Your Show Carts - What color?

[dmkrieg]

Hello, I found a beautiful show cart that I just love. I will be picking it up very soon. However its the most gorgeous dark Emerald Green with gold pin striping (I just love it), its a Jerald show cart and my favorite color. But I haven't really seen one like that in the show ring. All I ever really see is Black. So I was wondering what color other people have and if they have any pictures. :aktion033:

 

[hobbyhorse23]

:new_shocked: You posted almost exactly what I was going to, right down to the color of the cart I was considering ordering! I'll be interested to hear the replies. I'd be getting mine with matching wooden wheels and in more of a road cart style. I think it would look awesome with my red chestnut.

Leia

 

[Katiean]

My show cart is Black with silver pin striping. I would like a different seat for it but don't know how to get one. Actually, I would like a seat more like is on the Jerald cart. But, I have what I have. and it is nice.

 

[Boinky]

I have done all sorts of interesting colors with our carts. This years nationals carts i made one with a light blue base with purple sponged poka dots kind of.. and the other was light blue base with royal blue swirls. Last year for nationals i had a solid purple with turquois pin stripes. We also stock royal blue, Hunter green carts. they are very sharp colors on a cart. I think the reason you only see black in mini's mostly is because that's all the bigger companies offer unless you spend a lot on customization.

last years purple nationals cart

This is a roadster that we made that was used at nationals as well it was quite striking!

and here's one of our royal blue with silver pin stripes

 

[justanothercowgirl]

My open wheel cart is burgandy with gold pinstripe which I love but doesn't match every color of outfit as easily as a black cart(red or purple would look gross) but I wanted something unique and I love it!

The roadster cart I've been using(actually my Dad's) is black with cream and red pinstripes. He is going to make me one this winter, I will probably go with similar colors since I really like the way it looks.

Pam

 

[Dontworrybeappy]

My Jerald is black with the coolest metallic purple pinstriping!

 

[disneyhorse]

My mini Jerald was black with gold and silver pinstriping. It went with everything and of course for re-sale it was desirable.

When I order a pony Jerald I am going to get the same coloring. I DO love purple, but not everyone else does... and it might not go with what I'm wearing at the time.

Andrea

 

[wildoak]

I drove my new Jerald for the first time this weekend, and love it. It's a walnut stain with black pinstriping, very pretty with a bay horse.

Jan

 

[backwoodsnanny]

Why would purple or red be gross? Isnt burgundy just another shade of red? I would think the purple would be striking with a grey with the driver dressed in the same shade.

 

[Jill]

My Houghton show cart is deep plum w/ a lavendar stripe. I get lots of compliments on it and love it. In addition to these 16" wheels, I also have 20" ones (which are currently on it but not in the picture).

 

[justanothercowgirl]

Why would purple or red be gross? Isnt burgundy just another shade of red? I would think the purple would be striking with a grey with the driver dressed in the same shade.

I meant wearing red or purple with my burgandy cart would look gross, not that a purple or red cart would be gross... :bgrin

 

[Davie]

My Jerald closed wheel has a black and silver pin strip. My Open wheel has a double silver strip with a teal green strip in the middle and silver trim such as the whip holder and shaft stops.

 

[wiccanz]

My Jerald is just plain black - no stripes. I ordered it that way, because I like simple elegance. And it goes with anything and everything. Plus, if I changed my mind, I can always add pinstripes later.

If I could order another one, I'd go for a natural wood stain. I think they look very classy. BigGrin

I also like the darker colours - burgundy, green etc etc.

 

[backwoodsnanny]

See I knew purple with driver dressed to mach would be stunning Jill your plum cart with you dressed to match is outstanding. Plum is just another shade of purple.

 

[MerelyAmanda]

Some very pretty carts! I never even thought about all the colors they could come in; I am used to seeing/thinking of them in black or "wood" shades. But I definitely like the originality of the different colors. BigGrin

 

[Jill]

My Jerald is just plain black - no stripes. I ordered it that way, because I like simple elegance. And it goes with anything and everything. Plus, if I changed my mind, I can always add pinstripes later.

If I could order another one, I'd go for a natural wood stain. I think they look very classy. BigGrin

I also like the darker colours - burgundy, green etc etc.

Oh! I do really like yours w/o a pinstripe yes yes yes It does look very elegant.

 

[Margo_C-T]

I have owned three Jeralds; still have one-an obstacle cart- and all have been the same lovely green with russet pinstripe. (Actually, it is Dupont 'Fruehauf Green'--and the designation of 'deep emerald green' would probably describe it well!)I kind of think I may have been the first to order that particular color in a mini cart from Jerald, back when, as I went down to the auto paint store and selected it, then called Jerald with the paint name and number-this back in the later '80s.) I am very partial to orange and green; they are complementary colors(directly across the color wheel from each other), so go well together. They were/are my 'farm colors', from the first. I am so partial to green that every painted vehicle I own/have owned, has been some variation--my trap, my Glinkowski marathon vehicle, and my Bennington are ALL 'hunter green' or some variation thereof!

In 'formal' pleasure driving(light horses, not necessarily draft), the most widely-seen colors for painted vehicles are: Maroon, Navy, Hunter Green, and of course, Black. As someone who believes in tradition, those colors, or minor variations thereof, are what I like best to see. I also like natural wood finish.

Margo

 

[Katie Iceton]

I have a natural wood stained meadowbrook with a silver chrome rein rail and black patent on certain parts, and it looks awesome on my 37.5 inch gelding who is a silver dapple pinto....

 

[ClickMini]

My Jerald is a mahogany stain with gold and burgundy pinstripes and the metal is painted burgundy. It can look somewhat different depending on the light in the arena, what I am wearing, and which color horse I am driving. Here I am wearing a few different colors with it, and with a couple of different horses. I get so many compliments on my cart, I just love it.