Will solid colour horses come back into fashion?

Since my previous horses were a piebald and a grey with white mane and tail, when I was horse shopping, I made the list of essentials: right temperament etc, and things I could compromise on: pref a cob, pref a gelding...but had to be dark or bay as fed up with cleaning and wasn't a fan of chestnut :rolleyes:

I'm a sucker for a nice dark horse in dressage whites :) However, the beautiful black cob I tried sent me headfirst into a wall, and the chestnut skewbald with a white tail that I ended up having is so forgiving and an absolute dude :D

So solid coloured was on my wish list, but 'the one' ended up being another coloured...
 
I also would never own a grey or colored horse. I love solid any color. Enough good solid Colors out there so it won't ever come down to color. Mind you I love buckskin and palomino. Don't own any.

Terri
 
Gingerwitch said:
Board to tears as many of you know - i am flabbergasted at how many coloured horses there are currently for sale - they seam more popular than solid colours.
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I don't really think that coloured horses are more popular, possibly they're not & that's why there are so many being sold by their owners? ;)

I prefer bay horses, I have one & actually have a grey as well. Never wanted a grey as they're a pain to keep clean but had to have this one as he was so damn good at his job. (Showjumper) :)
 
I had a grey and said never again, when back on the horse hunt I showed my friend a pic of what I had just bought, she isn't horsey ..... Her reply was you said no more greys, and he is white !!

Oops didn't think that one through:o I don't mind any colour of horse but wouldn't have a great as to me they never look clean. Whites go bright and bay/chestnut go shiny. Sorry to all the grey owners out there.
 
When we first started horse hunting months ago, we had 14.2-15.2hh piebald vanner firmly in my mind! So we went and played with a 4yo 14.2hh unbacked piebald cob - a lovely thing, but after a bit of time playing, it was obvious he'd never been out the field before, and owner wanted near on a grand for him! Far too much work for a pair of relative novices, esp at that price!

Then we loaned a lovely 3yo recently backed bay/black welsh D gelding, 14.1hh. He was an absolute star! A real gent! He had issues, but we took professional advice to try and rectify them, and I think he really could have gone far with us! His owner had been riding him out for 2-3 hrs most days in ill fitting tack. We did loads of groundwork - really got him trusting us!

Unfortunately his owner was a spoilt brat of an 18yo who couldn't grasp what full loan meant, and after 5 weeks demanded £1400 for him! He was up for sale or loan for £850 when we got him. So we offered £850 (would have negotiated up to a grand) and just got a barrage of abuse off her. so told her to come and collect him! She sold him for £950 3 weeks later!!!

So we ended up with a 16.3/17hh 16yo IDx gelding! A giant grey donkey! Not what we were looking for at all, but he's the right horse for us and the kids, is a real gent, and a pleasure to own :D
 
I never used to like coloureds,it was always greys,bays and duns and blacks.But now I have a section A mare whose grey (white) and a new Piebald gelding.My other piebald got stolen. I dont do gingers either (sorry).I do like a nice bright bay tho.
I love piebalds.
 
For me I like a horse with the wow factor, a look at me type beast and so far in my 27 odd years of riding I've never come across a grey or coloured and thought wow, look at that horse.

That's why I'm not a fan. They just don't rock my boat.
 
Being a Welshie fan - coloureds are out of the question anyway. I love my bay boy especially in the summer when he gets his gorgeous mahogany dapples in his coat. My little dappled grey Sec A is stunning though - coloured like one of those old fashioned rocking horses. Her mum is a white grey with a polar bear coat - Oh how I wish I could give her a full clip!
 
Over the years I have every colour combination under the sun - but somehow we always end up with Chestnuts.......got three at the moment. I have done chestnut mares too - and some of the best, have been those red headed girls. Our elder statesman chestnut gelding goes completely nuts if we have a mare on the farm, so until he pops his clogs - its geldings only.
I do love bays - but they have never been as good as the chestnuts. Two of my kids are red headed as well, so I suppose it is in the genes!
 
See, I have always been more drawn to unusual coloureds and, even when i was younger I would skim over the ads for browns, bays, chestnuts etc in the paper. Since internet sites are now the norm it's a lot easier to see the actual horse but i STILL am just not drawn to horses of solid colour and, if it is chestnut or bay/brown it has to (for me) have white on it - either white legs or a white blaze (or both!). I don't know why, I guess it's just what you're drawn to.

I actually now love duns having had one for 17 years - they are THE best colour in my opinion as hide dirt so well :D

I couldn't afford a dun though when looking for a youngster and ended up getting another chestnut and white like I'd had way back when I was 12. I do like coloureds but normally the dun and whites or chestnuts and white as opposed to brown/black and white.

I do agree with the comment though re too many poorly bred coloureds about. Too many that look pretty dreadful in my opinion yet the prices are inflated due to them being coloured.
 
I always said I would never buy a coloured because they are a pain to keep clean, but I found my guy and he was perfect so bought him anyway. I also got him a bit cheaper as I bought him when coloureds weren't in fashion. Luckily for me, he is practically scared of mud, and refuses to role if the ground is even slightly damp. He lived out this summer and hardly got a spot of dirt on him the whole time!! I still prefer solid colours though I think
 
Ludoctro said:
No idea but I'd not buy a coloured or a grey. No matter how suited it was to my needs.

Stupid I know but that's just my thoughts, they just don't do it for me.

Love bays, chestnuts - horses you can make shiny :-)
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Ludoctro u took the words straight off my keypad!! :D

In saying that I doubt I will ever own a horse which doesnt have a white face! :D
 
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We have had two horses for my OH and both have been coloured. We didn't choose them for their colour its just that they suited him/us best. Really wanted a bay but couldn't find one.
 
I have a chestnut and a coloured and the mud monster who is always filthy us the chestnut!
The coloured always looks clean, mind you he is only 16 months old so give him time.
T hechestnut there us no hope for, if he can't find mud when he is in fields he digs a hole!he is the sort that rolls in poached gateways and if he in his stable he use his poo as a pillow.
Just my experience for all those saying colours a lot harder to keep clean ;)
 
Can't edit a in phone but bought my coloured youngster for his breeding, confirmation and movement. And the price was a lot cheaper than solid colours of a similar sort.
However he is beautifully marked :)
 
I'm in New Zealand and what really makes me giggle here, is that the terms "piebald" and "skewbald" are so hugely politically incorrect, that you can be reported to the Race Relations Conciliator and sent for counselling for using them !:D

Gypsy cobs are the latest best thing here, but you have to call them "coloured". :p
 
littlelegs - I have absolutely no idea. Piebald and Skewbald were in common usage 30 years ago, but these days seem to be viewed as an insult. Owners will say they have a coloured horse, which up until recently has meant skewbald, but with the Gypsy cobs coming in now they will tell you if it's black and white.

Its just weird, but having been corrected several times with a *look* I just don't go there anymore.:confused:
 
Ah I've always used the term piebald and skewbald, interesting! I like to describe my saddlebred as red and white pinto, never thought I'd go for a 'coloured' always loved ginges but she is striking and the best of both worlds.
 
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