Guess what breed of horse I am!!

[Crunchie]

Yeah, the occasional chestnut with a couple of white socks is about as "loud" as it gets in the hunter world!

There is an increasing number of paints and appys on the local circuits, I've noticed. I've seen a few very "huntery" ones, actually (well, except for the non-traditional color). With ponies, even at the rated shows, you see a lot more paints and appys and it's much more accepted for some reason.

Maybe one day, I think I'd like to have a paint. It will be a long while, though, I've got too many horses and none of them are going anywhere anytime soon, probably!

Kim, you should definitely get some recent pics and start a before and after thread for your guy!!

 

[GwenFarms]

Have any of you seen the Arab/Paint crosses that are becoming so popular now? I hear they've been making an appearance in English Arenas too. The good ones have small arab heads, with those long, curvy, tapered necks. Good q/h type hips and loud color. They are stunning horses. Of course, they don't breed true, but what does?

 

[Wolf-Kim]

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I think they could breed true if someone really tried. I haven't see the Arab/Paint, but there is a farm around here that used to raise Arab/QH for a long time. The only thing that got me was, occasionally you would see the big QH body type on the smallish Arab legs/hooves. It just didn't look right and looked to me a accident waiting to happen(which all horses are accidents waiting to happen anyway, so..)

That seems to be what they are shooting for nowadays in the QH and Paint, those big muscular bodies but with small tapered head. Personally, I don't care for the small heads. LOL. Then again, I love my foundation built horses. You know, the ones that look slightly mustangish. Black Jacks dam was the biggest reason I bought him. She was literally squarebuilt and had legs so thick you would have thought she was part draft. I love it. They are becoming sooo hard to find these days though, with everyone breeding their QH to look more appendix-like or thoroughbred like. It's getting harder and harder to tell the differences between the QH and the TB, I kinda think it's a shame because I've always been a die-hard QH fan but I like the "old-style" cowboy horses. LOL. The QH/TB look good and perform even better, but don't register it a QH.

LOL. I don't know, just my opinion on it.

-Kim

 

[chickbea]

I find it funny that so many people are into the "color" of paint horses. I'm prepared to be crucified for my opinion

, but I think they are really, really ugly! Any horse that has white around the eye sort of gives me the creeps...
Not that I haven't known some fine ones in my day, but I just don't enjoy looking at them at all. Give me a bay any day!

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Too late for my guess - which would have been wrong - but I was going to guess a Cleveland Bay.

That would've been a good guess though!! She does look like a Cleveland Bay. I think Cleveland Bays are usually bigger, though?? Not sure, I've only ever seen a few "in person" and I don't really remember.

Yup, they can go easily to 17h, especially those used for driving. You're right, though; they are few and far between in this country. I studied in London way back in college, and was lucky to get to visit the Royal Mews several times. That's a visit every horse person should go on - no matter how clean a barn you keep, you'll leave there feeling ashamed. I've never seen such spotless tack, and the brush boxes - I had to take a picture! Not a speck of dust or hair anywhere! Of course, most of us don't have little minions scurrying around picking up every stray wisp of hay like the Queen does...

 

[farmgirlie1031]

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Color isn't everything. I have 3 solid Paint horses and I love them. I also have a very pretty spotted mare and a barely spotted gelding. My black mare has no spots and 2 blue eyes. I get annoyed by all the people who ask if she is deaf. She hears just fine. Color is just a extra. I love Paints for their great personality.

 

[farmgirlie1031]

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To me, horseless and alone (though I get my first riding lesson of the summer this weekend! yaay!) ANY horse is beautiful!

Thank you, Casey!

Envirogirl, have fun with your lessons! What discipline do you ride? Oh, and, BTW--I did vote for you earlier. Good luck with the contest!

Hijack away on the color stuff, guys--I find it totally fascinating! See, I come from the world of Hunters, where plain 'ol boring BAY is like, 90% of the horses in the ring!! Totally figures I would buy a horse that was 50% Paint and it would still be a plain bay!

One day I want something with spots!!

Just for fun and because we're OT anyway (and it's my thread, so it's cool for me to hijack, right?

) here's my other plain bay girl. She's TB/Trakehner, 10 yrs old this year. First pic is us at a Hunter show a few years ago, second pic is us at a dressage lesson (don't mind me, I'm very pregnant in the second pic). She's boring bay, but I love her anyway!

http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb242/BrookValley/whinnie2small.jpg

http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb242/BrookValley/dsc_0604.jpg

I've seen several Paint jumpers at smaller shows and also at the Paint breed shows of course. I've even seen them at Dressage shows. I think they will become more popular someday. I have 3 100% Paints and they are plain Jane (2 black, 1 sorrel) but I love them anyways. Unless the parent is homozygous Tobiano there is no gaurantee of spots. The solid sorrel has a full brother that is Tovero.

 

[chickbea]

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Ah - I can sympathize there! My old dog has a brown eye and one that is blue. I can't tell you how many times people have asked me if she is deaf or blind (or has an eye infection). I don't know where that idea came from either. It makes me want to write up little cards to hand out so I don't have to say it over and over!

 

[farmgirlie1031]

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Ah - I can sympathize there! My old dog has a brown eye and one that is blue. I can't tell you how many times people have asked me if she is deaf or blind (or has an eye infection). I don't know where that idea came from either. It makes me want to write up little cards to hand out so I don't have to say it over and over!

My childhood gelding had a blue and a brown eye. I think the question comes up because people hear that many of the blue eye dalmations are deaf and just assume all blue eyes equal deaf. It's still annoying though. The little cards idea is great.

 

[Crunchie]

my very first pony--a chestnut with big white socks--had one blue eye. i suppose she had some paint in there, somewhere!! i too got the 'is she blind'? question all of the time!

chickbea, i don't think you should be crucified for your opinion--that's exactly what it is, your opinion--and you are totally entitled to it!! There are plenty of horses that i don't necessarily find attractive. and i think that's ok...

no caps 'cause my little one snatched one of my shift keys....

 

[s6bee]

Hopefully the pictures will come out, but these are of my daughters Half arab half QH gelding. He's such a great horse. LOVE the combo. He is little and in time she will have to move on, but he can go like the energizer bunny and jump anything ( the pics are of small jumps ) He's just 15 hands.
I've attached pics. Please remember she's just a kid so be nice

She's just crossing over into Eventing with Pony Club , but my reason for showing you the photos was someone mentioned the Arab crosses and I'm a believer. I also thought he looked a bit like the horse we were guessing the breed with.