[SIZE=12pt]I agree. When I took over the farm (some 17 years ago) my Mom's husband had bought for color..and the quality of horses reflected that! The only color/pattern they had two of were bays. Everything else was different. They had some awesome colors and overall, poor quality, horses. [/SIZE]Really and truly I cannot even fathom looking at a horse because of color. The color thing with me was gone YEARS ago. I very rarely even look at an animal and see color first because to me if a horse is poorly conformed (ugly) I don't care if it was the most beautiful color ever. I honestly do not have any preference or dislike to any color what's so ever.
You did own a blue roan miniature which I'm very happy that you sold to me.This is a fun thread! Well....... I guess colors I don't really care for too much are perlinos or palaminos, unless it's the dark rich palamino, then I think they are very pretty.... I started out being a solid color person but have started likeing the pintos (I have about 1/2 & 1/2)...... but would NEVER buy one on color! Conformation first. I do think a "dark" grey or dapple grey is VERY stunning and especially in the show pen. I have a grey yearling filly that is SO dark right now you would SWEAR she was a blue roan she's so dark! I will show her in June and can't wait to get he fully show clipped! She's very stunning..... I'm also a HUGE sucker for a buckskin! I also LOVE blue roan!! I always wanted one when I had the big horses but never have.... I still don't have a blue roan..... maybe some day..... I also like bays, I have a couple different color of bays (3 different colors of bays)..... I think the blood bay is the prettiest... I also don't mind a dark deep red sorrel....... I also think a Silver bay is a GORGEOUS color....but would never want one for a stallion...... I do have a sliver bay mare that is the best producing dam! Wouldn't matter what color she was! loL!I think it matters more in color wise for stallions than it does for mares (for me).....Oh..... and I don't mind the black & white either!
Robin --The question was about color and not pattern (or conformation) so I'll have to say MUD BROWN is the only color I don't really like. When people ask me to look at a horse for them, I tell them to look past the neat color/pattern and picture the horse mud brown and if you don't like the conformation, to pass. I'd rather have a mud brown with great conformation, than a colorful horse with poor conformation!
I love all other colors!
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