tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8773599297895528113.post4060013027953368946..comments2023-08-19T04:56:24.878-07:00Comments on It seemed like a good idea at the time...: Curlies! and prejudiceFunderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06358687366401205336noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8773599297895528113.post-67710871951658960142010-06-26T23:41:41.266-07:002010-06-26T23:41:41.266-07:00Queen of Totally Bizarre Horse Prejudices here!!
...Queen of Totally Bizarre Horse Prejudices here!!<br /><br />I don't like bays unless they look like mine, and the only way I can tolerate one is if it's so dark that it's almost black with no markings whatsoever.<br /><br />I don't like chestnuts.<br /><br />I love black horses, but only with white markings.<br /><br />I like paint horses, but if they have a "bald face", then they must have blue eyes.<br /><br />I like dark colored hooves, not like colored hooves. For some reason I think they're more fragile.<br /><br />Being a Belgian Draft X TB owner, I now look at "skinny-legs" with fear that if I go faster than a walk, their legs might snap. I also think that the bigger hooves, the BETTER. <br /><br />I like palominos... But with long mane only. In fact, take a look at my mare, it hasn't been cut since the day I got her, so her one of her mare friends chewed it off for her. <br /><br />Horses with small ears or refined heads look pretty useless to me. Because chances are, they probably have skinny legs too :P<br /><br />PEOPLE WHO OWN AND BREEED HALTER HORSES bug the crap out of me. Them and their nonbroke horses with a crapload of muscle and tiny feet. With shoes. What on earth do they need shoes for? <br /><br />I'm a huge "barefoot" fan.<br /><br />I guess I'm just nuts then. <br /><br />Owner of 2 racking horses, a quarter pony, and a warmblood.Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12023478753948431116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8773599297895528113.post-13679769567692364812010-03-08T20:17:36.417-08:002010-03-08T20:17:36.417-08:00I love dark horses, having grown up reading about ...I love dark horses, having grown up reading about The Black and now having my very own black stallion. My first horse was black too. Too much white doesn't do it for me, like everyone else, it's just too hard to keep clean.Shirleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15454110560303310751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8773599297895528113.post-31393155545371172072010-03-06T10:33:09.341-08:002010-03-06T10:33:09.341-08:00My prejudices are....
No paints. No offense... :...My prejudices are....<br /><br />No paints. No offense... :) but I just haven't met a paint I was impressed with. Ditto for most colored horses in general. I find that they are mostly owned by beginners who let them get away with EVERYTHING.<br /><br />No grey arabs. I know I know I know. Totally irrational and I'm probably missing out on some great horses, but I just don't want to deal with the melanomas and the dirty horses etc.Melhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16627065628317652042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8773599297895528113.post-48831261842967525992010-03-06T03:52:57.625-08:002010-03-06T03:52:57.625-08:00I prefer solid to any facial or leg markings. I d...I prefer solid to any facial or leg markings. I don't like chestnuts. Give me a roman nose over a refined head any day of the week. And I'd have that mane pulled down to about 4" -- I like nice, neat manes.Sarah Henderson, BCCDChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05506349125752830559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8773599297895528113.post-13580741447047434302010-03-05T23:57:07.970-08:002010-03-05T23:57:07.970-08:00Whoops. Sorry Funder, I did mean you! I'm af...Whoops. Sorry Funder, I did mean you! I'm afraid I was trying to notify everyone in the space of ten minutes and got my names mixed up. My sincere apologies!<br />Duh seems to be my middle name lately.Janehttp://www.theliteraryhorse.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8773599297895528113.post-61137658020552571962010-03-05T14:58:20.959-08:002010-03-05T14:58:20.959-08:00Yall, paints are just as gross and hard to clean a...Yall, paints are just as gross and hard to clean as greys! Mine doesn't even have any brown spots where she gets dirtiest... sigh. I do miss having only bays, just for the cleaning!<br /><br />I am glad I'm not the only person who vaguely distrusts spotted horses. <br /><br />Jane, I am Funder. You can tell me apart from AareneX because my tack is purple - oh, wait. Because I have short spiky hair - waaiiiit. Hmm. Because my horse is spotted and I live in the desert, that's it! If there's green in a picture, it must be AareneX; if there's rocks, it's me!Funderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06358687366401205336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8773599297895528113.post-51582405200341339292010-03-05T14:27:31.911-08:002010-03-05T14:27:31.911-08:00Hi AareneX,
There's an award waiting for you o...Hi AareneX,<br />There's an award waiting for you on my blog, come pick it up when you have time!<br />JaneJanehttp://www.theliteraryhorse.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8773599297895528113.post-31375267813796852812010-03-04T07:15:11.823-08:002010-03-04T07:15:11.823-08:00I've heard a large number of professionals gen...I've heard a large number of professionals generalize horses with spots. They've metaphorically explained fresian behavior by saying "they have spots under all that black!" It's not that they say that they're crazy, though, just that they are independent and full of attitude. Almost like the sight hounds of the horse world. :)<br /><br />My prejudice is that everything would be prettier palomino. The fresian owners laugh when I go on about how pretty a palomino fresian would be with lots of chrome. One can excuse me for being prejudiced, though, even though I've seen Peanut's mane and tail actually white just a handful of times after much scrubbing.<br /><br />Also... posting is for peasants! (Do I really believe this? No, but it's good to say when people begin to look down their nose at my Walker)Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03665794050418919719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8773599297895528113.post-72418989237746670912010-03-03T23:29:18.046-08:002010-03-03T23:29:18.046-08:00No blue eyes for me either. Though I did have a Si...No blue eyes for me either. Though I did have a Siberian Husky with beautiful blue eyes.AKPonyGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02969589711581884433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8773599297895528113.post-71181106253512845632010-03-03T16:43:00.499-08:002010-03-03T16:43:00.499-08:00I love bays - all types - even the plain ones with...I love bays - all types - even the plain ones with no markings (like our Dawn) - although flash and chrome, like my Maisie, is fine too. I'm partial to the bays that are red, although a dark bay with fine dapples all over is lovely too. I like long thick manes and tails. I'm not fond of overo paints with bald faces and white around their eyes. That said, I really don't care what color a horse is - there are good horses in all colors and I don't buy the theories that horses of a particular color or with certain color eyes have different dispositions - there's good and bad in all colors.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8773599297895528113.post-45587166512509954712010-03-03T16:22:44.409-08:002010-03-03T16:22:44.409-08:00You know, science supports the fact that horses wi...You know, science supports the fact that horses with lighter color eyes tend to be a bit more "freaky" and nervous; so you've at least go science backing you.<br /><br />I used to love paints until I worked for a boss who had a crazy obsession with them. He's never met a paint he didn't like, but he's not very good at conformation or temperment. After having to ride several of his paints (because he bought horses he couldn't handle), I have to say, I'm not so fond of them.<br /><br />There's no way I'd ever want a grey; my mom has two and they're never clean. I'll stick with my little bay mare.GunDivahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02965363044411500380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8773599297895528113.post-30203789341636759482010-03-03T15:08:53.842-08:002010-03-03T15:08:53.842-08:00I'll always love plain-brown-wrapper horses be...I'll always love plain-brown-wrapper horses best. <br /><br />Big feet make a horse worth lots more! I love big, dark feet.<br /><br />There's no such thing as a bad colour...except grey. A grey horse is NEVER clean in my climate, and I'm too vain. A plainbrownwrapper horse doesn't show the dirt. <br /><br />If you ever get the chance to meet Sue Summers' curly horse Humvee, take it! Hummer is quite a personality. Sue says riding him is like riding a freight train--you can steer, but you can't slow down. And he really is built like a TANK. Sue made a t-shirt to wear when she rides him, with a picture of his butt and his dinky little tailfeathers. <br /><br />The caption says, "yes, I did ride his tail off."AareneXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17569818745110332355noreply@blogger.com