Favorite horse or pony breed?

[EllyMae]

dixygirl, that is one pretty girl you have there...is she a cremello? My boy Joker would be in love if he saw her!!

 

[dixygirl]

Yes thank you! She is cremello! I love her dearly.

 

[monarc23]

Friesian and Gypsy Cob!

 

[bkreugar]

Arabs all the way!!! AKANE is very correct in her thoughts.I have ridden english my entire life.I got my first arab at 18 an unbroke 3 yr old who had never been touched till I bought her.My mentor thought it was a good idea.

She is now 20.I have a 10 yr old daughter that showed her form the the time daughter was 3 till last year.She stepped up to my 1/2 arab.I spent the winter lookign EVERYWHERE for a pony for my 5 yr old son.My husband said what about Kandi?I said no way.

Daughter comes back from horse camp with 1/2 arab. Kandi is SAD that she is not in the ring.I tack her in western tack and put up 5 yr old son.After walking beside her once ,I go to middle of ring.Kandi walks just walks anywhere he wants her to.30 minutes later she comes in the middle and says she's done.Now he rides her several times a week and jogs down the hills.Kandi totally takes care of him as she did my daughter.I had forgotten how great she had been with my daughter.

I used to not admit I had arabs because around here they were NOT appreciated.Eventually i just got over it.I think again Akane is right and a lot of people can not ride them,They are sensitive.In the last few years though it seems to have changed because I no longer get the groans when I say I have arabs.

I will say this though, we have showed them and had some great ones but I NEVER paid alot for one EVER.People will sell an arab cheap because they don't seem to be very marketable.The stigma I guess.

Now I am rambling

 

[BeardedChick]

My soul belongs to my Arabian mare.

 

[horsejody]

Haflingers. They can do anything. They thrive on much less feed than other horses and they even live longer than most breeds.

 

[Chick_a_dee]

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I know right! I have a HaflingerXBelgian gelding we bought when I was 13, he's now 24 and my old riding coach (now mum's bestfriend)'s daughter grooms him religiously, and rides him twice a day... AND he has heaves! He's still going strong, and gets depressed when he's not worked!

 

[FeatheredFriends1]

I love Spanish Mustangs (not the mustangs that run wild today but the descendants of the horses originally brought to U.S)! They are the original horse of America and are great endurance horses. I also love Quarter Horses and Welsh Ponies!

 

[lady_irish]

Oh HORSES!!! How I love and long for a horse of my own!! I had a Welsh pony when I was a kid and she was the kindest sweetest ole girl ever! She was so very laid back, but boy did she get excited when we would go to the end of the south and pasture and turn her nose toward home... then, with a few short "beeps" from me, we'd take off like we were in the Derby!! What fun!!
My fave breeds though would have to be anything draft, but especially SHIRES!!!

I love love LOVE that breed!!! And, don't think this counts as an actual breed, but I also love drum horses... Just cause they're HUGE and gorgeously colored!!!! But for a second fave (or tied with first, actually!) actual breed would have to be Friesians... someday, when that rich, obscure relative of mine dies and leaves me their vast fortune.....

 

[line-rat]

Soffolk Punch and Haflingers