would you pay more/less depending on colour

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would pay more or less money for a horse say for example a chestnut, would he/ she be worth more if it was a bay or even a coloured?
Does the chestnut mare theory still occur or has it been fased out?
If you had to put a price on a coat what coat colour would be the most expensive, a bay, black, dun or how about a roan?


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id say that yes too a degree the chestnut mare theory does exist though it wouldnt matter to me.

yes I think a coloured (skewbald, piebald etc) would almost definately be more expensive then a solid colour providing there are no other differences. think a roan or dun would be more expensive aswell thought not so much more :)
 
Depends on what's in fashion at the time. Years ago no-one wanted coloured horses, now they're fashionable and seem to be commanding higher prices. Less common solid colours have always cost a little more due to the rarity factor. Palomino was the 'in colour' at one time and you could name your price for a pretty one.
I don't see why it should matter, but everyone has their favourite colour. Personally, I'm a sucker for a chestnut mare - especially with a nice blaze. Would I pay more? Hmmm.......
 
I have always bought the best horse I could for the price I could afford, The colour came at no extra cost.
you are not buying a car where colour could make a difference.
 
Colour definately makes a difference. When I was buying and selling, coloureds, spotties, duns and palaminos sold for more than bays and chestnuts. They also sold more quickly. However, they also attracted more timewasters!
 
It wouldn't bother me at all. A good bay gelding is just as good as a good chestnut mare in my book. Depends on the horse. That said, I wouldn't buy a cremello - just because I think they look odd (sorry cremello lovers, just my personal preference!). They are the only exception. Anything else goes!
 
At the time I bought my spotty horse I don't think her colour had any bearing on me wanting her more, or her being any more highly priced than any of the others I saw. Now though, I've had such a good time with her, if I was ever buying again, I probably would pay a bit of a premium for a well marked spotty. I think I'm hooked.
 
A good horse is never a bad colour!

Personally, I don't like coloureds so there is no way I would pay extra for one! When my parents were kids, a coloured horse was what you had if you could not really afford a horse!

If a horse was right for me and I could afford it, colour would be the least important thing, the only ones I would not consider atall are horses with lots of pink skin, cremello, few spot appies or minimal coloured coloureds.
 
My Paints and palominos were as fairly priced for horses of their age, training and bloodlines as a solid would be. A horse is only worth what someone is willing to pay for it though at the end of the day.

However, saying that, my palomino paint colt is worth a great deal more because of his colour and patterning than say a solid would be, even if a solid coloured was identical to him in conformation.

So yes, people WILL pay more, a LOT more, for colour and markings (if the rest of the animal is correct) if that is what they want, particularly for showing.
 
A good horse is never a bad colour :)

So no, I wouldn't pay more for a bay gelding than I would for a chestnut mare, and vice versa. I can see how for breeding, some rare colours like cremello/palamino/buckskin or coloured patterns (sorry, clueless on these) might fetch more, but for a horse I wanted purely to compete (and not breed from) any colours go.

Although I'm not a huge fan of coloureds, I've seen a lot of coloured WB's being bred over here now..and if its your thing cool :) I'm more traditional methinks : But if the horse was super fantastic (there's a coloured WB jumping the Grand Prix classes here with a teenager) then I'd pay as much for it as I would for the same horse in bay. Again, a good horse is never a bad colour. And a bad horse is never a good colour either..
 
I think a lot of it is about market. If you are selling a horse that has potential to show then a coloured or palomino will have a greater market as it can show as a coloured or palomino as well as in its breed class or as a hunter/hack/cob etc.

Other than show horses I don't think it is so much that some colours sell for more as that they are easier to sell as the adverts stand out. A nicely marked coloured or dapple grey will stand out in pages of adverts more than a bay. I think with a flashy looking horse (whether because of it's colour or markings) needs less effort to make an eye catching ad.

Obviously colours might be important to breeders too, especially in breeds where some colours are more desireable than others.

I think the chestnut mare thing is still out there making them more difficult to sell but I love them and would happily buy one.
 
When you fall off it hurts just as much whatever their colour!!

(I fell off my tobino this morning and right at the moment don't like coloured horses AT ALL!!).
 
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