All colors are beautiful because all horses are beautiful, but if I could have my choice I'd love a shiny black with two white socks and a heart-shaped star. I would also be satisfied with a tri-colored paint or a leopard appaloosa.
I think all horses are beautiful in some unique way, but if i could pick one horse of color to match the discipline that i ride it would have to be a gorgeously marked black and white tobiano or a tri-color paint.
Anything but a grey horse, I remind myself whenever I go horse shopping. They never look clean outside the wash rack and I don't need the grief of melanomas that seem to come part and parcel of owning a grey. Of course anytime you make a blanket statement, circumstances will conspire against you. So when that adorable, well-mannered foal with a great personality that a family member is selling, that also happens to be grey, comes along at just the right time- what can you do? So now I own a grey and she's one of the best horses I have ever had. And I still mutter under my breath every time she comes in with those funny shades of yellow, green or brown, "I can't believe I bought a grey horse".
I'd like to put a "hoof" in for bays!! If color were the only thing that mattered when purchasing a horse, then in my opinion a bay with no white would be the perfect color/horse! However, color is in-fact not all that counts. Example, my parents bought an all black horse (a color i have no interest in) and needed help riding some horses and I kind of adopted him for the summer and he turned out to be one of my favorite horses I have ever ridden. Also, my retired barrel horse is a sorrel. (another color i have no interest in, because there seems to be so many) I have a special bond with him now, I have had him for probably fifteen years now and there is no way i would get rid of him though just because of his color. I think it's the horse's ability and temperment is what should be focused on when purchasing, also health and age!
Color does not matter to me. It doesn't make a horse who he is, I think disposition/personality is most important. I have to admit, I have a soft spot for Paints, but that's a breed. So if the horse is a Paint AND he/she has a good personality then it's love :)
i think anyone thats been in the horse world for lond wont judge a good horse by color. Yes color can be a factor in horse but if the horse has a great dispostion and really good conformation then it dont matter if its rainbow. Never jugde a book by its cover or a horse by its color. dont pass up a horse cause its not a color you want ,you may fall in love with the horse and its color later.
I've only leased horses, but color isn't a "make it or break it" when deciding which to purchase. But color can help when deciding between two that you like and it fits all your requirements. I lease a liver chestnut horse that turns a beautiful golden chestnut in the summer. But if I could have a horse of any color, I would love to have a blue roan pintaloosa, or a dark brown with blond mane and tail.
Okay I'll admit it...my favorite color is a very dark bay. Shine it up and it gleams like a dark chocolate candy bar. My eye is always drawn to dark bays and I don't know why. I don't care for white or dapple grey or blankets or spots, sorry folks. I know the day will come when this will change for me but for now this is how it stands. But still, since I still consider myself a beginner of sorts, I will always pick the safe horse with superb ground manners who's a good listener over color any day!
I totaly agree. Dark bays are very attractive, I ride one, and she is a little mirical. I also think that blue roans and solid blacks are stunning also, though if i could choose, I would easily go with the dark bay.
Everyone in our group rode a bay and they were everywhere I looked. I said I would never own a bay. There were just too many of them. I found myself in the market for a dead broke horse and the best one was a 16 hand bay, 18 yr old so the other horses beat him up pretty bad, he looked rough. But he was the best one, so I took him home to find him to be the best best horse ever. I regreted my words of I would never have a dumb old bay.