shetland just the other week a cob broke free at a show because 2 Shetland walked past it tied on the side of a lorry.

I can assure you neither of my Arabs are scared of Shetland one of mine traveled to a show a few weeks back with 2 of them next to him in the lorry without any problem.
 
MotherOfChickens said:
but to 'despise' a breed of horse? I have fairly strong opinions but I can't despise any breed of a species that have been part of my life since I was a kid.
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Shady said:
If you had read my response properly i stated that to not like a certain breed is fine but to use the word despise is very harsh, unnecessary and not what the thread was about, i was not remotely offended before this point as you would also have seen if you had read my earlier responses at the beginning of the thread
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be positive said:
A true horseperson will not hate or despise any breed, they may have types they prefer or would avoid but will never despise any horse, even some of the less desirable individuals usually have some redeeming qualities, I have dealt with most breeds over the years and can honestly say that none have been despicable.

The post by D&RM is ridiculous and shows their inability to have an open mind, even more so when they state that the Akhal Teke is their favourite breed, it very closely related to the Arab, if they have owned one then maybe it was a dream horse but I would think they have known very few to compare with other breeds, I have never knowingly dealt with one and from what I have seen have no desire to do so but I do not hate them and maybe if I had one would find they are more attractive than they are in photos and videos, I have owned and ridden many lovely sensible Arabs and one or two more scatty ones.
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Good posts.

Sorry Rach but 'despise' is a very, very strong word and I do think that DRM has gone too far and the reasons she gave were tenuous at best.

They don't all have dished heads and they can't choose their owners.

You'll have to avert your eyes Rach as my example is chestnut, but he is a purebred arab. ;)

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Now lets see, do I want my horses to have a neck like a camel (no offence to KITT's lovely horse whose nickname is 'Camel')?

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Or an inverted camel (sorry, chestnut again)?

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Tough choice. :p
 
Fluffy ears and a nice throat-beard. I never knew this is what I should be looking for in a man, but... wow...
 
Faracat said:
Sorry Rach but 'despise' is a very, very strong word and I do think that DRM has gone too far and the reasons she gave were tenuous at best.
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I agree, but it's interesting how everyone is so upset about a person they don't know 'despising' breed of horse, and no-one has a issue with someone else describing a human being as 'vile' for holding a point of view that they don't like.

FWIW I loathe what's been done to make the dish so extreme in some Arab lines. They have turned them into what look, to me, like unnatural freaks.







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Or an inverted camel (sorry, chestnut again)?

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Tough choice. :p
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The camel looks happier.
 
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If my horses where to respond to this thread, they would definitely tell you how they dislike Shetlands. ( notice I put dislike, I reckon they actually despise them lol ) , The 2 warmbloods have pooped themselves when passing the local Shetland. I'm sure said Shetland lies in waits for them. the big lad spooked that much one day he actually fell over, imagine Bambi on ice. Cue 2 weeks off work for him. The irish draughts , well I think they are amused by them.

As for me, I don't dislike any breed, more colours if I'm honest. Id never buy a spotty, or a coloured that had too much white.
 
After reading most (not all) of the comments, I think I own THE horse then encompasses a lot of people's dislikes all in one! Everyone meet Toby - a bit of a badly but together sort of cob not cob with a rubbish neck, wishy washy colouring that can't decide if it's an appy or a roan, spotty bum and TWO blue eyes. But of course I would not have any other horse, I love him and his weird looking self to pieces!

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I don't really dislike many breeds but I personally would never own anything too fine like a TB, they always look a bit breakable and I like something a bit chunkier!
 
emfen1305 said:
After reading most (not all) of the comments, I think I own THE horse then encompasses a lot of people's dislikes all in one! Everyone meet Toby - a bit of a badly but together sort of cob not cob with a rubbish neck, wishy washy colouring that can't decide if it's an appy or a roan, spotty bum and TWO blue eyes. But of course I would not have any other horse, I love him and his weird looking self to pieces!

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I don't really dislike many breeds but I personally would never own anything too fine like a TB, they always look a bit breakable and I like something a bit chunkier!
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I just want to kiss that nose! I think he's beautiful xx
 
ycbm said:
I agree, but it's interesting how everyone is so upset about a person they don't know 'despising' breed of horse, and no-one has a issue with someone else describing a human being as 'vile' for holding a point of view that they don't like.
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well, a human can help holding 'vile' views (ie a white supremicist) but a horse cannot help its breed.
 
MotherOfChickens said:
well, a human can help holding 'vile' views (ie a white supremicist) but a horse cannot help its breed.
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And I would completely agree that she is vile if she is a white supremacist. But because she doesn't like a breed of horse???

If you already call that person vile, where do you go for a white supremacist? Or are the two equal?

Also it wasn't her view, that was called vile, it was her personally. 'You are a vile specimen' I think it was.
 
ycbm said:
And I would completely agree that she is vile if she is a white supremacist. But because she doesn't like a breed of horse???

If you already call that person vile, where do you go for a white supremacist? Or are the two equal?

Also it wasn't her view, that was called vile, it was her personally. 'You are a vile specimen' I think it was.
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oh right, sorry I missed that this was aimed at a particular poster. again its about use of language to me-its all so hyperbolic these days. rarely would someone say to someone's face that they are a vile specimen (I would hope).
 
and (having gone back and read it) considering who posted it-well I expect the poster it was aimed at might not know her but we all do. and this particualr poster recently dissed anything non-connemara..
 
MotherOfChickens said:
oh right, sorry I missed that this was aimed at a particular poster. again its about use of language to me-its all so hyperbolic these days. rarely would someone say to someone's face that they are a vile specimen (I would hope).
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It's a problem with t'internet, isn't it? It's far too easy to throw in harsh words without realising how they come across til too late.



So back to horses :)

I don't like these, they are too wooden and don't score well in a dressage competition:


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I don't like hairy cobs, coloureds, blue eyes, pink noses or white tails. Guess what my pony is? I've just gone and bought a smaller matching version for my daughter but with a black tail at least. They have personalities to die for and I'm now a bit of a cob convert.

I always wanted a huge warm blood or tb so I'm slightly surprised a 14h gypsy cob is my perfect pony.
 
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