What breeds of horse do you NOT like?

Excluding Whistlejacket (who is lovely), I can't stand Stubbs horses with their silly little heads, docked tails, and scrawny ribby bodies with no depth of girth... neither use nor ornament :-)
 
Anything 16hh and bay- BORING.

Otherwise I'm happy with a noble heavy horse, a flash Arab, an honest cob, a spirited PRE, an athletic TB or a characterful native.
 
NZJenny said:
I don't dislike any particular breed, but do think it's "horses for courses". I love seeing Shires and Clydesdales being used in harness, but wouldn't want to ride one. Standardbreds are the same - fantastic when racing, but again I don't want to ride one.

Horses that are bred for colour (like Appaloosas) depress me, when it is all about the colour and nothing else and I can see some other breeds going the same way - the more I see of Freisans, the less I'm likely to want one.

It seems that becoming popular in the in-hand show ring is the death knell for any breed that originated as a riding or working horse. Sad.
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<<<< I never intended to have a Clydesdale to ride but now I have one I simply can not imagine having another sort of horse. Fun, challenging but hard working with a stubborn streak a mile wide but also keen to please. Once on your side they show an intelligence and understanding that is breathtakingly deep. They are kind but cheeky and just pleasant to be around. However, I might be just a bit bias. Got to love a Kevin!!:)
 
Cobbytype said:
Excluding Whistlejacket (who is lovely), I can't stand Stubbs horses with their silly little heads, docked tails, and scrawny ribby bodies with no depth of girth... neither use nor ornament :-)
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Stubbs as in the paintings? They really are just that :D
 
I don't have a particular dislike of any breed. I've had badly put together horses and hairy cobs who had perfect temperaments. The horses I've had have all done their jobs well, including the excellent mad little Arab I had on loan. I don't like badly behaved horses or horses that are rude and can't think for themselves in a situation say out hacking etc. However usually it's the owners of the horses I can't stand :P
 
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Sukistokes2 said:
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See I don't like that type of head - just not my type. It's too coarse and broad imo! But that's my preference, every horse is attractive to their owner :) The blue eye is also not for me; I prefer a good ISH type head with an easy kind eye. Blue eyes I find are hard to judge if kind - just off putting imo :)

But this is my type :D fat and unfit, just like me :p
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Of course, we all have our off days :p
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I have nothing against any breed as such , you have hideous examples in any breed. I find you get some hideous Gelderlanders advertised online (generally quite cheap ones!),they just seem to look strangely heavy, upside-down and out of proportion ! Apologies to the lovely Gelderlanders out there.
 
I don't like cobs, anything hairy and I wouldn't buy anything coloured or grey so rules out some of most breeds.
I had a TB I loved but wouldn't have another.
My husband would never have a Shetland on our property and he's not even horsey just doesn't like them.
 
Cobbytype said:
Yes the paintings... just hideous.

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The art works of Stubbs are very much influenced by the time he lived and painted. Of course he had no idea of how they moved, no one did. He was also a commercial painter , so he would have been constrained by what his patrons wanted. He was very keen to understand the horse and spent years drawing from bodies. Some of the. modern understanding of horses comes from his work. I have the book of his atomomical works. To appreciate art sometimes you need to also understand the social factors involved. I enjoy his work and the little side stories you can often see in the background. I often find that horse people look at the small details of horse art....."ooooooo those hocks are not right" and therefore do not view the piece as a whole.
 
Cobbytype said:
Yes the paintings... just hideous.

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Erm... he's an artist and the horses he paints are representations only... they're not real horses!!!

What a bizarre connotation not to like "Stubbs Horses" as if they were in fact photographs of the real thing...
 
I personally don't like anything with thick legs and feather.

Not a fan of Sec Cs & Ds, or any cob types. Don't mind Shires/Clydesdales but can't tell you why as I don't know! Maybe I think bigger horses carry it better...

And not breed, but I really dislike coloured horses - piebald, skewbald or tri-coloured, I just don't like it. Possibly a historical thing with the breed I'm associated with but it has leaked into all horses now and I have an aversion to anything with 'too much' white (which is more than a couple of socks and a blaze!)
 
Kafairia said:
Ouch...

He is 16hh to the dot and bay. :p he is TB though!

Me personally, prefer lighter breeds but I dont mind a good heavy heavy horse.

I dont like Sorraia for some reason. Just dont like.
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Oh now he is just gorgeous! Totally my type, what a stunner!
 
ycbm said:
I used to feel exactly the same. Forty years later one of my best ever horses is a Clydesdale cross with a Roman nose.

Nothing wrong with how you feel now, but you might change in future like I have.
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Exactly. I would have been the first to agree with the poster who said that 16hh and bay is boring (actually he's 17hh! Eep!) but having had three lessons on my new super duper school master where the grin has never left my face, he's anything BUT boring!

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KatPT said:
Your highland sounds my sort of horse then! This is the problem on steriotyping a breed just based on the examples you know I suppose.
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I've been taught this lesson over and over!
Not only that, but those individuals can change so much. My welsh was daft, ungenuine, backward and generally horrid when I first got her - I've just come out of the school beaming at how much she has changed - now willing, forward, ultra trainable and the daftness has turned into a quickness to learn. Complete turnaround.




Sukistokes2 said:
Yes and so ugly and horrid, I mean just yuk .....course and common.........no doubt got those freaky blue eyes too.......stuff of horror .

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Beautiful Sukistokes, I love blue eyes, I find them quite mesmerising.
 
Anything overly hairy and coarse, I don't like traddy cobs or cobs in general really, I really dislike wall eyes and I'm not a fan of arabs. Now an Irish bog pony on the other hand...
 
Casey76 said:
We all know what our favourite breeds are, but do you have a breed that you just don't like? And why...?
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I don't really have a specific type I dont like, I used to dislike TB's but some of them I do really like!! I think it totally depends on the horse :) I am a sucker for a coloured trad though!!!!!
 
Kind of a negative thread. :( "I don't like your horse (whatever 'your horse' may be)."

I like anything with a pleasant temperament and decent conformation.
 
YorksG said:
^^^^ This with bells on, quite an unpleasant thread imo
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because it seems personal, when people say they don't like the type that you have or love... I just think people are missing out, those who write off a breed because of a small thing. You never know when you might be surprised by a horse.

There are some I wouldn't choose to own, but can appreciate them and understand the appeal to others :)
 
Faracat said:
I have a seahorse headed arab and luckily I like him very much. :D The grey is high % Crabbet, so her head is less dished.



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I don't think that the in-hand arab people do the breed any favours when they do things like shave around their eyes, wind the horses up so much in the ring and breed for the head shape only. It's a sad really as it's a very old and great breed.

PS. I love Rollin's Shagya Arabians. :)
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Thank you Faracat. Your horses too show that not all are like sea horses. My daughter in law has a PhD in Zoology, she loves sea-horses, our son had her enagagement made specially with two sea horses to hold the diamond.

On a serious note, I read somewhere that the Arabian face is not so much 'dished' but has a prominent domed forehead which exaggerates the dish. I believe that a large cranium makes space for a big brain.

My other breed is the Cleveland Bay - which I suppose (according one post makes them boring) Anything Bay and 16hh is boring.
 
tallyho! said:
Erm... he's an artist and the horses he paints are representations only... they're not real horses!!!

What a bizarre connotation not to like "Stubbs Horses" as if they were in fact photographs of the real thing...
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It's a bit of fun TH.

In my eyes they're all lovely in their own ways.
 
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